# Hotel Ceiling
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{{short description|2015 single by Rixton}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Hotel Ceiling
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [Rixton](/source/Push_Baby)
| album = [Let the Road](/source/Let_the_Road)
| released = {{start date|2015|1|21|df=y}}[{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/hotel-ceiling/960138796|title=iTunes - Music Videos - Hotel Ceiling by Rixton|work=[iTunes](/source/iTunes)|publisher=[Apple Inc](/source/Apple_Inc.)|access-date=23 May 2015}}]
| format =
| recorded = {{start date|2014}}
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [Pop](/source/Pop_music)
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=11}}
| label = {{hlist|[School Boy](/source/School_Boy_Records)|[Interscope](/source/Interscope_Records)}}
| writer = {{hlist|[Benny Blanco](/source/Benny_Blanco)|[Ed Sheeran](/source/Ed_Sheeran)[{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/let-the-road-mw0002763079|title=Let the Road - Rixton {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards {{!}} AllMusic|work=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|publisher=[All Media Network](/source/All_Media_Network)|accessdate=23 May 2015}}]}}
| producer = Levin[{{cite web|url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/news-story-rixton-hotel-ceiling-lyric-video-premiere.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906074244/http://www.metrolyrics.com/news-story-rixton-hotel-ceiling-lyric-video-premiere.html|archive-date=2015-09-06|url-status=unfit|title=PREMIERE: Rixton Unveil New "Hotel Ceiling" Lyric Video {{!}} MetroLyrics|work=[MetroLyrics](/source/MetroLyrics)|publisher=[CBS Interactive](/source/CBS_Interactive)|date=28 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}]
| prev_title = [Wait on Me](/source/Wait_on_Me_(Rixton_song))
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = [We All Want the Same Thing](/source/We_All_Want_the_Same_Thing)
| next_year = 2015
| misc =
{{External music video|{{YouTube|hLS2ZTMayyI|"Hotel Ceiling"}}
}}
}}
'''"Hotel Ceiling"''' is a song performed by English [pop](/source/pop_music) band [Push Baby](/source/Push_Baby) (then known as '''Rixton'''), issued as the third [single](/source/single_(music)) from their debut studio album ''[Let the Road](/source/Let_the_Road)''. The song was written by [Ed Sheeran](/source/Ed_Sheeran) and [Benny Blanco](/source/Benny_Blanco).
==Music video==
The official [music video](/source/music_video) for the song was filmed in [London](/source/London)[{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2040159/rixton-ed-sheeran-hotel-ceiling-single|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109071008/http://www.mtv.com/news/2040159/rixton-ed-sheeran-hotel-ceiling-single/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 January 2015|title=Rixton Team Up With Ed Sheeran For 'Very Sad' New Single - MTV|work=[MTV](/source/MTV)|publisher=[Viacom International](/source/Viacom_International)|last=Garibaldi|first=Christina|date=5 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}] and directed by Clarence Fuller.[{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2050567/rixton-ed-sheeran-crazy-hotel-ceiling-video|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120051329/http://www.mtv.com/news/2050567/rixton-ed-sheeran-crazy-hotel-ceiling-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 January 2015|title=WTF: Rixton Just Released The Craziest, Most Depressing Video For 'Hotel Ceiling' - MTV|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom International|last=Garibaldi|first=Christina|date=15 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}] It features a couple ([Alice Eve](/source/Alice_Eve), Billy Huxley)[{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rixton-hotel-ceiling-directors-cut-video-premiere-6465841/|title=Rixton's 'Hotel Ceiling' Director's Cut Video Premiere: Watch {{!}} Billboard|work=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|publisher=[Prometheus Global Media](/source/Prometheus_Global_Media)|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=10 February 2015|access-date=23 May 2015}}] who initially appear happy, but the relationship becomes violent throughout the course of the video.[{{cite web|url=http://bcheights.com/arts-review/2015/rixtons-hotel-ceiling-pushes-band-boy-band-frame|title=Rixton's 'Hotel Ceiling' Pushes Band Out Of Boy Band Frame - The Heights|work=[The Heights](/source/The_Heights_(newspaper))|publisher=[Boston College](/source/Boston_College)|last=Wyman|first=Marian|date=22 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.sugarscape.com/music/videos/a1074138/five-disturbing-things-rixtons-hotel-ceiling-music-video|title=The five most disturbing things about Rixton's 'Hotel Ceiling' music video|work=[Sugarscape.com](/source/Sugarscape.com)|publisher=[Hearst Magazines UK](/source/Hearst_Corporation)|last=Baxter-Wright|first=Dusty|date=15 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}] and the video then displays scenes of the woman's distress interspersed with [flashback](/source/flashback_(narrative)) scenes of the couple during happier times. The video ends with the woman calmly waiting for the [police](/source/police) after having [murder](/source/murder)ed the man.[{{cite web|url=http://popcrush.com/rixton-hotel-ceiling-video|title=Rixton Bring the Heartbreak With Their 'Hotel Ceiling' Video|work=PopCrush|last=Malach|first=Maggie|date=15 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}] Dusty Baxter-Wright of [Sugarscape.com](/source/Sugarscape.com) called the video "disturbing".