Holiday is a song by the American
Punk Rock band
Green Day, released as the third single off of their seventh studio album
American Idiot. Though the song is a prelude to
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams,
Holiday was released as a single later on, in the spring of 2005. The song achieved considerable popularity across the world and performed moderately well on the charts. In the U.S., it reached number nineteen on the
Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts. It debuted at number eleven in the
United Kingdom and at number twenty-one in
Canada.
Holiday is a song by the American
Punk Rock band
Green Day, released as the third single off of their seventh studio album
American Idiot. Though the song is a prelude to
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams,
Holiday was released as a single later on, in the spring of 2005. The song achieved considerable popularity across the world and performed moderately well on the charts. In the U.S., it reached number nineteen on the
Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts. It debuted at number eleven in the
United Kingdom and at number twenty-one in
Canada.
During live performances, lead singer
Billie Joe Armstrong liked to introduce this song with a political statement, or alternatively, a disclaimer. For example, on Green Day's CD/DVD
Bullet In A Bible, Armstrong announces, This next song's a big 'fuck you' to all the politicians. This song's called Holiday! This song is not anti-American; it's anti-war!
Holiday was played in the movie Accepted and parts of the song were played in the movie Surf's Up. The song is also featured in the video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. It was also played in the original trailer for the motion picture, War, Inc. It's also played during the Vancouver Canucks goal horn for the 2009-2010 season & was the goal song for the San Jose Sharks during the 2006-2007
NHL season.