"Summer Holiday" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, written by rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch and drummer Brian Bennett. It went to number one in the UK. It is taken from the film of the same name and is one of Richard's best known titles. It was one of six classic hits Richard performed at his spontaneous gig at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships when rain stopped the tennis. It remains a staple of Richard's live show.
A cover of the song by Kevin the Gerbil was used as the theme from TV-am's 1984 series Rat on the Road II.
The melody of the song is used in the chorus of the 1986 rap tune Holiday Rap by Dutch duo MC Miker G & DJ Sven.
| Preceded by "The Wayward Wind" by Frank Ifield |
UK number-one single 14 March 1963 – 21 March 1963 4 April 1963 |
Succeeded by "Foot Tapper" by The Shadows |
- UK Sales: 500,000
- HOL Sales: 55,000
Famous quotes containing the words summer and/or holiday:
“Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.
The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers,
Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends
Or other testimony of summer nights. The nymphs are departed.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“A holiday is when you celebrate something that’s all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there’s nothing left to celebrate but the dead.”
—Abraham Polonsky (b. 1910)