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  • Holiday
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  • eng
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  • 1983 singles
  • Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles
  • Warner Bros. Records singles
  • Sire Records singles
  • Madonna (entertainer) songs
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  • %22Holiday%22 is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her eponymous debut studio album Madonna (1983). Sire Records released it as the album's third single on September 7, 1983. %22Holiday%22 later appeared remixed on the remix compilation You Can Dance (1987) and the greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection (1990), and in its original form on the greatest hits album Celebration (2009). Written by Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens of Pure Energy, the track was offered to Madonna by her producer John %22Jellybean%22 Benitez when she was looking for a potential hit track to include in her debut album. After accepting the song, she and Jellybean worked on it and altered its composition by the addition of a piano solo performed by their friend, Fred Zarr.%22Holiday%22 features instrumentation from guitars, electronic handclaps, a cowbell, and a synthesized string arrangement, while its lyrics speak about the universal sentiment of taking a holiday. Universally acclaimed by critics, the song became Madonna's first hit single when it entered the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, topping its dance chart, and also becoming a crossover success, entering the top ten and top 40 of many European countries. Madonna has performed %22Holiday%22 on most of her tours and it is generally included as a part of the encore. Different performances of the song are included in the recorded releases of her tours. Cover versions by a number of artists have been released, and it has also appeared in the soundtrack of sitcoms like Will & Grace.In the United Kingdom, %22Holiday%22 has been released three times as a single; in January 1984, reaching number six, and in August 1985 reaching number 2 (only being kept from number one by her own %22Into the Groove%22 single). Its third release in 1991 included new artwork to promote The Immaculate Collection with a limited edition EP titled The Holiday Collection, which contained tracks omitted from the compilation; this version peaked at number five. While not among Madonna's highest chart showings, the track became one of her better known songs worldwide.
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  • 2009 Celebration remaster
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  • USWB19903386
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  • John Benitez
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  • Gold
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  • 290
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  • 2812569
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  • english
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  • February 1983
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  • Holiday
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  • TRALSBI12903CCEEA0
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