"Holiday Road" | ||||
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Single by Lindsey Buckingham | ||||
from the album National Lampoon's Vacation Original Motion Picture Sound Track | ||||
B-side | "The Trip (Theme from Vacation)" | |||
Released | June 24, 1983 | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll, boogie-woogie, pop rock | |||
Length | 2:11 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lindsey Buckingham | |||
Producer(s) | Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut | |||
Lindsey Buckingham singles chronology | ||||
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"Holiday Road" on YouTube | ||||
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"Holiday Road" |
"Holiday Road" is a 1983 single composed and recorded by American guitarist/singer Lindsey Buckingham. Written for the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation, it was also used in the film's sequels National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Vegas Vacation (1997) and Vacation (2015). Despite only peaking at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during its original release, it has since become one of Buckingham's best known songs.[1]
Buckingham released a live version of the song on his 2008 album Live at the Bass Performance Hall.
In July 2015, a remastered edition of "Holiday Road" was re-released, both on the Vacation soundtrack album and as a digital download along with "Dancin' Across the USA" from the original National Lampoon's Vacation soundtrack.