Love Needs a Holiday
2006 single by Reba McEntire
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| Released | January 10, 2006 (2006-01-10) | |||
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| Length | 3:12 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
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"Love Needs a Holiday" is a song recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. The song was written by Tony Haselden and Tim Mensy, and produced by Buddy Cannon and McEntire. It was released on January 10, 2006, by MCA Nashville to country radio as the second and final single from her double-disc greatest hits album Reba Number 1's.
"Love Needs a Holiday" spent one week on the Hot Country Songs chart at number 60.[2]
Background and content
In 2005, McEntire released the greatest-hits album Reba Number 1's,[3] which introduced the new recording "Love Needs a Holiday". The track was composed by Tony Haselden and Tim Mensy. McEntire recorded the song in 2005. It was co-produced by Buddy Cannon, along with McEntire herself serving as co-producer.[4] The song was described by Roughstock as "an up-tempo" single when reviewing a separate album of McEntire's. [5]
Release
Dan MacIntosh of Country Standard Time commented that the song "treats romantic doldrums with just a dash of humor."[6] On January 10, 2006, "Love Needs a Holiday" was released as the album's second single.[4][7] It was issued as a compact disc single on MCA Nashville Records.[4]
Commercial performance
"Love Needs a Holiday" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs the week of February 4, 2006, at number 60.
The song debuted at number 46 on the Radio & Records Country Top 50 Indicator chart on March 3, 2006, spending only one week.
Music video
A music video was released following the single, which was directed by Trey Fanjoy, and was released on March 10, 2006.[8] The video was seen on TV stations Country Music Television and Great American Country. At the beginning of the video it is revealed to be a sequel to Somebody, where the main couple is now married with children and going on a weekend getaway.
Track listing
CD single[4]
- "Love Needs a Holiday" – 3:12
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 60 |
References
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Reba #1's: Reba McEntire: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Reba McEntire: Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d McEntire, Reba (January 10, 2006). ""Love Needs a Holiday" (CD Single Information)". MCA Nashville. MCNR-02690-2.
- ^ Peacock, Bobby. "Reba McEntire - "Keep On Loving You"". Roughstock. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ MacIntosh, Dan. "Reba #1's -- Reba McEntire -- Album review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Reba McEntire's 19th platinum". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Credits". Trey Fanjoy. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
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- "Sweet Dreams"
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- "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes"
- "I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way"
- "Today All Over Again"
- "Only You (And You Alone)"
- "I'm Not That Lonely Yet"
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- "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)"
- "There Ain't No Future in This"
- "Just a Little Love"
- "He Broke Your Memory Last Night"
- "How Blue"
- "Somebody Should Leave"
- "Have I Got a Deal for You"
- "Only in My Mind"
- "Whoever's in New England"
- "Little Rock"
- "What Am I Gonna Do About You"
- "Let the Music Lift You Up"
- "One Promise Too Late"
- "The Last One to Know"
- "Love Will Find Its Way to You"
- "A Sunday Kind of Love"
- "I Know How He Feels"
- "New Fool at an Old Game"
- "Cathy's Clown"
- "'Til Love Comes Again"
- "Little Girl"
- "Walk On"
- "You Lie"
- "Rumor Has It"
- "Fancy"
- "Fallin' Out of Love"
- "For My Broken Heart"
- "Is There Life Out There"
- "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
- "The Greatest Man I Never Knew"
- "Take It Back"
- "The Heart Won't Lie" (with Vince Gill)
- "It's Your Call"
- "Does He Love You" (with Linda Davis)
- "They Asked About You"
- "Why Haven't I Heard from You"
- "She Thinks His Name Was John"
- "Till You Love Me"
- "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
- "And Still"
- "On My Own"
- "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"
- "Starting Over Again"
- "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
- "The Fear of Being Alone"
- "How Was I to Know"
- "I'd Rather Ride Around with You"
- "What If It's You"
- "If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Brooks & Dunn)
- "Forever Love"
- "Wrong Night"
- "One Honest Heart"
- "What Do You Say"
- "I'll Be"
- "We're So Good Together"
- "I'm a Survivor"
- "Sweet Music Man"
- "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain"
- "Somebody"
- "He Gets That from Me"
- "My Sister"
- "You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)"
- "Love Needs a Holiday"
- "Because of You" (with Kelly Clarkson)
- "The Only Promise That Remains" (with Justin Timberlake)
- "Every Other Weekend" (with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing)
- "Strange"
- "Consider Me Gone"
- "Does He Love You" (with Dolly Parton)
- "Mind Your Own Business" (with Hank Williams Jr.)
- "Oklahoma Swing" (with Vince Gill)
- "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Brooks & Dunn)
- "Forever Country" (with Various artists)
- "Be a Light" (with Thomas Rhett)
- "What If"
