The Motels

The Motels 2011
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About the artist

The Motels are a New Wave music band from the Los Angeles area best known for Only the Lonely and Suddenly, Last Summer, both of which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 and 1983, respectively.* First incarnation Formed in 1971 in Berkeley, California, the band (then called The Warfield Foxes) moved to Los Angeles by 1973 seeking a record deal. The band consisted of Martha Davis on vocals and guitar, Dean Chamberlain on lead guitar, Chuck Wada on 2nd lead guitar and others.

Top songs

  1. Total Control
  2. Suddenly Last Summer
  3. Only the Lonely
  4. Only The Lonely - Remastered 1999
  5. Danger
  6. Shame
  7. Kix
  8. Celia
  9. Suddenly Last Summer - 2002 Digital Remaster
  10. Only The Lonely - Digitally Remastered 99
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  1. Counting
  2. Remember the Nights
  3. Suddenly Last Summer - Remastered 2002
  4. Take the L
  5. Only The Lonely (Acoustic)
  6. Suddenly Last Summer - Remastered
  7. Anticipating
  8. Atomic Cafe
  9. Careful
  10. Whose Problem?
  11. So L.A.
  12. Love Don't Help
  13. Closets & Bullets
  14. Danger - Remastered
  15. Mission Of Mercy
  16. Only The Lonely (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
  17. Dressing Up
  18. Porn Reggae
  19. Footsteps
  20. Change My Mind
  21. Take The L - Remastered 1999
  22. Where Oh Where
  23. Shock
  24. Bonjour Baby
  25. Little Robbers
  26. Only The Lonely (Re-Recorded Version)
  27. Tables Turned
  28. Suddenly Last Summer (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
  29. Suddenly Last Summer (2002 Digital Remaster)
  30. Mission Of Mercy - Remastered 1999
  31. He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
  32. Apocalypso
  33. Trust Me
  34. Cries and Whispers
  35. Icy Red
  36. Nothing
  37. Only The Lonely (Remastered 1999)
  38. Last Of The Bohemians
  39. Art Fails
  40. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
  41. Annie Told Me
  42. Take The L - Remastered
  43. Isle Of You
  44. Only The Lonely (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
  45. Suddenly Last Summer (Remastered 2002)
  46. So L.A. - Remastered 1999
  47. Where Do We Go from Here (Nothing Sacred)
  48. Tragic Surf
  49. Only the Lonely (re-recorded)
  50. Forever Mine
  51. REMEMBER THE NIGHTS (24-BIT DIGITALLY REMATERED 01)
  52. Only The Lonely (2001 Digital Remaster)
  53. Days Are O.K. (But the nights were made for love)
  54. Envy
  55. Only The Lonely - Remastered
  56. Cry Baby
  57. Only The Lonely (Digitally Remastered 99)
  58. People, Places and Things
  59. Party Professionals
  60. Only The Lonely - 2001 Digital Remaster
  61. Mission Of Mercy - Remastered
  62. Monday Shutdown
  63. Into The Heartland
  64. Shame - 2002 Digital Remaster
  65. Poker Face (as made famous by Lady Gaga)
  66. Forever Mine - Remastered 1999
  67. Slow Town
  68. Only The Lonely (Album Version)
  69. Art Fails - Remastered 1999
  70. He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) - Remastered 1999
  71. Danger - 2002 Digital Remaster
  72. Remember The Nights - Remastered
  73. Hungry
  74. Counting (demo)
  75. Remember The Nights - 2002 Digital Remaster
  76. Total Control - Remastered
  77. My Love Stops Here
  78. SingalongaReggae
  79. Total Control - Digitally Remastered 2005
  80. State of the Heart
  81. Change My Mind - Remastered 1999
  82. New York Times
  83. Shame - Remastered
  84. Suddenly Last Sumer
  85. Total Control (Digitally Remastered 2005)
  86. Take The L - Digitally Remastered 99
  87. Night by Night
  88. Closets and Bullets
  89. Change My Mind - Remastered
  90. Suddenly Last Summer (Re-Recorded)

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