Goldtop. Songs Moby wrote "Lift Me Up" as a tribute to the English rock band The Sisters of Mercy. He made an attempt to have their lead vocalist Andrew Eldritch sing it but he was unsuccessful in his search to contact Eldritch. "Spiders" is an homage to David Bowie. He expanded on the song's meaning: "It's inspired by the anthropological seeds of fascism, and how easy it is for intellectuals to turn off the intellect and get lost in the crowd." He clarified that its uplifting chorus is more "quizzical" in how easy it is for one to get "lost in the moment." "Lift Me Up" and "Raining Again" contain additional background vocals by Shayna Steele. The latter is about a relationship that is falling apart, while the world is crumbling around them too. "When You End" is a sad song about a relationship that ends despite his still being in love with the person. "Dream About Me" is another song about being in a flawed, yet loving relationship. "Beautiful" is a love song. "Temptation" is a cover of the song by New Order. Moby declared "Slipping Away" as the most personal song he had written up to this point in his career. "It's not really about anything in particular. It's not about a specific event ... It's just like emotionally descriptive." "Very" is a song that Moby described as his homage to Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer. Release Hotel was released internationally on March 14, 2005; its US release followed on March 22. The lead single was "Lift Me Up," released on February 28, 2005. The second UK single, "Spiders," was released on May 23, 2005, to coincide with Moby's UK tour. As with Moby's previous albums Play and 18, an accompanying DVD for Hotel was later released, featuring the videos for the album's singles, live footage, and a sequel to Moby's home movie and tour diary series, Give an Idiot a Camcorder. The bonus disc of Hotel, titled Hotel: Ambient, which consisted of ambient music, was later re-released as a separate release on December 16, 2014. The release contains remastered versions of all songs on the original, together with three extra tracks: "May 4 Two," "Spaired Long," and "Live Forever (Long)." Critical reception Hotel received generally mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an