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“Holiday” released as the third single off of Green Day’s seventh studio album American Idiot (2004). Though the song is a prelude to “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, “Holiday” was released as a single later on, in the spring of 2005. The song achieved considerable popularity across the world and performed moderately well on the charts. In the U.S., it reached number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks and Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. It debuted at number eleven in the UK and at number twenty-one in Canada.

“Holiday” features a spoken word segment during the bridge that is unique to Green Day songs. While it caused controversy, this speech is generally regarded as anti-fascist, with Green Day accusing George W. Bush of being a fascist.

During live performances, lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong liked to introduce this song with a political agenda, or alternatively, a disclaimer. For example, on Green Day’s CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible (2005), Armstrong announces, “This next song’s a big ‘fuck you’ to all the politicians. This song’s called Holiday! This song is not anti-American; it’s anti-war!” Which some consider to be similar to the way in which Bono of U2 would introduce “Sunday Bloody Sunday”; “This is not a rebel song…”.

“Holiday” was played in the movie Accepted and parts of the song were played in the movie Surf’s Up. The song is also featured in the video game Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland.
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  • Mar1necorps

    Zieg heil to the President Gasman, bombs away is your punisment!": O yea greenday you have brillant ideas

    Tuesday afternoon

  • ruleOftwo

    "Zieg heil to the President Gasman, bombs away is your punisment!" Absolutely fucking genius. Take that government!

    19 days ago

  • Mar1necorps

    :D i love greenday i grew up listning to them

    20 days ago

  • enyalb24

    kill all the fags who dont agree

    last month

  • bhangraprincess

    I love this song!

    last month

  • testmachines

    There are only so many things with which to create music.

    last month

  • lorendefect

    La La La La La La La La La

    last month

  • GraySage

    Rip off? Hardly. Just because the drum beats are similar, the chords are completely different as well as the content.

    March 2012

  • Deardeadfriend

    Have you ever heard Iggy Pop's "The Passenger" from the 70's? Blatant rip off, Green Day.

    March 2012

  • ilovelilwayne34

    best song ever

    February 2012

  • ryotego

    best. fucking. song. back in high school, i taught it to absolutely everyone that knew how to hold a guitar just so we could all jam to it during recess.

    February 2012

  • star2777

    :)*

    February 2012

  • SargentAwsome

    rule #1 of the universe BILLIE JOE FUCKING RULES!!!

    December 2011

  • falk-a

    when I think of GD, I think of Holiday at first <3

    November 2011

  • SUPERZENIT

    Крутяк

    November 2011

  • Fakexxxx

    Amazing song.

    November 2011

  • kurtnirvanakris

    i love this song

    November 2011

  • RulezForAnarchy

    cant stop this song!

    October 2011

  • cokiekillercore

    ¬ loves it ¬ ­­ N Jychelle N

    September 2011

  • tomduarte

    my first favorite song

    September 2011
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