Summer Holiday (song)

"Summer Holiday" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, written by rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch and drummer Brian Bennett.^[1] It is taken from the film of the same name,^[1] and was released as the second single from the film in February 1963. It went to number one in the UK Singles Chart for a total of three weeks, as had the first single from the film, "The Next Time".^[2] After "Summer Holiday" had spent two weeks at number one, The Shadows' instrumental "Foot Tapper" - also from the same film - took over the top spot for one week, before "Summer Holiday" returned to the top spot for one further week.^[3] The track is one of Richard's best known titles and it remains a staple of his live shows. It was one of six hits Richard performed at his spontaneous gig at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships when rain stopped the tennis.

A cover version of the song by Kevin the Gerbil was used as the theme from TV-am's 1984 series Rat on the Road II.

The melody of the song is used in the chorus of the 1986 rap tune "Holiday Rap", by the Dutch duo MC Miker G & DJ Sven.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 70. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 147–8. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ "Number 1 Singles – 1960s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2014.

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Preceded by "The Wayward Wind" by Frank Ifield	UK number-one single 14 March 1963 – 21 March 1963 4 April 1963	Succeeded by "Foot Tapper" by The Shadows

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Albums (UK)

1950s:	Cliff (1959, live) Cliff Sings (1959)

1960s:	Me and My Shadows (1960) 21 Today (1961) Listen to Cliff! (1961) 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds (1962) The Young Ones (1962, soundtrack) Summer Holiday (1963, soundtrack) When in Spain (1963) Wonderful Life (1964, soundtrack) Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp (1964, stage show album) Cliff Richard (1965) Love is Forever (1965) When in Rome (1965) Kinda Latin Finders Keepers (1966, soundtrack) Cinderella (1967, soundtrack) Don't Stop Me Now (1967) Good News (1967, gospel) Cliff in Japan (1968, live) Two a Penny (1968, soundtrack) Established 1958 (1968) Sincerely Cliff (1969)

1970s:	Tracks 'n Grooves (1970) About that Man (1970, gospel) His Land (1970, gospel) Cliff: Live at the Talk of the Town (1970, live) The 31st February Street (1974) Take Me High (1974, soundtrack) Help It Along (1974, gospel) I'm Nearly Famous (1976) Every Face Tells a Story (1977) Green Light (1978) Small Corners (1978, gospel) Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile (1979) Thank You Very Much (1979, live)

1980s:	I'm No Hero (1980) Wired for Sound (1981) Now You See Me, Now You Don't (1982, gospel) Silver (1983) Dressed for the Occasion (1983, live) The Rock Connection (1984) Always Guaranteed (1987) Stronger (1989)

1990s:	From a Distance: The Event (1990, live) Together with Cliff Richard (1991) The Album (1993) Songs from Heathcliff (1995, stage show album) Heathcliff Live (1996, stage show album, live) Real as I Wanna Be (1998)

2000s:	Wanted (2001) Live at the ABC Kingston, 1962 (2002, live) Cliff at Christmas (2003) Something's Goin' On (2004) Cliff Richard - The World Tour (2004, live) Two's Company The Duets (2006) Love... The Album (2007, Part new songs, part compilation) Reunited – Cliff Richard and The Shadows (2009)

2010s:	Bold as Brass (2010) Soulicious (2011) The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook (2013)

EPs (UK)

Serious Charge
Expresso Bongo

Compilations (UK)

Cliff's Hit Album (1963)
More Hits by Cliff (1965)
The Best of Cliff (1969)
The Best of Cliff, Vol. 2 (1972)
40 Golden Greats (1977)
Love Songs (1981)
Walking in the Light (1984, Gospel)
Private Collection: 1979-1988 (1988)
My Kinda Life (1992)
The Hit List (1994)
At the Movies 1959-1974 (1996)
Yesterday, Today, Forever (1997, Gospel)
The Whole Story: His Greatest Hits (2000)
The Platinum Collection (2005)
And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My 50 Years in Music) (2008)
The 50th Anniversary Album (2008)
75 at 75 (2015)

Filmography

Serious Charge (1959)
Expresso Bongo (1959)
The Young Ones (Soundtrack album) (1961)
Summer Holiday (Soundtrack album) (1963)
Wonderful Life (Soundtrack album) (1964)
Finders Keepers (1966)
Two a Penny (1967)
Take Me High (1973)

Discography
Concert tours
The Shadows

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Cliff Richard singles discography

1950s	"Move It" "High Class Baby" (1958) "Livin' Lovin' Doll" "Mean Streak" "Living Doll" "Travellin' Light" (1959)

1960s	"Please Don't Tease" "I Love You" (1960) "A Girl Like You" "When the Girl in Your Arms..." (1961) "The Young Ones" "I'm Looking Out the Window" "It'll Be Me" "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" (1962) "Summer Holiday" "Lucky Lips" "It's All in the Game" (1963) "The Twelfth of Never" (1964) "The Minute You're Gone" (1965) "Blue Turns to Grey" "Visions" (1966) "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (1968) "Marianne" (1968)

1970s	"Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "Miss You Nights" "Devil Woman" (1976) "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979)

1980s	"Suddenly" (1980) "True Love Ways" (1983) "Donna" (1984 US) "Ocean Deep" (1984) "Two to the Power of Love" (1984) "Living Doll" (1986) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "I Just Don't Have the Heart" "Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989)

1990s	"Stronger Than That" (1990) "From a Distance" (1990) "Saviour's Day" (1990) "We Should Be Together" (1991) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) (1994) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999)

2000s	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "When I Need You" (2007) "Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) "Singing the Blues" (2009)

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