johnnywest
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 27, 2006 9:48:44 GMT -5
This was her first pop hit. I think it hit #15 in R&R and #16 in Billboard. I like it better than "A Public Affair."
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Topay
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Post by Topay on Aug 27, 2006 10:58:14 GMT -5
I like it. Often, I listen to this and Green Day's (different) song of the same name back to back.
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HolidayGuy
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Post by HolidayGuy on Aug 27, 2006 20:40:46 GMT -5
It's one of the GREAT univeral anthems. Not just about having agood time or taking a vacation, like some interpret it. With lines like:
"...all across the world, in every nation..."
"It's time for the good times, forget about the bad times..."
"...one day to come together, we can make things better..."
"we can turn this workd around and bring back all of those happy days..."
"...let love shine, and we will find a way to come together..."
It's completely frothy and escapist- but the underlying meaning makes it even more if an anthem. While it's always a performance highlight, the Girlie Show performance best expmplfies what the song's about.
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Post by joker on May 28, 2007 22:56:53 GMT -5
I like it!
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Post by areyoureadytojump on May 29, 2007 15:26:22 GMT -5
Top of the Pops performance:
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on May 29, 2007 23:59:49 GMT -5
I love it!
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Post by unicorns on Oct 12, 2008 14:30:36 GMT -5
I like it!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2008 14:32:12 GMT -5
Love it. One of my absolute favorite Madonna songs.
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B-Boy
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Post by B-Boy on Feb 18, 2011 12:23:28 GMT -5
I love it. Jessica Simpson's "Public Affair" reminded me of this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2011 12:25:09 GMT -5
Probably in my top 10 favourite Madonna singles.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Feb 18, 2011 13:41:13 GMT -5
this still has great recurrent airplay on 80's stations.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 18, 2011 16:59:38 GMT -5
The rumored video which was rejected:
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MikeCheck12
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Post by MikeCheck12 on Feb 19, 2011 7:59:23 GMT -5
Very fun track.
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Post by floridagrl on Oct 9, 2011 9:19:42 GMT -5
This is my favorite song from Madonna. It gets me going and makes me wanna celebrate life. If I am not mistaken, this is her first song that charted.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2011 11:40:02 GMT -5
This may not have the kind of substance some of her later material had, but it's still my favorite Madonna single. It has such a fun, effervescent quality. The song was originally given to R&B singer Phyllis Hyman who rejected the track, before it was brought to Madonna. Madonna's face didn't appear on the original single cover, and due to the R&B feel of the track and the fact it was getting play alongside all the other R&B club hits of the time, a lot of people thought the singer was black. "Holiday" went to #25 on the Hot Black Singles chart (the name of Billboard's R&B chart at the time). I seem to remember a very low-budget video for "Holiday" with Madonna dancing with two dancers in a field. I think it was a video for "Holiday" at least, although it may have been another early single. I can't find it on YouTube.  Here's the demo. |
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Post by Soulsista on Oct 9, 2011 14:26:20 GMT -5
I liked this.
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HolidayGuy
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 11, 2011 22:36:26 GMT -5
But, jazzy, it DOES have substance (see my post from- gaps- five years ago)- you just have to get past the fun, frothy surface. :) Mary Wilson (of The Supremes) also turned it down- thankfully, as it gave Madonna one of her signature anthems.
There was a video filmed, but it's never been seen anywhere. There is a performance of the track that some think is the official video, but it's not.
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Post by horchata on Oct 15, 2011 1:35:40 GMT -5
Probably in my top 10 favourite Madonna singles. |
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 15, 2011 1:55:34 GMT -5
i'm on the fence whether or not I want this song to be included in her next tour.
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Post by Sir Benji on Oct 17, 2011 22:25:44 GMT -5
Love the original version of this. Her debut album is early 80's crossover R&B/Dance gold.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2011 10:37:00 GMT -5
A little overrated but I've always liked it.
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Post by Minor Scratch on Oct 19, 2011 13:04:50 GMT -5
My favorite Madonna song. Gets every party going. Many artists have tried to recreate the aura and sound of this track in the recent years, but they just can't pull it off the way she did.
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Post by Dreams on Feb 25, 2015 17:47:50 GMT -5
I love it, my favorite Madonna single. Her debut album is early 80's crossover R&B/Dance gold. Yes! I can't decide between her debut and Like A Prayer (maybe True Blue as well) as my favorite album of hers. |
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Mar 7, 2015 1:45:53 GMT -5
Hmmm. Of course I love this, but not the greatest from her.
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Post by ♛ The Manticore ☯ on Mar 25, 2020 11:47:36 GMT -5
A classic!!! My local AC station plays this all the time.
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Post by JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME on Mar 29, 2020 23:07:40 GMT -5
This is one of my many favorite songs and singles by Madonna. It's such a happy, fun song. I like the freshened up mix that is on The Immaculate Collection more though I do like the original first version.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jul 14, 2020 21:51:29 GMT -5
One of her signature songs. Great, celebratory song overall. I still hear it on the radio all the time!
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Post by disman00911 on Jul 17, 2020 11:47:06 GMT -5
One of my favorite 80s Madonna songs. Often heard this as an 80s flashback on Lite FM 93.9, 100.3, B96, and on 103.5 short-lived Jammin Oldies format when I was younger.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Nov 2, 2023 16:04:07 GMT -5
40 years ago this week, "Holiday" debuted at #88 on the October 29, 1983 Billboard Hot 100. Somehow WBR/Madonna has bought the rights to this Solid Gold performance and it is the official video for Holiday: American Bandstand: I think is a French tv performance: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_(Madonna_song)#6 UK #2 UK 1985 re-release #5 UK 1991 re-release #12 Cash Box #25 R&B |
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Post by jdanton2 on Nov 2, 2023 18:32:20 GMT -5
most of my favorite Madonna songs were from the years 1883-86 with this being one of my favorites.
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