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“Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” is a song by British-American singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes, released in 1979 as the lead single from his fifth studio album Partners in Crime. The song tells a humorous story of a man who is bored with his relationship and decides to respond to a personal ad in the newspaper, only to discover that the woman behind the ad is his own partner.
The song was originally titled “People Need Other People”, and the chorus started with “If you like Humphrey Bogart”. However, Holmes changed the title and the lyrics at the last minute, thinking that a reference to a tropical cocktail would be more catchy and appealing. He also wanted to avoid repeating the movie references that he had used in his previous songs.
The song was a huge success, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the last week of 1979, making it the final US number-one song of the 1970s. It also topped the charts in Canada and Australia, and reached the top ten in several other countries. The song sold over six million copies worldwide, and earned Holmes a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.
The song is considered to be a classic of soft rock and pop music, and has been featured in many movies, TV shows, and commercials, such as Shrek, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Simpsons, and Burger King. The song has also been covered by various artists, such as Jimmy Buffett, Jack Johnson, and The Glee Cast. The song is part of the Grammy Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
“Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” is a song that celebrates the unexpected twists and turns of love and life, and the importance of having fun and being adventurous. The song is also a reminder that sometimes the person we are looking for is right in front of us, and that we might have more in common with them than we think.
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“Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”
Like a worn out recording of a favorite song
So while she lay there sleepin’ I read the paper in bed
And in the personal columns, there was this letter I readIf you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain
If you’re not into yoga, if you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape
Then I’m the love that you’ve looked for, write to me and escapeI didn’t think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean
But me and my old lady had fallen into the same old dull routine
So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad
And though I’m nobody’s poet, I thought it wasn’t half badYes, I like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain
I’m not much into health food, I am into champagne
I’ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon and cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O’Malley’s where we’ll plan our escape
So I waited with high hopes and she walked in the place
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face
It was my own lovely lady and she said, “oh, it’s you”
Then we laughed for a moment and I said, “I never knew”
That you like piña coladas and gettin’ caught in the rain
And the feel of the ocean and the taste of champagne
If you like making love at midnight in the dunes on the cape
You’re the lady I’ve looked for, come with me and escape
If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain
If you’re not into yoga, if you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight in the dunes on the cape
Then I’m the love that you’ve looked for, write to me and escape
Yes I like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain
I’m not much into health food, I am into champagne
I’ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon and cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O’Malley’s where we’ll plan our escape
Channel – Joel Gustafsson
