Holiday
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| Holiday | |
| Written by: | Billie Joe Armstrong |
| Song length: | 3:52 |
| Release date: | March 14, 2005 (UK) May 7, 2005 (USA) |
| Album: | American Idiot |
| Mixed by: | Chris Lord-Alge |
| Produced by: | Rob Cavallo |
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| Album chronology | |
| Previous song: | "Jesus of Suburbia" |
| Next song: | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" |
"Holiday" is the third track on Green Day's album American Idiot. It was released as a single on March 14, 2005 in the UK and May 7 of the same year in the US. The song is in F Minor key. The song reached #19 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #1 on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks and Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, #1 on UK's Singles Chart, and #21 on the Canadian Hot 100.
Song meaning[edit | edit source]
The song is considered anti-war America by Billie Joe Armstrong[1].
Other versions[edit | edit source]
- Album version - Original version from American Idiot.
- Fadeout - Identical to the album version, except with an ending that doesn't go into "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", but rather fades out instead for radio play. Featured on the digital single, and the CD1 and CD2 single for "Holiday".
- Clean radio edit - A radio edit from the American "Holiday" single. Backmasked the word "fag", and retains the fadeout.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Holiday/lyrics
References[edit | edit source]
| Tracks | "American Idiot" · "Jesus of Suburbia" · "Holiday" · "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" · "Are We the Waiting" · "St. Jimmy" · "Give Me Novacaine" · "She's a Rebel" · "Extraordinary Girl" · "Letterbomb" · "Wake Me Up When September Ends" · "Homecoming" · "Whatsername" · "Favorite Son" (Japan exclusive) |
| B-sides | "Too Much Too Soon" · "Shoplifter" · "Governator" |
