Dreadlock Holiday
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"Dreadlock Holiday" was a popular single by 10cc.
Written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman the song was the lead single from the bands album Bloody Tourists. Based on a true story told by Moody Blues vocalist Justin Hayward about a white man lost in Jamaica,[1] it was a rare excursion into reggae for the act. It became the act's third and final number one single in the UK, spending a single week at the top in September 1978. The single peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA.
The song was later covered by Boney M.
| Preceded by "Three Times a Lady" by The Commodores |
UK number one single September 23, 1978 |
Succeeded by "Summer Nights" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John |
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