"Holidays" (sometimes erroneously called "Tones") is an instrumental by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was composed by Brian Wilson for their never-finished Smile album.
[4] In 1967, the Beach Boys recycled the piece's marimba melody for the Smiley Smile version of "Wind Chimes".
[5] In a 2004 interview, Van Dyke Parks offered details about the lyrics he had recently penned for the song, now retitled "On a Holiday".
Here’s some very interesting information about that sad chapter in American history: the United States Marines – at the behest of Dole and some other missionaries – pointed the cannons directly at Queen Liliuokalani's palace.
["On a Holiday"] has a lot to do with all the things that are in the tale: the spread of the Gospel, the insistence that the conquered territories adapt to Christianity, and bow to the American way of life.
[7] In the opinion of Consequence of Sound's Dean Essner, the original "has no vocals at all, allowing for the track’s wind instruments and marimbas to gorgeously swell at the front of the mix.
[10] A 1983 LP bootleg, referred to as the "Brother Records" Smile, included a track titled "Holidays", but was actually Miles Davis' "Here Come de Honey Man" (1959).