| "Holiday Rap" | ||||
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| Single by MC Miker G & DJ Sven | ||||
| B-side | "Whimsical Touch" | |||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Format | 7" single, 12" maxi, CD maxi | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, dance-pop | |||
| Length | 4:25 | |||
| Label | Rush Records, High Fashion Music |
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| Writer(s) | Brian Bennett Curtis L. Hudson, Bruce Welch Lisa Stevens, Lucien Witteveen, Sven van Veen |
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| Producer | Ben Liebrand | |||
| MC Miker G & DJ Sven singles chronology | ||||
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"Holiday Rap" is a 1986 rap song recorded by Dutch band MC Miker G & DJ Sven. Debut single of the duet, it was released in most European countries in 1986 and achieved success, topping the chart in France (it was the first rap number-one hit and the 591st best-selling single of all time in that country[1]), Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. While a relative failure in the U.S., the single managed to reach the Top 10 in Canada in the spring of 1987.
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Music and lyrics [link]
Musically, the song used a sample from Madonna's 1983 hit "Holiday", with different lyrics and a melodious music. In the lyrics, both singers tell their summer vacations in various towns, such as London and New York.[2] The song also featured the chorus of Cliff Richard's "Summer Holiday".
Following the success of the "Holiday Rap", Russian Sergey Minaev, a pop singer of the mid 1980s, performed his cover called "Dj's Rap (Рэп дискжокея)", which gained in strong popularity troughout the USSR in 1989.
The music video illustrating the song was named by MuchMusic as the worst video of 1987.
Track listings [link]
- CD maxi
- "Holiday Rap" (extended) — 6:22
- "Holiday Rap" (a cappella) — 6:10
- "Whimsical Touch" — 5:01
- "Holiday Rap" (radio edit) — 4:27
- 7" single
- "Holiday Rap" — 4:25
- "Whimsical Touch" — 5:00
- 12" maxi
- "Holiday Rap" — 6:20
- "Holiday Rap" (accapella) — 6:09
- "Holiday Rap" (hip hop instrumental) — 6:20
- "Whimsical Touch" — 5:00
Charts and sales [link]
Peak positions [link]
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End of year charts [link]
Certifications [link]
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Chart successions [link]
| Preceded by "The Edge of Heaven" by Wham! |
Dutch Top 40 number-one single August 2, 1986 - September 16, 1986 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Sing Our Own Song" by UB40 |
| Preceded by "Lessons in Love" by Level 42 |
German number-one single August 22, 1986 - September 19, 1986 (5 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Rage Hard" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
| Preceded by "Lessons in Love" by Level 42 |
Swiss number-one single September 28, 1986 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "The Final Countdown" by Europe |
| Preceded by "Les Démons de minuit" by Images |
French SNEP number-one single October 18, 1986 - October 25, 1986 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Ève lève-toi" by Julie Pietri |
References [link]
- ^ Best-selling singles of all time in France Infodisc.fr (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
- ^ a b Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 85 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
- ^ a b c d e f "Holiday Rap", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
- ^ RPM 100 Singles Chart
- ^ Dutch Top 40 Radio538.nl (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
- ^ 1986 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
- ^ "Single top 100 over 1986" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. https://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201986.pdf. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ 1986 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
- ^ Certifications and sales of singles in France, database Infodisc.fr (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
