"Holiday" is an alternative rock song by Green Day, released as the third single off of their seventh studio album American Idiot (2004). Though the song is a prelude to "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Holiday" was released as a single later on, in the spring of 2005. The song achieved considerable popularity across the world and performed moderately well on the charts. In the U.S., it reached number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. It debuted at number eleven in the UK and at number twenty-one in Canada.
"Holiday" features a spoken word segment during the bridge that is unique to Green Day songs. While it caused controversy, this speech is generally regarded as anti-fascist, with Green Day accusing George W. Bush of being a fascist.
During live performances, lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong liked to introduce this song with a political agenda, or alternatively, a disclaimer. For example, on Green Day's CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible (2005), Armstrong announces, "This next song's a big 'fuck you' to all the politicians. This song's called Holiday! This song is not anti-American; it's anti-war!" Which some consider to be similar to the way in which Bono of U2 would introduce "Sunday Bloody Sunday"; "This is not a rebel song...".
"Holiday" was played in the movie Accepted and parts of the song were played in the movie Surf's Up.
"Holiday" is the third single by American singer-songwriter Madonna and was released on September 7, 1983 by Sire Records. It appears on her 1983 debut studio album Madonna and later remixed on the 1987 remix compilation You Can Dance and the 1990 greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection.
The single has been released in the UK market three times; in January 17, 1984 (no.6), July 30, 1985 (no.2, only kept off the top spot by her own single "Into the Groove") and June 4, 1991 (no.5) with an EP accompanying the single release, entitled The Holiday Collection.
"Holiday" is a song by the Bee Gees. The song is considered to be eerie, due to the interesting, yet creepy tune and strong organ presence. It was not released as a single in their native England, but reached #16 on the American charts in September of 1967 . It appeared on the album, Bee Gees 1st. In 1979 the short-lived R&B/Disco group Moulin Rouge covered it as well as other early BeeGees songs.
"Holiday" is an original, written by Dilana, about how her life has changed after appearing on Rock Star: Supernova. On February 20, it was released with "Ring of Fire" as a B-side track, exclusively on digital download websites such as iTunes and MySpace (through Snocap), where fans can also listen to the full version for free. It is the second single from her upcoming album slated for an Early 2008 release date.
