Song · Lindsey Buckingham
“Holiday Road” by Lindsey Buckingham
From the album A Hollywood Christmas (2009)
“Holiday Road” by Lindsey Buckingham appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2010 and 2025. It was first released in 2009 on the album A Hollywood Christmas. Its best result is #19 on the KISW 25 Greatest Soundtrack Songs in Rock.
Lindsey Buckingham wrote and recorded "Holiday Road" for the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation, and Warner Bros. put it out as a single that year. As a chart record it barely made it out of the driveway, stalling at 82 on Billboard's Hot 100, but the franchise kept loading it back into the car: it rode along again on National Lampoon's European Vacation in 1985, Vegas Vacation in 1997 and the 2015 Vacation, and somewhere along the way it became one of the Buckingham tunes people know best.
He revisited it on stage for Live at the Bass Performance Hall, his 2008 live album, and in July 2015 a remastered version came back around on the new Vacation soundtrack and as a download, paired with "Dancin' Across the USA" from the original film's soundtrack.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 728 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2021 | 410 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2021 | 19 | KISW | KISW 25 Greatest Soundtrack Songs in Rock | 25 |
| 2025 | 270 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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