Love Needs a Holiday

"Love Needs a Holiday"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album Reba #1's
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2006 (2006-01-30)
Genre
Length3:12
LabelMCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)"
(2005) 		"Love Needs a Holiday"
(2006) 		"Because of You"
(2007)

"Love Needs a Holiday" is a song recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. The song was written by Tony Haselden and Tim Mensy, and produced by Buddy Cannon and McEntire. It was released on January 30, 2006, by MCA Nashville to country radio as the second and final single from her double-disc greatest hits album Reba Number 1's.

"Love Needs a Holiday" spent one week on the Hot Country Songs chart at number 60.[2]

Background and content

In 2005, McEntire released the greatest-hits album Reba Number 1's,[3] which introduced the new recording "Love Needs a Holiday". The track was composed by Tony Haselden and Tim Mensy. McEntire recorded the song in 2005. It was co-produced by Buddy Cannon and McEntire.[4] The song was described by Roughstock as "an up-tempo" single.[5]

Release

Dan MacIntosh of Country Standard Time commented that the song "treats romantic doldrums with just a dash of humor."[6] On January 10, 2006, "Love Needs a Holiday" was released as the album's second single.[4][7] It was issued as a compact disc single on MCA Nashville Records.[4]

Commercial performance

"Love Needs a Holiday" spent one week on the Billboard Hot Country Songs in early February 2006, ranked at number 60.

The song also spent a week at number 46 on the Radio & Records Country Top 50 Indicator chart in early March 2006, with 108 total plays.[8]

Music video

A music video directed by Trey Fanjoy[9] was released on March 10, 2006. The video was seen on TV stations Country Music Television and Great American Country.

Track listing

CD single[4]

  • "Love Needs a Holiday" – 3:12

Charts

Chart performance for "Love Needs a Holiday"
Chart (2006) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 60

Release history

Release dates and format(s) for "Love Needs a Holiday"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States January 30, 2006 Country radio MCA Nashville [11]

References

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Reba #1's: Reba McEntire: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Reba McEntire: Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d McEntire, Reba (January 10, 2006). ""Love Needs a Holiday" (CD Single Information)". MCA Nashville. MCNR-02690-2.
  5. ^ Peacock, Bobby. "Reba McEntire - "Keep On Loving You"". Roughstock. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  6. ^ MacIntosh, Dan. "Reba #1's -- Reba McEntire -- Album review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Reba McEntire's 19th platinum". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Country Top 50 Indicator" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1647. March 3, 2006. p. 71. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  9. ^ "Credits". Trey Fanjoy. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "Going for Adds | Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1642. January 27, 2006. p. 24. Retrieved April 22, 2024.