Holiday (Dizzee Rascal song)

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"Holiday"
Holiday cover.jpg
Single by Dizzee Rascal featuring Chrome & Calvin Harris
from the album Tongue n' Cheek
Released23 August 2009
RecordedApril 2009
Genre Hip house
Length3:39
Label Dirtee Stank
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Calvin Harris
Dizzee Rascal singles chronology
"Bonkers"
(2009)
"Holiday"
(2009)
"Dirtee Cash"
(2009)

"Holiday" is a song by English 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.

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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
  1. "Holiday" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Holiday" (R'n'B Mix)
  3. "Live, Large N' In Charge"
  4. "Holiday" (Acappella)
  5. "Holiday" (Instrumental)
  1. "Holiday" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Holiday" (Extended Mix)
  3. "Live Large 'N' In Charge"
  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

Certifications

Certification for "Holiday"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [17] Gold35,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [18] Gold7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Platinum600,000

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

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom [20] 23 August 2009 Digital download Dirtee Stank
Australia28 August 2009Liberation
United Kingdom31 August 2009 CD single Dirtee Stank

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