Song · Vampire Weekend
“Holiday” by Vampire Weekend
From the album Contra (2010)
“Holiday” by Vampire Weekend appears on 12 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2010 and 2025. It was first released in 2010 on the album Contra. Its best result is #12 on the WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #77 alternative song of 2010 and #339 of the '10s.
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"Holiday" was the third single off Contra, Vampire Weekend's 2010 album, a bright, bouncing blast of indie pop that sounds like it's already clocked out for vacation. Ezra Koenig wrote the words and sings them, he and Rostam handle the guitars, and Rostam also produced it and mixed it with Justin Gerrish; Baio and Chris Tomson share the credit for the music.
The Malloys, who had shot the "Giving Up the Gun" clip, dressed the band up as 18th-century aristocrats loose in present-day Los Angeles for the video: a pool party at their manager's place in the Hollywood Hills, cruising California in a '63 Impala, an In-N-Out run, the beach. That winter the song soundtracked Christmas ads for Tommy Hilfiger and Honda.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2010 | 30 |
| 2010 | 21 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 41 | KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA | KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 | 94 |
| 2010 | 49 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 of 2010 | 105 |
| 2010 | 23 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 | 103 |
| 2010 | 24 | 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO | WLCA Top 89 of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 12 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010 | 93 |
| 2010 | 73 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2010 | 107 |
| 2010 | 25 | KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA | KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010 | 91 |
| 2010 | 67 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 270 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2025 | 487 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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