Summer Holiday (song)

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"Summer Holiday"
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Single by Cliff Richard, The Shadows and the Norrie Paramor Strings
from the album Summer Holiday
B-side "Dancing Shoes"
ReleasedFebruary 1963
Recorded9 May & 19 November 1962
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre Pop
Length2:03
Label Columbia DB 4977 [1]
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Norrie Paramor [1]
Cliff Richard, The Shadows and the Norrie Paramor Strings singles chronology
""The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy""
(1962)		"Summer Holiday"
(1963)		"Lucky Lips"
(1963)
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"Summer Holiday" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, written by rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch and drummer Brian Bennett. [1] It is taken from the film of the same name, [1] and was released as the second single from the film in February 1963. It went to number one in the UK Singles Chart for a total of two weeks. [2] After that, the Shadows' instrumental "Foot Tapper"—also from the same film—took over the top spot for one week, before "Summer Holiday" returned to the top spot for one further week. [3]

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"Summer Holiday" is one of Richard's best known titles and it remains a staple of his live shows. It was one of six songs that Richard performed at his spontaneous gig at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships when rain stopped the tennis.[ citation needed ]

In 2019, the UK Government's Drinkaware campaign parodied "Summer Holiday" for a string of radio adverts and videos for the "No Alcoholiday" initiative to encourage people to have drink-free days. [4] [ better source needed ]

Chart performance

Summer Holiday

Chart (1963)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 3
Australia (Music Maker, Sydney) [6] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [7] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [8] 18
Canada (CHUM) [9] 1
Denmark (Quan Musikbureau) [10] [11] 1
Finland (IFPI Finland) [12] 6
France (SNEP) [13] 46
Hong Kong [14] [15] 2
Ireland (IRMA) [16] 2
Israel (Kol) [6] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [17] 2
New Zealand [14] 2 [*]
Norway (VG-lista) [18] 1
Spain (Promusicae) [19] 1
South Africa (SARMDA) [6] 10
UK Singles (OCC) [20] 1

Notes:

Dancing Shoes

The B-side "Dancing Shoes" also entered some charts, some of which are listed below.

Chart (1963)Peak
position
Hong Kong [10] 6
South Africa (SARMDA) [14] 4
UK (NME) [21] 25

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 70. ISBN   0-85112-250-7.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 147–8. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  3. ↑ "Number 1 Singles – 1960s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Enjoy more Drink Free Days each week with No Alcoholidays | Drinkaware". YouTube . 16 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969 . Turramurra, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book Pty. ISBN   0-646-44439-5.
  6. 1 2 3 Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 25 May 1963. p. 45. ISSN   0006-2510.
  7. ↑ "Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Summer Holiday" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. ↑ "Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Summer Holiday" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  9. ↑ "CHUM Chart".|
  10. 1 2 Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 4 May 1963. p. 28. ISSN   0006-2510.
  11. ↑ "Denmark Singles Chart (Top 20/30) – Summer Holiday". danskehitlister.dk. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  12. ↑ Lassila, Juha (1990). Mitä Suomi soittaa?: Hittilistat 1954-87 (in Finnish). Jyväskylän yliopisto. ISBN   95-168-0321-0.
  13. ↑ Select Cliff RICHARD from the drop-down selection box and click OK: "French Singles - Artists R". infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  14. 1 2 3 Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 11 May 1963. p. 36. ISSN   0006-2510.
  15. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 18 May 1963. pp. 32–. ISSN   0006-2510.
  16. ↑ "Ireland singles charts". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  17. ↑ "Cliff Richard – Summer Holiday" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  18. ↑ "Cliff Richard – Summer Holiday". VG-lista.
  19. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 1979). Sólo éxitos: Año a año, 1959–2002. Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   978-84-8048-639-2.
  20. ↑ "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  21. ↑ Read, Mike; Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1993). Cliff Richard - The Complete Chronicle. London: Hamlyn. p. 303. ISBN   0600578976 . Retrieved 1 July 2013.


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