Paid Vacation is the fourth studio album by American singer/songwriter Richard Marx, released in 1994.

It was issued as a lead single for the album and stayed atop the Billboard A/C chart for 11 consecutive weeks.

The follow-up single "The Way She Loves Me" also achieved in Billboard, reaching the Top 20 on the Hot 100 and hitting #3 at Adult Contemporary radio.

During a 23-week-long chart run on the U. S. Billboard 200, Paid Vacation only reached #37 and failed to climb higher than its predecessor Rush Street (#35).

[8] Nevertheless, received his fourth successive Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America in late 1994.