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“One Big Holiday” by My Morning Jacket

From the album It Still Moves (2003)

“One Big Holiday” by My Morning Jacket appears on 28 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2004 and 2026. It was first released in 2003 on the album It Still Moves. Its best result is #17 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #152 alternative song of 2004 and #1,525 alternative song of all time.

28countdowns
9stations
#17best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2004–2026years charted

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My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday (Late Night with Conan O'Brien)

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"One Big Holiday" roars out of My Morning Jacket's 2003 album It Still Moves, a Jim James song that he also produced, with Danny Kadar engineering. It's built on one huge, galloping guitar riff that sounds like Southern rock gunning for the horizon, and the words tell the story of the band getting "discovered", which gives the whole thing the giddy rush of a dream coming true.

It never needed much radio help to become their calling card. Blistering performances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and at Bonnaroo turned it into a live staple, and it has since turned up in the films Stick It and The Lookout, on House, and in Guitar Hero 5 and Rock Band 4. Only "I'm Amazed" is better known in their catalogue.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 45 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 38 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2004 227

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 63 WFPK WFPK Top 100 Party Songs 100
2007 237 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2007 345 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2008 249 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 192 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 255 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 294 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 872 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 252 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 335 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 253 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 262 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 255 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 36 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 260 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 39 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2018 420 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2018 36 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896
2019 438 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2020 572 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 455 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491
2023 632 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800
2024 55 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 17 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2025 320 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2026 482 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Charting alongside it in 2004

Best songs of 2004 →
  1. 1Somebody Told MeThe Killers
  2. 2American IdiotGreen Day
  3. 3Float OnModest Mouse
  4. 4Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
  5. 5VertigoU2
  6. 6MegalomaniacIncubus

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