Song · Dirty Heads
“Vacation” by Dirty Heads
From the album Swim Team (2017)
“Vacation” by Dirty Heads appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2017 and 2024. It was first released in 2017 on the album Swim Team. Its best result is #21 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #57 alternative song of 2017.
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"Vacation" led the way for Swim Team, the fourth studio album from American reggae rock band Dirty Heads, arriving as its first single on Five Seven Music in 2017. Band founder Jared "Dirty J" Watson and Jonas Jeberg are among its writers, and it's reggae rock in full out-of-office mode, an easygoing, sun-soaked nudge to enjoy your life and go after your dreams.
Wayne Isham and Ryan Ewing directed the video, which casts Dennis Haskins of Saved by the Bell as a principal lip-syncing and dancing his way through an empty high school. The song caught a second wind in 2021 thanks to TikTok clips and a steak meme that spread to YouTube; it went gold in Canada that May and platinum in the US in June 2023, and the buzz moved the band to cut a new version with Train.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 36 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 21 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35 | 107.7 The End | The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024) | 100 |
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