Dreadlock Holiday
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| "Dreadlock Holiday" | ||
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| Single by 10cc | ||
| from the album Bloody Tourists | ||
| Label | Mercury | |
| Writer(s) | Eric Stewart Graham Gouldman |
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| 10cc singles chronology | ||
| "People In Love" (1977) |
"Dreadlock Holiday" (1978) |
"For You And I" (1978) |
"Dreadlock Holiday" is a song by 10cc, from their 1978 album, Bloody Tourists.
[edit] Overview
Written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman the song was the lead single from the bands 1978 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.
[edit] Trivia
- The song is featured on the first episode, "Killeroo", of the first series of the British cult comedy The Mighty Boosh.
| 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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