Holidays in the Sun (song)

"Holidays in the Sun"
Single by Sex Pistols
from the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
B-side"Satellite"
Released14 October 1977
Recorded18 June 1977 at Wessex Sound Studios, London
GenrePunk rock
Length3:20
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)John Beverley, Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon
Producer(s)Chris Thomas, Bill Price
Sex Pistols singles chronology
"Pretty Vacant"
(1977)
"Holidays in the Sun"
(1977)
"No One Is Innocent"
(1978)

"Holidays in the Sun" is a song by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released on 14 October 1977 as the band's fourth single, as well as the advance single from their only album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. A #8 chart hit in the UK, the single proved to be the last with singer John Lydon for 30 years. Steve Jones and Paul Cook recorded one more single, "No One Is Innocent" with Ronnie Biggs, as the band imploded, and Sid Vicious recorded solo covers of "My Way" and "Somethin' Else" under the Pistols name. Rolling Stone ranked the song #43 of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.[1]

  1. ^ "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time". Rolling Stone. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2016.