Holiday Rap

"Holiday Rap" is a song by Dutch musical 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 charts of the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, and West Germany and reaching number one on the European Hot 100 Singles chart. In North America, the single did not chart in the United States but peaked at number nine in Canada.

"Holiday Rap"
Single by MC Miker G & DJ Sven
B-side"Whimsical Touch"
Released1986
GenreHip hop
Length4:25
Label
Songwriter(s)
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.[1] In the lyrics, both singers tell of their summer vacations in various towns, such as London and New York.[2] 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 DJ and 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.[3] It gained strong popularity throughout the USSR in 1989, when music video was released.[4]

Track listings
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-inch single
No.TitleLength
1."Holiday Rap"4:25
2."Whimsical Touch"5:00
12-inch maxi
No.TitleLength
1."Holiday Rap"6:20
2."Holiday Rap" (a cappella)6:09
3."Holiday Rap" (hip hop instrumental)6:20
4."Whimsical Touch"5:00

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
France (SNEP)[32] Silver 250,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

See also

References
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  2. Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 85 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
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  4. Music video: (Худсовет) Рэп диск-жокея on YouTube
  5. 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.
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  32. "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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