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"Holidays in the Sun" is a song by the English group Sex Pistols. It was released on 14 October 1977 as the band's fourth single, as well as the advance single from their only album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. A #8 chart hit in the UK, the single proved to be the last with singer John Lydon for 30 years. Steve Jones and Paul Cook recorded one more single, "No One Is Innocent" with Ronnie Biggs, as the band imploded, and Sid Vicious recorded solo covers of "My Way" and "Somethin' Else" under the Pistols name. Rolling Stone ranked the song #43 of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.[1]

"Holidays in the Sun"
Single by Sex Pistols
from the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
B-side	"Satellite"
Released	14 October 1977
Recorded	18 June 1977 at Wessex Sound Studios, London
Genre	Punk rock
Length	3:20
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	John Beverley, Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas, Bill Price
Sex Pistols singles chronology
"Pretty Vacant" (1977) "Holidays in the Sun" (1977) "No One Is Innocent" (1978)

Song

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The song was inspired by a trip to the Channel Island of Jersey: "We tried our holiday in the sun in the isle of Jersey and that didn't work. They threw us out." That trip was followed by a couple of weeks spent in Berlin. Although they described the city as "raining and depressing", they were relieved to get away from London. Said John Lydon, "Being in London at the time made us feel like we were trapped in a prison camp environment. There was hatred and constant threat of violence. The best thing we could do was to go set up in a prison camp somewhere else. Berlin and its decadence was a good idea. The song came about from that. I loved Berlin. I loved the wall and the insanity of the place. The communists looked in on the circus atmosphere of West Berlin, which never went to sleep, and that would be their impression of the West."[2]

"Holidays in the Sun", released six months after the Jam's "In the City", is thought to have taken its descending introductory chord pattern from the latter, though "Holidays" intro consists of C, B, A, G and played using fifth chords (power chords, empty chords ect) the "In the City" intro consists of Gsus, G, D, G and played using major chords.^{[citation needed]}

"Holidays in the Sun" was later featured as the opening track on the group's debut album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The single's B-side was "Satellite", a song about the band's early performances in "satellite towns". The Sex Pistols had enjoyed playing away from London because it was an opportunity to play away from their manager Malcolm McLaren and his group of associates.[3]

Promotional posters

Two promotional posters were issued to promote the single. The most common of the pair was simply an oversized reproduction of the single's front cover.

The second version featured a monochrome image of a beach scene. This version of the poster was reproduced heavily for commercial sale during the mid-1980s.

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[4]	8

References

На других языках

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- [en] Holidays in the Sun (song)

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[es] Holidays in the Sun

«Holidays in the Sun» es una canción de la banda de punk británica Sex Pistols. Fue lanzada el 14 de octubre de 1977, siendo el cuarto sencillo de la banda y el último del álbum Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. Alcanzó el número ocho en las listas de éxitos del Reino Unido, y fue el último sencillo junto a Johnny Rotten hasta que regrabaran «Anarchy in the UK» Y «Pretty Vacant» en 2007 para Guitar Hero. El riff del tema está inspirado en la canción In the City, de The Jam, lanzada unos meses antes. La canción fue colocada como la número uno del álbum debut de los Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols y ha sido versionada por bandas como Green Day (durante la gira de su disco Nimrod), por Skid Row para su disco Stairway to Heaven / Highway to Hell y por la banda punk Fiskales Ad-Hok en su álbum 12 como Vacaciones en el Sol.

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[ru] Holidays in the Sun

Holidays in the Sun (МФА: [ˈhɒl.ɪ.deɪ ɪn ðə sʌn], рус. «Каникулы под солнцем») — песня английской панк-рок-группы Sex Pistols. Песня была выпущена с качестве сингла 14 октября 1977 года за две недели до выхода единственного студийного альбома группы Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.

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