Holidae In

Infobox Single
Name = Holidae In


Artist = Chingy featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg
from Album = Jackpot
Released = January 22, 2004 (CD North America) September 2, 2003 (12" North America)
Format = 12" single, CD-single (U.S.)
Recorded =
Genre = Pop Rap
Length = 4:30 (clean), 5:14 (album)
Label = Capitol Records
Writer = A. Lee
S. Daugherty
H. Bailey
C. Bridges
Certification = Gold [Rockonthenet.com]
Producer = The Trak Starz
Chart position =

• #3 (U.S.)
• #35 (UK)
• #13 (Australia)
• #4 (New Zealand)

Reviews =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Chingy
Type = singles
Last single = "Right Thurr"
(2003)
This single = "Holidae In"
(2004)
Next single = "One Call Away
(2004)Extra chronology
Artist = Snoop Dogg
Type = singles
Last single = "Beautiful"
(2002)
This single = "Holidae In"
(2003)
Next single = "P.I.M.P." (feat. 50 cent)
(2003)Extra chronology
Artist = Ludacris
Type = singles
Last single = "Stand Up"
(2002)
This single = "Holidae In"
(2003)
Next single = "Hot And Wet" (112 feat. Ludacris and Chingy)
(2003)

"Holidae In" is a single by American rapper Chingy, the second from his album "Jackpot". It features Snoop Dogg and Ludacris, and reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #35 on the UK Singles Chart.

The music video directed by Jeremy Rall adapts the video concept of Tupac Shakur's 1995 single "Temptations", where the viewer is guided through a "Maniac Mansion" called the "Jackpot Inn", in which every room has a special feature including a sleeproom, a pillow fight room (room 102), Jamaican smoke room (room 103), a neon glow room and there's also a Brady Bunch parody with a 3x3 checked screen segment. Although this is uncertain, it is reported that the original title was "Holiday Inn" but the hotel chain threatened to sue the rappers if they did not change the spelling. Chingy complied, and it was changed to "Holidae In". Also in the video is a man set to look like Tupac.

The video for "Holidae In" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video in 2004.

Track listing

CD: 1

# "Holidae In" (UK radio clean version)
# "Represent" (clean version)

CD: 2

# "Holidae In" (UK radio clean version)
# "Represent (clean version)
# "Holidae In" (instrumental)
# "Holidae In" (video)

Credits

* Video production Company : Black Dog Films
* Video Director : Jeremy Rall
* Video commissioners : Dawn Cuello, Kate Miller
* Executive video producers : Catherine Finkenstaedt
* Video producer : Rachel Curl
* Video coordinator : Adam Santelli
* Off-line editor : Steve Rees
* Telecine : Arnold Ramm
* Cast for role of receptionist : Snoop Dogg
* Production Designer : Susan Linss
* Art Department Coordinator and Production Rendering Artist for Susan Linss : Jonah Lee Walker

Charts

Trivia

* The title refers to the Holiday Inn hotel chain.

* The song refers specifically to the Oakland Park Holiday Inn, near Lambert Airport, which can be found, as the song suggests, by following "Highway 270 to Natural Bridge Road", where it intersects Woodson Road.

* Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered this song on their 2006 album, "Silent Nightclub"

References