"Dreadlock Holiday" is a song by 10cc, from their 1978 album, Bloody Tourists. It was written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman and was the lead single from the band's 1978 album, Bloody Tourists. Image File history File links Nocover. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... 10cc was a British pop band which achieved its greatest commercial success during the 1970s. ... Bloody Tourists was the sixth studio album by 10cc and the second to be produced following the bands 1976 split. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Mercury Records is a record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Eric Stewart is a musician and songwriter most known for his tenure in 10CC in the 1970s. ... Graham Keith Gouldman (born on 10 May 1946, in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, in England) is an English songwriter and musician who was a long-time member of British band 10cc. ... 10cc was a British pop band which achieved its greatest commercial success during the 1970s. ... 10cc was a British pop band which achieved its greatest commercial success during the 1970s. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Bloody Tourists was the sixth studio album by 10cc and the second to be produced following the bands 1976 split. ... Eric Stewart is a musician and songwriter most known for his tenure in 10CC in the 1970s. ... Graham Keith Gouldman (born on 10 May 1946, in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, in England) is an English songwriter and musician who was a long-time member of British band 10cc. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Bloody Tourists was the sixth studio album by 10cc and the second to be produced following the bands 1976 split. ...

The lyrics, about a white man lost in Jamaica, were based on a true story told by Moody Blues vocalist Justin Hayward about an experience he had had in Barbados;^[1] it was a rare excursion into reggae for the act. It became the act's third and final number one single in the UK, spending a single week at the top in September 1978. The single peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA. The song was later covered by Boney M on their 1985 album, Eye Dance. The Moody Blues are a British rock band originally from Birmingham, England. ... For other persons named Hayward, see Hayward (disambiguation). ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Boney M was a Eurodance, pop, and disco group, comprising four West Indian singers and dancers and masterminded by West German record producer Frank Farian, and who were successful during the 1970s. ...

In popular culture

• The song is featured on the first episode, "Killeroo", of the first series of the British cult comedy The Mighty Boosh. The song is played in the background while Bob Fossil (zoouniverse owner) dances to an almost horrified Howard Moon before turning off the cassette player and remarking ... "And that's why I don't like cricket"
• A reworked version is the main theme for Sky Sports coverage of Cricket in the UK, with the lines "I don't like Cricket, I love it" rerecorded as "We don't like Cricket, We Love it" ^[2]
• The song is featured in the movie Snatch.

Graham Keith Gouldman (born on 10 May 1946, in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, in England) is an English songwriter and musician who was a long-time member of British band 10cc. ... Killeroo is the first episode of The Mighty Boosh. ... Cult television, like cult figures, cult film and cult radio, attracts a band of aficionados or appreciators, known as a cult following, devoted to a specific television series or fictional universe. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television series and live show about two friends who go on a series of magical adventures. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ... This article is about the sport. ... Snatch is a 2000 film by British writer-director Guy Ritchie. ...

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