Holiday (Nazareth song)

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"Holiday"

Single by Nazareth

from the album Malice in Wonderland

B-side

"Talkin' About Love"

Released

1 February 1980^[1]

Genre

Rock^[2]
new wave^[2]

Length

3:35

Label

A&M Records, Mountain Records

Nazareth singles chronology

"Every Young Man's Dream"
(1980)

"Holiday"
(1980)

"Dressed to Kill"
(1980)

Audio

"Holiday" on YouTube

"Holiday" is a song by Nazareth from their 1980 album Malice in Wonderland. The single reached No. 87 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[3] their only charting song apart from Love Hurts. The music video features the arcade game "Super Road Champions"^{[citation needed]}. The song has also appeared on the 2002 compilation album "Nazology: Best of Nazareth".^[4] Allmusic's Donald Guarisco gave a positive review of the song in his review of the Malice in Wonderland album.^[5]

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[6]	21
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	87

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[8]	Gold	75,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 42.
^ ^a ^b McPadden, Mike (January 13, 2015). "11 Classic Rockers Who Went New Wave For One Album". VH1. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
^ "Nazareth: Chart History". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ "Holiday - Nazareth: Song info on Allmusic". Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ "Malice in Wonderland - Nazareth". Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 28, 2020. a witty send-up of rich rock & rollers that effectively layers a sing-along chorus done in a mock-calypso style and some slick harmonies over its boogie beat and fat power chords
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0153a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ "Nazareth Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ Lawson, Robert (25 August 2016). Malice in Wonderland-Release and Reception (Razama-Snaz!: The Listener's Guide To Nazareth). p. 82. ISBN 978-1460286388. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

v t e Nazareth
Pete Agnew Jimmy Murrison Lee Agnew Carl Sentance Dan McCafferty Manny Charlton Darrell Sweet Zal Cleminson Billy Rankin John Locke Ronnie Leahy Linton Osborne
Studio albums	Nazareth Exercises Razamanaz Loud 'n' Proud Rampant Hair of the Dog Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll Play 'n' the Game Expect No Mercy No Mean City Malice in Wonderland The Fool Circle 2XS Sound Elixir The Catch Cinema Snakes 'n' Ladders No Jive Move Me Boogaloo The Newz Big Dogz Rock 'n' Roll Telephone Tattooed on My Brain Surviving the Law
Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 'Snaz Live at the Beeb Homecoming Back to the Trenches Alive & Kicking
Compilations	Greatest Hits Hot Tracks From the Vaults Greatest Hits Volume II Maximum XS
Songs	"Broken Down Angel" "Bad Bad Boy" "My White Bicycle" "Morning Dew" The Ballad of Hollis Brown" "Hair of the Dog" "Love Hurts" "This Flight Tonight" "Holiday" "Dream On" "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"
Other	Discography

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