A Lover's Holiday
"A Lover's Holiday" is the debut single by Change, from the album The Glow of Love. "A Lover's Holiday", along with the album's title track and "Searching" were very successful on the dance charts, spending nine weeks at #1 - the all-time record. The three tracks were the most successful dance chart entries for 1980. Lead vocals for tracks: "Glow of Love" and "Searching" were performed by Luther Vandross. "A Lover's Holiday" was a hit on the soul singles chart peaking at #5, and peaking at #40 on the Hot 100.Track listing
; US 7" Single
- "A Lover's Holiday" - 3:50
- "The End" - 3:55
; UK 7" Single
- "A Lover's Holiday" - 3:50
- "The Glow of Love" - 3:40
; US Promo 12" Single
- "A Lover's Holiday" - 6:26
; UK 12" Single
- "A Lover's Holiday"
- "The Glow of Love"
Personnel
- Arrangement and Conductor - Davide Romani and Paolo Gianolio
- Orchestra - Goody Music Orchestra
- Producer - Jacques Fred Petrus
- Mixing - Jim Burgess
Chart positions
- Happy Mondays used a sample of this song for their song, "Holiday", off their 1990 album, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches.
- The song is sampled by R. Kelly in his 1998 song "Spendin' Money" from his album R..
- The song is heard during a party scene in the 2009 film, Couples Retreat.
- The song is heard on the radio in the popular video game, .
- The song is sampled by Naughty By Nature for their song "Holiday".