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"Holiday" is a song by English rapper
Dizzee Rascal Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a British MC and rapper. A pioneer of grime music, his work has also incorporated elements of UK garage, bassline, British hip hop, and R&B. D ...
, released as the third single from his fourth studio album, ''
Tongue n' Cheek ''Tongue n' Cheek'' is the fourth studio album by British rapper Dizzee Rascal. The album was released on 20 September 2009 and includes the number one singles, " Dance wiv Me", " Bonkers", " Holiday" and " Dirtee Disco". It has been certified ...
''. It was produced by Calvin Harris, with chorus vocals by R&B singer Chrome. Harris originally wrote the song for girl group,
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, but it was rejected. The song was released digitally on 23 August 2009, with a physical copy that followed on 31 August 2009. 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.


Critical reception

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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.


Track listing

*CD single # "Holiday" – 3:41 # "Holiday" – 6:02 # "Holiday" – 3:25 # "Live, Large N' In Charge" – 3:51 *12" single # "Holiday" # "Holiday" # "Live, Large N' In Charge" # "Holiday" # "Holiday" *iTunes Australian single # "Holiday" # "Holiday" # "Live Large 'N' In Charge" *iTunes UK EP # "Holiday" # "Holiday" # "Holiday" # "Live Large 'N' In Charge" # "Holiday"


Credits and personnel

* Writers:
Dylan Mills Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a British Rapping#Emcees, MC and rapper. A pioneer of grime (music genre), grime music, his work has also incorporated elements of UK garage, basslin ...
, Calvin Harris, Nick Detnon * Producer: Calvin Harris *
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performed and
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by Calvin Harris * Mixing: Calvin Harris *
Lyrics Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a " libretto" and their writer, ...
written and performed by Dizzee Rascal * Chorus vocals performed by Chrome *
Backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...
performed by The Doctor *Vocals recorded and produced by Nick Cage


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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holiday (Dizzee Rascal Song) 2009 singles Dizzee Rascal songs UK Singles Chart number-one singles 2009 songs Songs written by Calvin Harris Songs written by Dizzee Rascal