Lindsey Buckingham – Holiday Road (US 12″ Promo)
Posted by DjPaulT on July 4th, 2012
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983
Happy 4th of July fellow BTG’ers, and to everyone in the USA! “Holiday Road” is the perfect single to post. Many US citizens are celebrating our nation’s independence, and taking a well deserved holiday. Today many Americans are enjoying fireworks, cookouts, or a day at the beach. Although this is not a patriotic tune by definition, “Holiday Road” is a great song for summertime celebrations.
“Holiday Road” is a 1983 single written and recorded by Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. The song was featured in the 1983 film National Lampoon’s Vacation and was played during the opening titles. The song was also used in the sequels National Lampoon’s European Vacation and Vegas Vacation. The song peaked at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1983.
Lindsey Buckingham has released a live version of the song on his 2008 album Live at the Bass Performance Hall.
In 2011, the song was used as the music on television advertising for Teletext Holidays in the United Kingdom and subsequently made UK #168 from the live download of the song; it became Buckingham’s first UK “hit” of sorts in nearly 30 years.
SIDE A:
Holiday Road 2:11
SIDE B:
Holiday Road 2:11
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Holiday Road | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #82 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – PRO-A-2055
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll
Credits: Producer – Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut
Written-By – Lindsey Buckingham
NOTES:
From the Warner Bros. album “National Lampoons Vacation” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1-23909)
Promotional copy not for sale.
Same track appears on both sides.
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MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
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July 4th, 2012 at 11:37 am
Happy 4th of July to You All
Patrick
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 4th, 2012 at 11:46 am
Happy 4th Patrick!
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July 4th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
Happy 4th, Paul!
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 4th, 2012 at 3:38 pm
Happy 4th Mike!!
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July 4th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Happy 4th to you, Paul!
I have some complaints to make though, but not of you but of this tune.
IT should have been a hit!
IT should have been longer!
I spent a fortune in the 90s just to get a copy of Lindsey’s Introspective Promo CD mostly for this song!
LOL!
So in other words, this single is brilliant and worth the $$$ and what’s more, so appropriate for today! Sure puts everyone in a holiday mood!
So how did you celebrate today, Paul?
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 4th, 2012 at 10:13 pm
Hi Ric, I agree I want this song to be longer. I can never get enough of it. Today I just did the regular stuff. Tulsa is on the Arkansas river and the city always puts on a great fireworks show. So I watched fireworks and cooked out on the grill. Great fun!
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July 4th, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Awesome. I have been wanting this song since it has been playing endlessly on that commercial. I had no idea it was Lindsey Buckingham. Weird
Happy 4th, Paul!
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July 5th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Surprised there was never a remix/long version released, and even MORE surprised it didn’t do better on the charts!
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July 30th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Thanks!
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