Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday
Boney M.
- Artist
- Boney M.
- Label
- Durium Marche Estere
- Catalog number
- DE. 3065
- Format
- 7" · 45 RPM · Stereo
- Country
- Italy
- Released
- 1979
- Genre
- Funk / Soul
What’s on it
Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday has 2 tracks, about 7:49 of music. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
AHooray Hooray It's A Holi-Holiday
- Written-By
- Frank Farian, Fred Jay
BRibbons Of Blue
- Written-By
- Keith Forsey
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Where it came from
Released in 1979 during the height of Boney M.'s international dominance, 'Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday' was produced by Frank Farian as a quintessential Euro-disco anthem. The track draws inspiration from the American folk song 'Polly Wolly Doodle,' repurposing its melody into the upbeat, synth-driven sound that defined the group's success throughout Europe. It emerged during a period when the band's theatrical performance style and polished production values made them a staple of global pop charts.
The Durium Marche Estere release, catalog number DE. 3065, represents the specific Italian pressing of this single. Like many of Boney M.'s releases under Farian’s direction, the design aesthetic focused on capturing the vibrant, escapist energy of late-seventies disco culture. While the track was met with skepticism by some critics for its simplistic arrangement, it achieved significant commercial success and remains a frequently cited example of the era's lighthearted, holiday-themed pop output.
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