Lyrics from CD booklet
Wakin up feelin good and limber
When the telephone it ring
Was a bad man from California
Tellin of a stone he'd bring
And of better days
From this town, we'd escape
If we holler loud and make our way
We'd all live one big holiday
So we listened and up the river
And recorded all the sound
Was some shakin and some record playin
All the leather kids were loud
Length of album version: 5:21
Written by: Jim James
Also appears on: My Morning Jacket Live at 9:30 Club 08/16/2002
Appear on official releases: It Still Moves, Okonokos
Appear in movies: Stick It (2006), The Lookout (2007)
Appear in video games: Guitar Hero 5
"It's about wanting to escape the boring everyday world of jobs and headaches and just go play music and have fun, live one big holiday and be on a permanent vacation. Because we always wanted to be in a rock band and play guitar solos and jump off our amps and have fun."- Jim James, talking about One Big Holiday
(CMJ interview, September 2003)
Official music video
"One Big Holiday would probably be the obvious answer. Because we’ve been playing it for so long, since the first year the band started. That’s one that I can’t get tired playing. And hearing people chime in at the verses. Its like, “Oh my God it’s insane.” And you can’t beat that intro. You know the ticking and then the guitar comes in. It’s like one of those live staples. Like it was written to be that kind of song. One that would get people off their feet. So that’s always fun to play."- Tom Blankenship
(The Aquarian Weekly, June 2008)
Miscellaneous
In 2007/2008 Swedish artist Håkan Hellström picked One Big Holiday as one of his favorites when asked by Swedish Radio Ltd to name three of his favorite songs
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