Love Needs a Holiday

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"Love Needs a Holiday"
Reba McEntire--Love Needs a Holiday.jpg
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album Reba 1's
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2006 (2006-01-10)
Genre
Length3:12
LabelMCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
  • Tony Haselden
  • Tim Mensy
Producer(s)
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)"
(2005) 		"Love Needs a Holiday"
(2006) 		"Because of You"
(2007)

"Love Needs a Holiday" is a song originally recorded by American country artist Reba McEntire. The track was composed by Tony Haselden and Tim Mensy. It was released as a single in January 2006 via MCA Nashville and charted on the American country songs survey. It was the second single release from McEntire's 2005 album Reba 1's.

Background and content[]

Reba McEntire returned from a temporarily recording hiatus in 2003 with the release of the commercially-successful album Room to Breathe. Following the disc, McEntire released a string of singles with her recording label during the mid 2000s. This included Reba 1's,[2] which included 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.[3] The song was described by Roughstock as "an up-tempo" single when reviewing a separate album of McEntire's. [4]

Release and chart performance[]

"Love Needs a Holiday" was first released on McEntire's 2005 compilation titled Reba 1's. The album featured two new recordings, which included "Love Needs a Holiday".[1] In his review of Reba 1's, Dan MacIntosh of Country Standard Time commented that the song "treats romantic doldrums with just a dash of humor."[5] On January 10, 2006, "Love Needs a Holiday" was spawned as the album's second single.[3][6] It was issued as a compact disc single on MCA Nashville Records.[3] The single spent one week on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number 60 in February 2006. It was McEntire's lowest-charting single since 1977.[7] A music video was also released following the single, which was directed by Trey Fanjoy.[8]

Track listing[]

CD single[3]

  • "Love Needs a Holiday" – 3:12

Charts[]

Chart performance for "Love Needs a Holiday"
Chart (2006) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 60

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Reba #1's: Reba McEntire: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Reba McEntire: Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d McEntire, Reba (January 10, 2006). ""Love Needs a Holiday" (CD Single Information)". MCA Nashville. MCNR-02690-2.
  4. ^ Peacock, Bobby. "Reba McEntire - "Keep On Loving You"". Roughstock. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  5. ^ MacIntosh, Dan. "Reba #1's -- Reba McEntire -- Album review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Reba McEntire's 19th platinum". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  8. ^ "Credits". Trey Fanjoy. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
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