Holiday (Dizzee Rascal song)

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"Holiday"
Single by Dizzee Rascal featuring Chrome
from the album Tongue n' Cheek
Released 23 August 2009
Format
Recorded April 2009
Length 3:39
Label Dirtee Stank
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Calvin Harris
Dizzee Rascal singles chronology
"Bonkers"
(2009)		 "Holiday"
(2009)		 "Dirtee Cash"
(2009)

"Holiday" is a song by Ghanaian British rapper Dizzee Rascal, released as the third single from his fourth studio album, Tongue n' Cheek. It was produced by Calvin Harris, with chorus vocals by R&B singer Chrome. Harris originally wrote the song for girl group, The Saturdays, but it was rejected.[1] The song was released digitally on 23 August 2009, with a physical copy that followed on 31 August 2009.[2] The single debuted in the UK at number-one upon initial release, bringing Dizzee's total of number-one singles to three (four including charity singles), as well as marking the fourth top ten hit and twelfth top forty hit from the rapper.

Critical reception

Vicki of BBC Chart Blog gave the song a positive review stating:

"'Holiday' is a totally cheesy but totally harmless, fun song. It's designed to give people that are on holiday a great excuse to dance madly and us folks back home in Britain who need that holiday an even greater one. This song hasn't got the explosive feel that 'Bonkers' has and thus it doesn't have the same sense of longevity, but what it does have is a very now feel (not least because this song wouldn't have worked so well in November...)

Looking out the window now as I reach the end of this review, I'm amazed to see it has stopped raining and that the sun is trying to peep through the clouds. But then, maybe I shouldn't be that surprised – after all, this has officially been Dizzee's summer and this song is a little ray of sunshine." The song was awarded a 4 star.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Holiday" (Radio Edit) – 3:41
  2. "Holiday" (Extended Mix) – 6:02
  3. "Holiday" (R'n'B Mix) – 3:25
  4. "Live, Large N' In Charge" – 3:51
  • 12" single[5]
  1. "Holiday" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Holiday" (R'n'B Mix)
  3. "Live, Large N' In Charge"
  4. "Holiday" (Acappella)
  5. "Holiday" (Instrumental)
  • iTunes Australian single[6]
  1. "Holiday" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Holiday" (Extended Mix)
  3. "Live Large 'N' In Charge"
  • iTunes UK EP[7]
  1. "Holiday" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Holiday" (Extended Mix)
  3. "Holiday" (R'n'B Mix)
  4. "Live Large 'N' In Charge"
  5. "Holiday" (Music Video)

Credits and personnel

Charts

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
30 August 2009 – 5 September 2009		 Succeeded by
"Run This Town" by Jay Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Silver 200,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom[18] 23 August 2009 Digital download Dirtee Stank
Australia 28 August 2009 Liberation
United Kingdom 31 August 2009 CD single Dirtee Stank

References

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  9. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Dizzee Rascal – Holiday". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dizzee Rascal – Holiday" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  11. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dizzee Rascal – Holiday" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  12. ↑ "Musicline.de – Dizzee Rascal Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  13. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 35, 2009". Irish Singles Chart.
  14. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Dizzee Rascal – Holiday". Top 40 Singles.
  15. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2009-09-05" UK Singles Chart.
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  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter Holiday in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  18. ↑ Dizzee Rascal ft. Chrome - Holiday, single. iTunes.

External links

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