Holidae In

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“Holidae In”

Single by Chingy featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg from the album Jackpot
Released	January 22, 2004 (CD North America) September 2, 2003 (12" North America)
Format	12" single, CD-single (U.S.)
Genre	Pop Rap
Length	4:30 (clean), 5:14 (album)
Label	Capitol Records
Writer(s)	A. Lee S. Daugherty H. Bailey C. Bridges
Producer	The Trak Starz
Certification	Gold ^[1]
Chingy singles chronology
"Right Thurr" (2003)	"Holidae In" (2004)	"One Call Away (2004)
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Beautiful" (2002)	"Holidae In" (2003)	"P.I.M.P." (feat. 50 cent) (2003)
Ludacris singles chronology
"Stand Up" (2002)	"Holidae In" (2003)	"Hot And Wet" (112 feat. Ludacris and Chingy) (2003)

Holidae In is a single by American rapper Chingy, the second from his album Jackpot. It features Snoop Dogg and Ludacris, and reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #35 on the UK Singles Chart.

The music video directed by Jeremy Rall adapts the video concept of Tupac Shakur's 1995 single "Temptations", where the viewer is guided through a "Maniac Mansion" called the Jackpot Inn, in which every room has a special feature including a sleeproom, a pillow fight room (room 102), Jamaican smoke room (room 103), a neon glow room and there's also a Brady Bunch parody with a 3x3 checked screen segment. Although this is uncertain, it is reported that the original title was "Holiday Inn" but the hotel chain threatened to sue the rappers if they did not change the spelling. Chingy complied, and it was changed to "Holidae In". Also in the video is a man set to look like Tupac.

The video for "Holidae In" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video in 2004.

1 Track listing
2 Credits
3 Charts
- 3.1 Chart trajectories
4 Trivia
5 References

[edit] Track listing

CD: 1

"Holidae In" (UK radio clean version)
"Represent" (clean version)

CD: 2

"Holidae In" (UK radio clean version)
"Represent (clean version)
"Holidae In" (instrumental)
"Holidae In" (video)

[edit] Credits

Video production Company : Black Dog Films
Video Director : Jeremy Rall
Video commissioners : Dawn Cuello, Kate Miller
Executive video producers : Catherine Finkenstaedt
Video producer : Rachel Curl
Video coordinator : Adam Santelli
Off-line editor : Steve Rees
Telecine : Arnold Ramm
Cast for role of receptionist : Snoop Dogg
Production Designer : Susan Linss
Art Department Coordinator and Production Rendering Artist for Susan Linss : Jonah Lee Walker

[edit] Charts

Chart	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks	2
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	13
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks	8
U.S. Radio+Records Airplay - Rhythmic	1
U.S. Radio+Records Airplay - Pop	12
U.S. Radio+Records Airplay - Urban	4
UK Top 75	35
United World Chart Singles And Airplay	35
Canada Top 50 Singles	12
Switzerland Top 100 Singles	43
New Zealand Top 50 Singles	4
Italy Top 50 Singles	31
Ireland Top 50 Singles	27
Australia Top 100	13
Germany Top 100	56
World RnB Top 30	2

[edit] Chart trajectories

Billboard Hot 100
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Chart position	73	61	31	21	18	9	7	3	3	3	4	5	6	8	9	14	16	15	21	33	42

New Zealand Top 50
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Chart position	6	4	4	8	5	11	12	10	15	19	33	27	31	35	off	37

[edit] Trivia

The title refers to the Holiday Inn hotel chain.

The song refers specifically to the Oakland Park Holiday Inn, near Lambert Airport, which can be found, as the song suggests, by following "Highway 270 to Natural Bridge Road", where it intersects Woodson Road.