Holidae In

"Holidae In"
Single by Chingy featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg
from the album Jackpot
Released	September 2, 2003 (North America, 12") January 22, 2004 (North America, CD)
Format	12" single, CD-single (U.S.)
Genre	Pop Rap
Length	5:14 (Album Version) 4:32 (Clean Edit/Video Version)
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	A. Lee S. Daugherty H. Bailey C. Bridges
Producer	The Trak Starz
Certification	Gold
Chingy singles chronology "Right Thurr" (2003) "Holidae In" (2004) "One Call Away" (2004) Snoop Dogg singles chronology "Beautiful" (2002) "Holidae In" (2003) "P.I.M.P." (2003) Ludacris singles chronology "Stand Up" (2002) "Holidae In" (2003) "Hot and Wet" (2003)

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

Music video

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 (fitness room) and there's also a Brady Bunch parody with a 3x3 checked screen segment. Also in the video is a man set to look like Tupac, and one of the three in the front of the Jackpot Inn sign wears a shirt that parodies the Holiday Inn logo featuring the band's name and another wearing a shirt that parodies The Home Depot logo as "The Ho Depot".

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

Track listing

CD: 1

1. "Holidae In" (UK radio clean version)
2. "Represent" (clean version)

CD: 2

1. "Holidae In" (UK radio clean version)
2. "Represent (clean version)
3. "Holidae In" (instrumental)
4. "Holidae In" (video)

Personnel

• 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

Chart	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	13
Canadian Singles Chart	12
Swiss Singles Chart	43
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	4
Italian FIMI Singles Chart	31
Irish Singles Chart	27
German Singles Chart	56
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks	2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks	8
UK Singles Chart	35

Trivia

• The title refers to the Holiday Inn hotel chain.

• The song refers specifically to the Holiday Inn St. Louis Airport Hotel, Room 490, near Lambert Airport, which can be found, as the song suggests, by following "Highway 270 to Natural Bridge Road", where it intersects Woodson Road.

• Mad TV spoofed the music video in a parody called "Neverland Ranch", which mocks Michael Jackson about his latest child-molestation scandal. Three young boys spend time at his ranch, but they all decide to leave at the end. Jackson claims that he bribes the parents to settle out of court. At the end of the video, Jackson is arrested by two police officers.

• Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered this song on their 2006 album, Silent Nightclub. The song was only available through iTunes as a bonus track.

External links

• "Holidae In" music video on YouTube