Holiday Rap

"Holiday Rap" is a 1986 rap song recorded by Dutch duo MC Miker G & DJ Sven. The debut single of the duo, it was released in most European countries in 1986 and achieved success, topping the chart in France (it was the first number-one rap hit and the 591st best-selling single of all time in that country[1]), Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. While a relative failure in the U.S., the single managed to reach the Top 10 in Canada in the spring of 1987.

"Holiday Rap"
Single by MC Miker G & DJ Sven
B-side"Whimsical Touch"
Released1986
GenreHip hop, pop-rap, dance-pop
Length4:25
LabelRush Records,
High Fashion Music
Songwriter(s)Brian Bennett
Curtis L. Hudson,
Bruce Welch
Lisa Stevens,
Lucien Witteveen,
Sven van Veen
Producer(s)Ben Liebrand
MC Miker G & DJ Sven singles chronology
"Holiday Rap"
(1986)		 "Celebration Rap"
(1987)
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Music and lyrics

Musically, the song is based on Madonna's 1983 hit "Holiday". DJ Martin van der Schagt had a home studio where he recorded the demo version of "Holiday Rap" using the original tape loops of Madonna's "Holiday". Not possible for a commercial release, producer Ben Liebrand figured out which instruments were used in the original and re-recorded the music from scratch as opposed to sampling the original, with different lyrics and new melodies.[2] In the lyrics, both singers tell of their summer vacations in various towns, such as London and New York.[3] The song also features an interpolation of the chorus of Cliff Richard's "Summer Holiday". The music video for the song was named by MuchMusic as the worst video of 1986.

In 1987, Russian Sergey Minaev, a Soviet pop singer of the mid-1980s, who specialized in humorous songs and musical parodies, performed his version called "DJ's Rap (Рэп дискжокея)" with new lyrics about Soviet censorship in satirical key.[4] It gained strong popularity throughout the USSR in 1989, when music video was released.[5]

Track listing
CD maxi
No.TitleLength
1."Holiday Rap" (extended)6:22
2."Holiday Rap" (a cappella)6:10
3."Whimsical Touch"5:01
4."Holiday Rap" (radio edit)4:27
7" single
No.TitleLength
1."Holiday Rap"4:25
2."Whimsical Touch"5:00
12" maxi
No.TitleLength
1."Holiday Rap"6:20
2."Holiday Rap" (accapella)6:09
3."Holiday Rap" (hip hop instrumental)6:20
4."Whimsical Touch"5:00

Charts and sales

See also

References
  1. Best-selling singles of all time in France Infodisc.fr Archived 2008-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
  2. Ogg, Alex (1999). "The Hip Hop Years: A History of Rap", p. 233. Macmillan, UK.
  3. Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 85 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  4. Минаев, Сергей. "Магнитоальбом Радио «Абракадабра» - 1987". sergeyminaev.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  5. Music video(Худсовет) Рэп диск-жокея on YouTube
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 183. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
  7. "Holiday Rap", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
  8. "RPM 100 Singles Chart". Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  9. "Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK)".
  10. Dutch Top 40 Radio538.nl Archived 2008-01-09 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
  11. UK Singles Chart Official Charts Company (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
  12. 1986 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
  13. "Single top 100 over 1986" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  14. "Eurochart Hot 100 of the Year 1986" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 3, no. 51–52. 27 December 1986. p. 28-29. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 4 October 2021 – via American Radio History.
  15. 1986 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved September 21, 2008)
  16. "Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  17. "French single certifications – M.C. Miker G. & DJ Sven – Holiday Rap" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 17 April 2022. Select M.C. MIKER G. & DJ SVEN and click OK. 
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