Song · Scorpions
“Holiday” by Scorpions
From the album Lovedrive (1979)
“Holiday” by Scorpions appears on 7 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2002. It was first released in 1979 on the album Lovedrive. Its best result is #395 on the KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #484 hard rock song of all time.
"Holiday" is a Rudolf Schenker tune with words by Klaus Meine, one of the songs on Lovedrive, the sixth studio album the German band Scorpions released in 1979. Meine sings it, Schenker and Matthias Jabs handle the guitars, Francis Buchholz plays bass and Herman Rarebell drums, and Dieter Dierks produced.
It rides on the record where the Scorpions hit their stride. Lovedrive marked a big shift in their sound, nailed down the formula of hard rock set against melodic ballads that they would keep refining, and became their first album to chart in America and Britain, landing at 55 on the Billboard Top 200 and 36 in the UK. Some critics call it the high point of their career.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 642 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 594 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 422 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 395 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 530 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 657 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 626 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
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