Chronology:(She Was A) Hotel Detective

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Song name	Run time	Releases	Year	Differences from other versions
(She Was A) Hotel Detective (1985 Demo Tape Version)	2:19	1985 Demo Tape	1985	JF sings with a warbled vocal effect
(She Was A) Hotel Detective (1986 Demo)	2:20	1986 Demo Tape	1986	Essentially the same as the Pink Album version except it has an build-up intro like the 1985 demo and single mix.
(She Was A) Hotel Detective	2:10	They Might Be Giants, Then: The Earlier Years	1986
(She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix)	2:20	(She Was A) Hotel Detective (EP), Don't Let's Start (LP), Ana Ng (Single), Miscellaneous T, Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants	1987	Peter Pearmain Thomson sings some backup vocals. Also has a smokey sax intro.

(She Was A) Hotel Detective