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| Single by Green Day | ||||
| from the album American Idiot | ||||
| Released | September 21, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | March 26, 2004 | |||
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| Length | 3:52 | |||
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| Lyricist(s) | Billie Joe Armstrong | |||
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Holiday is the 3rd track on Green Day's album American Idiot. It was released as a single on March 14, 2005 in the UK and May 7 of the same year in the US. The song is in F Minor key. The song reached number nineteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks and Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. It also reached number eleven on UK's singles chart and number twenty-one on the Canadian Hot 100.
The song is considered anti-war of America by Billie Joe Armstrong.
Contents
1 Mixes
1.1 Album Version
1.2 Fade Ending
1.3 Clean Radio Edit
2 Lyrics
3 External links
Mixes
Album Version
Original version from American Idiot.
Fade Ending
Identical to the album version, except with an ending that doesn't go into Boulevard of Broken Dreams, but rather fades out instead for radio play. Featured on the digital single, and the CD1 and CD2 single for Holiday.
Clean Radio Edit
A radio edit from the American Holiday single. Backmasked the word 'fag,' as well as the phrase "Seig Heil" which was censored due to its use during World War 2 which was used to salute Adolf Hitler and retains the fade ending.
Lyrics
Say! Hey!
Hear the sound of the falling rain,
Coming down like an Armageddon flame,
The shame,
The ones who died without a name,
Hear the dogs howling out of key,
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery",
And bleed,
the company lost the war today
I beg to dream and differ,
From the hollow lies,
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On Holiday
Hear the drum pounding out of time,
Another protester has crossed the line,
To find, the money's on the other side,
Can I get another Amen? (AMEN)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men,
A gag,
A plastic bag on a monument
I beg to dream and differ,
From the hollow lies,
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On Holiday
The representative from California has the floor
Sieg Heil to the President Gasman,
Bombs away is your punishment,
Pulverize the Eiffel Towers,
Who criticize your government,
Bang, Bang goes the broken glass, and
ill all the fags that don't agree,
Trials by fire setting fire,
Is not a way that's meant for me,
Just cause,
Just cause because we're outlaws, yeah!
I beg to dream and differ,
From the hollow lies,
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives,
I beg to dream and differ,
From the hollow lies,
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on holiday Good Foot
Year-end charts[]
| Chart (2007) | Position |
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| UK Singles (OCC)[3] | 188 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 39 |
Certifications[]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Italy (FIMI)[5] | Gold | 25,000double-dagger |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[6] | Silver | 200,000double-dagger |
| United States (RIAA)[7] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
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Release history[]
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United Kingdom | March 14, 2005 | CD | Reprise | [8] |
| Digital download | [9] | |||
| Australia | March 28, 2005 | CD | [10] | |
| United States | May 16, 2007 | Contemporary hit radio | [11] |
Notable covers[]
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| Single by Scuba Dice | ||||
| Released | March 13, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
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| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | Independent | |||
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The song was first covered by the Irish pop punk band Scuba Dice in 2006 and charted at number eight on the Irish Singles Chart, number two on the download chart that week, and went on to be the 42nd-best-selling single of 2008 by an Irish artist.[12]
Hayseed Dixie also performed a bluegrass cover of the song on the band's album A Hot Piece of Grass.
The song "Dr. Who on Holiday", from the mash-up album American Edit, combines "Holiday", The KLF single "Doctorin' the Tardis", and the original theme from the television show Doctor Who, while the intro juxtaposes George W. Bush with the Daleks, a race of monsters from the aforementioned British television series.
See also[]
- List of anti-war songs
References[]
- ↑ Connick, Tom (May 16, 2018). "Green Day: their 15 best songs - ranked". NME. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
A flawless fusion of angst, anger and a massive fuck-you to the political establishment, with a ripping solo and chant-along middle-eight to boot, ‘Holiday’ is punk-rock perfection.
- ↑ Pauker, Lance (January 22, 2014). "49 Phenomenally Angsty Pop-Punk Songs From The 2000s You Forgot Existed". Thought Catalog. The Thought & Expression Co. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ↑ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2007" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ↑ "Top 100 Songs of 2005 - Billboard Year End Charts". Bobborst.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
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|url=value (help) (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved October 2, 2017. URL–wikilink conflict (help) Select "2017" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Holiday" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli online" under "Sezione". - ↑ [[[:Template:Certification Cite/URL]] "[[:Template:Certification Cite/Title]]"] Check
|url=value (help). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 9, 2020. URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ↑ [[[:Template:Certification Cite/URL]] "[[:Template:Certification Cite/Title]]"] Check
|url=value (help). Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 5, 2020. URL–wikilink conflict (help) If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. - ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. March 12, 2005. p. 29.
- ↑ "Holiday – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ↑ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 28th March 2007" (PDF). ARIA. March 28, 2007. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2005. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1606. May 13, 2005. p. 23. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ↑ "About RTÉ: RTÉ's You're A Star Storms The Charts". Rte.ie. March 16, 2007. Archived from the original on September 4, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
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