Love Needs a Holiday
"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 and final 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, 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. The song was described by Roughstock as "an up-tempo" single when reviewing a separate album of McEntire's. 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". 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." On January 10, 2006, "Love Needs a Holiday" was spawned as the album's second single. It was issued as a compact disc single on MCA Nashville Records. 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. A music video was also released following the single, which was directed by Trey Fanjoy. Track listing
CD single
 "Love Needs a Holiday" – 3:12

Charts

References

2005 songs
2006 singles
Reba McEntire songs
Song recordings produced by Buddy Cannon
MCA Nashville Records singles
Songs written by Tony Haselden
Songs written by Tim Menzies