"Summer Holiday" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....

 and The Shadows

The Shadows

The Shadows are a British pop group with a total of 69 UK hit-charted singles: 35 as 'The Shadows' and 34 as 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows', from the 1950s to the 2000s. Cliff Richard in casual conversation with the British rock press frequently refers to the Shadows by their nickname: 'The Shads'...

, written by rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch

Bruce Welch

Bruce Welch OBE, is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer and singer, best known as a member of The Shadows.-Biography:...

 and drummer Brian Bennett. It went to number one in the UK. It is taken from the film of the same name and is one of Richard's best known titles. It was one of six classic hits Richard performed at his spontaneous gig at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships

1996 Wimbledon Championships

The 1996 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England...

 when rain stopped the tennis. It remains a staple of Richard's live show.

A cover of the song by Kevin the Gerbil was used as the theme from TV-am

TV-am

TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast to the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 to 31 December 1992. It made history by being the first national operator of a commercial television franchise at breakfast-time , and broadcast every day of the week for most or all of the period...

's 1984 series Rat on the Road II.

• UK Sales: 500,000
• HOL Sales: 55,000

External links

• http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_singles_song.php?id=148 song info