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Holiday (Vampire Weekend song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Holiday'" is a song by American indie rock band Vampire Weekend. It was released as the third single from their album 'Contra'. The video premiered on MTV.com on May 27, 2010. The song was featured in Christmas-themed television advertisements for Tommy Hilfiger and Honda during the 2010 holiday season. The single's B-side, "Ottoman", originally appeared on the soundtrack for the 2008 romantic comedy film 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist'.
Music video
The music video was directed by directing duo The Malloys, who also directed the video for the previous single from 'Contra', "Giving Up the Gun". It features the band dressed up as 18th century aristocrats in what appears to be the present day, taking a vacation from their jobs and doing very un-monarchical activities including attending at a pool party, driving around California in a '63 Impala and ordering In-N-Out drive-thru, going to the beach, vandalism, and assault, among other crazy activities.
The concept behind the video was to portray the band as being "fish out of water" in Los Angeles. They used their manager's pool in Hollywood Hills to shoot the pool party scenes. The band did not have a permit to shoot the music video, so all of the driving scenes were shot under technically illegal circumstances, while, ironically, the scenes in which they are assaulting a beach goer and spray painting graffiti were staged and perfectly legal. During shooting, one band member ripped the pants of his rented costume. While filming the dessert scene, the band became ill due to the amount of sugar that the members consumed during the shooting and re-shooting of the scene.
The video was featured on the VH1 show 'Pop-Up Video'.
Track listing
#"Holiday" - 2:18
#"Ottoman" - 4:02
Personnel
'Vampire Weekend'
* Ezra Koenig lead vocals, guitar
* Rostam Batmanglij piano, background vocals, vocal harmonies, keyboards, harpsichord, VSS-30, drum, synth, sampler programming, guitar
* Christopher Tomson drums
* Chris Baio bass
'Technical'
* Rostam Batmanglij mixing, engineering
* Justin Gerrish mixing, engineering
* Shane Stoneback engineering
* Fernando Lodeiro engineering assistance
* Emily Lazar mastering
* Joe LaPorta assistant mastering engineering
Chart performance
References
Category:2009 songs
Category:2010 singles
Category:Vampire Weekend songs
Category:XL Recordings singles
Category:Music videos directed by The Malloys
Category:Songs written by Rostam Batmanglij
Category:Songs written by Chris Baio
Category:Songs written by Ezra Koenig
Category:Songs written by Chris Tomson
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