Madonna ~ Holiday 1983 Disco Purrfection Version

Ed Gordon of Kings Of Spins asked me to remix Madonna's "Holiday" using the music stems. I started with everything but the drum track, which was not included in the pack he sent me. Once that vocal track was completed, I went on the search for the drum and other assorted tracks to complete the remix. It was released on October 19, 1983 making it 40 years old and so I decided to remix it to celebrate this remarkable achievement.

Madonna released two singles "Everybody" and "Burning Up" before her third single "Holiday" hit big! The song was written by Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens, members of group Pure Energy out of New Jersey. They then shopped the demo with Stevens on vocals but were turned down even by ex Supreme Mary Wilson.

Disappointed, they continued to shop it until friend DJ John "Jellybean" Benitez asked them if they has a song they could contribute to his newest talent, Madonna. They handed over "Holiday" and the song peaked at #16 on the Hot100 January 28, 1984 setting the scene for her chart domination.

A spartan video for "Holiday" was shot in the studio with her brother Christopher and friend Erika Belle flanking her. No matter that MTV decided to not put it in heavy rotation, but it still did very well in the clubs peaking at #1 for five weeks on the Billboard disco chart.

The song is one of Madonna's favorites and it has become her most performed song in her concert repertoire. It charted three times in the UK #14 in February, 1984, then #2 in 1985 (held out of the top spot by "Into The Groove" and then in 1991 when it peaked at #5.

Hudson and Stevens remarked in an interview "The song still generates money," Hudson told Blog critics in 2015. "If we did nothing else, the royalties from 'Holiday' could support us."

[fobxxl]

All my FAVORITE MADONNA HITS ! THE EARLY YEARS ! NO ONE COULD TOUCH HER! "MERRY CHRISTMAS" !!!🎄🎄🎄🎅🎅🎅🎁🎁🎁🎅🎅🎅💙💙💙

[koolertrek]

My favorite Madonna song! Merry Christmas—Don’t forget the Reason for this season.

[saj]

1983 was officially the changing of the guard when it came to music.

[erregi]

Every listen, every version, every time the same energy!
Never again a musical galaxy as big as Madonna

[jamesanderson]

The single I heard ahead of this was actually 'Physical Attraction'. heard it on both KUKQ/Tempe-Phoenix and KHYT-AM/South Tucson-Tucson as part of a supposed attempt to outshine the pending first airdate of KXCI/Tucson. That went variety but had an all saturday night soul and R&B show, Saturdays then were the history of the form. She apparently got some R&B airplay before anything pop happened, this was the one that did it. 'Lucky Star' also had club action at the same time as this but was released and went top 10 in 1984, the album was produced by Jellybean and the single after this, 'Borderline' was even bigger them. you can hear a Michigan accent of sorts in that one. PS: The KXCI calls were my idea, I did the call letter research for the station, five were submitted to the FCC, mine was first preference (KXCI) and it was clear so the FCC gave them to us, was then on 91.7 hence the roman numeral connection, they are now on 91.3. Madonna may have hung around the Dairy Queen on Rochester Road (M-150) by Romeo Road and Albertson St., high schoolers hung out there listening to hard rock tapes of the day, etc. This would have been before she went to the ballet which may have been operating south of the Dairy Queen.

[MoviesTubeYou]

Dude……….. Talk about hitting the jackpot of an already badass songs Madonna has done in the early 1980s and your stock points have just went up. And what better way than to do this on the holidays.🎉

[shirleybutler]

OMG This beautiful classic just moves one's soul in the right direction. I'm happy I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of style. The lyrics that janked ur heartstrings for decades ❤️❤️ Do U Agree??? What a MASTERPIECE HOLIDAY ‼️😛😛🎯💃💃💃🕺🕺🔥🧑‍🎄🎅🧑‍🎄🤶🌲🎁🎁🎉💥STILL LISTENING HOW ABOUT DEC 23 2022

[rockybudgeboa]

Great remix. Please can you do Borderline one day? I LOVE that song.

[Whitleytheth]

superb man...hard to believe that 40 year's since for lot's of great Record's...

[emmanuelbuenviaje]

And just in time for the HOLIDAYS....thanks DJ.

[JrossKAZ]

My favorite favorite favorite Madonna song… back from high school days… 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[joseyeguez]

super theme of the 80s, classic, they will never go out of style.

[HungVu-vsdv]

Class of 84. Thanks Cat for bringing back great memories

[komalkumar]

My Favorite Song Friend Thank You 🤝🤝🤝🌹🌹🌹

[josephprovencher]

My QUEEN Of The Dance Floor Madonna 💯 Amaaazing mix ❤️💯

[wulfboi]

The 80's, such memories! 😸💯👍🐺🏳‍🌈

[mrfloxin]

Thank you DJDiscoCat for giving the best Christmas present the Madonna remix! You have a Merry Christmas! The song Holiday will celebrate 40 years in 2023! Time flies when you having fun for sure!

[otismeotisme]

This takes me back, being in the Village when she came out, in the clubs, the streets the summer was hot, dancin by yourself, with others, everyone was so FREE, thanks alot MR DJ.

[tommylynch]

Somebody give this cat a treat !!! 🐈‍⬛ 🪩 awesome intro and mix

[tedfabiano]

Best Madonna song! Thanks for keeping the 80’s FRESH