The title track was also commissioned by Boulez, and contains references to Zappa's 1971 film, 200 Motels.
The album features recordings of Zappa and his band, the Mothers of Invention around the time of the film, 200 Motels.
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels is a documentary film released in 1988 by Frank Zappa, detailing the making of Zappa's 1971 film 200 Motels.
The track "It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal" is a strange tale of hallucinations sung by Sal Marquez and Janet Ferguson (the tough-minded groupie in 200 Motels).
Billboard 200 | ''Billboard'' 200 | The Motels | Daytona 200 | Focke-Wulf Fw 200 | 200 | Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 | 200 Motels | Volvo 200 Series | Mexican Federal Highway 200 | Magnum XL-200 | Let L-200 Morava | 200 m | Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres freestyle | SGI Origin 200 | Robin DR.200 | NAPA 200 | Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 | 200 M.P.H. | 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane | Zippo 200 at the Glen | World record progression 200 metres individual medley | World record progression 200 metres backstroke | women's 200 metres | women's 200 meter individual medley | Tustumena 200 | The TS ''Royalist'' during the Trafalgar 200 | The Committee of 200 | Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle S14 | Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - Women's 200 metre freestyle |
The festival introduced Maria Callas in the Netherlands, and was also the first to successfully set up a large symphonic tribute to Frank Zappa with "200 motels-the suite" in 2000 (after failed attempts to have Zappa perform himself in the festival in 1981).