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“Holidays In The Sun” by The Sex Pistols
From the album Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
“Holidays In The Sun” by The Sex Pistols appears on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1977 and 2024. It was first released in 1977 on the album Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols. Its best result is #11 on the John Peel's Forgotten Fifty of 1977. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 1977, #2,207 alternative song of all time and #11 of the '70s.
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"Holidays in the Sun" was the Sex Pistols' fourth single, released in October 1977 to pave the way for Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, the only album they ever made. Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Sid Vicious share the credit, and Chris Thomas and Bill Price produced it into a wall of buzzsaw guitar with Lydon sneering over the top.
It reached number 8 in the UK, and it turned out to be the final single with Lydon for 30 years. The band fell apart soon after: Jones and Cook cut "No One Is Innocent" with Ronnie Biggs, and Vicious recorded solo covers under the Pistols name. Rolling Stone later ranked it number 43 on its list of the greatest guitar songs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 11 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Forgotten Fifty of 1977 | 61 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 18 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1978) | 50 |
| 1979 | 14 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1979) | 50 |
| 1980 | 12 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1980) | 50 |
| 1981 | 17 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1981) | 50 |
| 1982 | 37 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1982) | 50 |
| 1999 | 574 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2004 | 308 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
| 2024 | 279 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
Also listed as: Holidays in the Sun; Holidays In the Sun; Holiday in the Sun; Holidays in The Sun.
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