Every Day Should Be a Holiday

"Every Day Should Be a Holiday"
Single by The Dandy Warhols
from the album ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
Released15 July 1997
Length4:01
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Courtney Taylor-Taylor
Producer(s)Tony Lash, Eric Hedford, Courtney Taylor-Taylor[1]
The Dandy Warhols singles chronology
"Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth"
(1997) 		"Every Day Should Be a Holiday"
(1997) 		"Boys Better"
(1998)

"Every Day Should Be a Holiday" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released in 1997 as the first single from their second studio album, ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down. The song was featured in the movie There's Something About Mary and included in the official soundtrack album.[2] Considered one of their most commercially successful tracks and a "classic" of their repertoire, it peaked at #29 on the UK Singles Chart.[3][4][5] The song has also been included in the compilation album The Capitol Years 1995–2007.[6][7]

Personnel

Track listing

All tracks are written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor

Original 1997 release
No.TitleLength
1."Every Day Should Be a Holiday"4:02
2."One (Ultra Lame White Boy)"3:11
3."Head"3:17
1998 version
No.TitleLength
1."Every Day Should Be a Holiday"4:03
2."Ride" (live)4:43
3."It's a Fast Drivin' Rave Up with the Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes" (live)7:18
4."Genius" (live)7:03

Charts

Chart performance
Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 29[9]

References

  1. ^ "Every Day Should Be a Holiday - The Dandy Warhols". Genius.com.
  2. ^ Thomas Erlevine. "There's Something About Mary - Original Soundtrack". Allmusic.
  3. ^ "Every Day Should Be A Holiday". Chart Stats. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  4. ^ Cameron Atfield. "The Dandy Warhols Brisbane review: Eatons Hill Hotel, Saturday, October 29, 2016". The Sunday Morning Herald.
  5. ^ Zack Ruskin. "Concert Review: The Dandy Warhols Need No Confetti at 25th Anniversary Show". Variety.
  6. ^ Jonathan Keefe. "The Capitol Years 1995–2007". Slant Magazine.
  7. ^ Stuart Berman. "The Capitol Years: 1995–2007 - The Dandy Warhols". Pitchfork.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Every Day Should Be a Holiday by Dandy Warhols". officialcharts.com.


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