Holiday (Green Day song)

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"Holiday"
Green Day - Holiday cover.jpg
Single by Green Day
from the album American Idiot
ReleasedMarch 14, 2005 (2005-03-14)
Recorded2004
Genre
Length3:52
Label
Composer(s) Green Day
Lyricist(s) Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s)
Green Day singles chronology
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
(2004)		"Holiday"
(2005)		"Wake Me Up When September Ends"
(2005)
Music video
"Holiday" on YouTube
UK CD1 and European CD single [19] [20]
No.TitleLength
1."Holiday"3:52
2."Minority" (live)6:01
UK CD2 and Australian CD single [21] [22]
No.TitleLength
1."Holiday"3:52
2."Holiday" (live)4:06
3."Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (live)4:24

UK 7-inch picture disc [23]

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Holiday"3:53
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Minority" (live)6:01

Personnel

Personnel are adapted from the UK-European CD1 liner notes. [19]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [54] 3× Platinum240,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [55] Platinum100,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [56] Gold30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [57] Gold400,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [58]
"Holiday" / "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" 		Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [59] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United KingdomMarch 14, 2005CD Reprise [60]
Digital download [61]
AustraliaMarch 28, 2005CD [62]
United StatesMay 16, 2005 Contemporary hit radio [63]

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