Single:
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) entered the Australian singles chart* on 17 December 1979 and peaked at #3. It was #41 on the Top 100 of 1980.
Album:
The song is on Partners in Crime which entered the Australian albums chart* on 14 January 1980 and peaked at #59.
Songwriter:
Rupert Holmes
Producers:
Rupert Holmes, Jim Boyer
Record label of Australian release:
Infinity
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
Rupert Holmes has written several Broadway plays, including Say Goodnight, Gracie and The Mystery Of Edwin Drood. He has written songs that have been performed by Barbra Streisand, Judy Collins and Britney Spears. He created a television series called Remember WENN and wrote a novel called Where The Truth Lies. His works have won Tonys, Emmys and Edgars. Despite all this though, he is best known for this song.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/rupert-holmes/escape-the-pina-colada-song
Fun fact:
Holmes said in 2019 that he still does not drink piña coladas.
Lyrics:
I was tired of my lady, we’d been together too long
Like a worn out recording of a favourite song
So while she lay there sleeping I read the paper in bed
And in the personal columns, there was this letter I read
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