Holiday (Madonna song)
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| "Holiday" | ||
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| Single by Madonna | ||
| from the album Madonna | ||
| B-side(s) | "I Know It" | |
| Released | September 7, 1983 (Worldwide) January 17, 1984 (Japan) August 1985 (UK re-issue) June 4, 1991 (UK re-release) February 5, 1999 (Japan re-issue) |
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| Format | Vinyl (12") CD Single Vinyl (7") Cassette Single CD Maxi-Single Holiday Collection EP |
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| Recorded | 1983 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 6:11 | |
| Label | Sire Records Warner Bros. Records WEA International |
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| Writer(s) | Curtis Hudson Lisa Stevens Madonna |
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| Producer(s) | John "Jellybean" Benitez | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Madonna singles chronology | ||
| "Burning Up" (1983) |
"Holiday" (1983) |
"Borderline" (1984) |
| Madonna UK chronology | ||
| "Rescue Me" (1991) |
"Holiday (UK re-issue)" (1991) |
"This Used To Be My Playground" (1992) |
"Holiday" is the third single release by Madonna, and the debut single from her first album, Madonna. The song was written by Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens, and was produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez.
The song was originally offered to, but turned down by, Mary Wilson, a former member of The Supremes.
Madonna had performed "Holiday" on each of her tours up until 2006's Confessions Tour. (A snippet of the song was included in the introduction to "Music Inferno", however.) It is considered to be one of her signature songs.
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[edit] Commercial Releases
"Holiday" has been released several times in several different formats.
The song was originally released worldwide on September 7, 1983.
It was reissued in 1985 to capitalize on the success of Madonna's second album, Like a Virgin.
It was reissues again in 1991 in the United Kingdom in support of Madonna's greatest hits compliation "The Immaculate Collection".
The song was released again in Japan in 1999 as part of the promotion for the soundtrack "The Wedding Singer Vol. 2.".
[edit] Music video
Although a music video for the song was created, it was reportedly so bad that it was never released.[citation needed] Instead, recordings of television performances were used; for the U.S. and the U.K., a performance from "Solid Gold" was used, while in Europe, performances from "Sky Channel" as well as a "Top Of The Pops" episode were used. Very few people have actually seen the original music video.[citation needed]
The performance of "Holiday" from the "Blond Ambition Tour" in France was released as a music video in 1991 to promote the documentary film Truth or Dare.
Another music video, this time a montage of clips from the Drowned World Tour in 2001, was released to promote the live DVD at the end of that year. Although the clips were taken from the DVD and were from the second Detroit performance, the audio was taken from the previous night's performance and is noticeably different from the audio on the DVD.
[edit] Chart performance
"Holiday" was Madonna's first hit song. The single became a top twenty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and also reached the top forty on the R&B chart. It went on to become the first on a long list of Madonna singles to reach #1 on the Club Play Singles chart.
The song, released with Lucky Star as a double-A side single, spent five weeks at number 1 on the club chart and a total of seventeen weeks on the chart, tying "Music" as the single that has spent the most time at number one on the dance chart.
"Holiday" was a huge hit in Australia in April 1984, reaching #4.
This song has hit the UK top ten on three separate occasions. When it was originally released in the U.K. in 1984, the track peaked at #6. The next year, the song re-entered the chart, peaking at #2 in the summer of 1985. (It was blocked from the #1 spot by Madonna's latest release, "Into The Groove".) Only The Beatles and Frankie Goes to Hollywood had previously managed this feat.
When the song was re-released in the U.K. in 1991 as part of "The Holiday Collection", it charted at #5.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1983/1991) | Peak position |
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| Australia AMR Sales Chart | 4 |
| Brazil | 3 |
| Canada | 34 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Sales | 13 |
| France IFOP Singles Sales | 24 |
| Germany (Media Control Sales) | 9 |
| Japan (ChartJapan) | 10 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 20 |
| UK Singles Chart | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart (1985 re-entry) | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart (1991 re-release) | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 16 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play Chart | 1 (5)* |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 25 |
- * Released and charted as the Double-A side Holiday/Lucky Star
[edit] Certifications
| Country | Certification |
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| France | Silver |
| UK | Silver |
| UK | Silver (re-release) |
[edit] Credits
- Written by Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens
- Produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez
- Drums, moog bass, synthesizer, fender rhodes and acoustic piano by Fred Zarr
- Guitars by Curtis Hudson
- Bass by Raymond Hudson
- Percussion by Bashiri Johnson
- Cowbell by Madonna
- Background vocals by Madonna, Tina B., Norma Jean Wright
For You Can Dance:
- Additional production and remix by John "Jellybean" Benitez
[edit] Official versions
Original versions
- Album Version 6:11
Remixes
- Dub Version 6:58
- Edit 4:04
- Extended Remix [Mixed - YCD] 6:32
- Extended Remix [Unmixed - YCD] 6:58
- Q-Sound Remix/Immaculate Version 4:06
- Single Edit of Album Remix [YCD] 4:14
- Live Version from I'm Going To Tell You A Secret 5:45
- Re-Invention Tour Studio Demo 4:54
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[edit] Cover Versions and Remixes
In 1986, Dutch rap duo MC Miker G & DJ Sven released a remix of Holiday, which achieved success in several countries.
In 1998, an unidentified DJ created a remix of Holiday which combined Madonna's vocals with the backing music from Stardust's Music Sounds Better with You. This version of the song was used as the basis for the live arrangements of Holiday in both the Drowned World Tour and the Re-Invention Tour.
The bassline of the song was sampled by The Avalanches for their 2000 album Since I Left You. It was used on the songs "Stay Another Season" and "Little Journey".
Madonna herself sampled the bassline of the song for the song Get Together in 2005.
[edit] References
- "Chart Performance of Madonna Records - A Compiled History" (2004). MLVC.ORG: Charts. Retrieved from http://charts.mlvc.org/CHThist.php on December 9, 2005.
- "Holiday" (2004). Madonna: Single Summaries. Retrieved from http://www.madonnanation.com/charts/ on December 9, 2005.
- "Charts". (20050. Mad-Eyes Discography. Retrieved from http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/charts.htm on December 18, 2005.
Albums: Madonna (1983) · Like a Virgin (1984) · True Blue (1986) · Like a Prayer (1989)
I'm Breathless (1990) · Erotica (1992) · Bedtime Stories (1994) · Ray of Light (1998) · Music (2000)
American Life (2003) · Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
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