Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - A Hit Oldies Classic of 1979

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes was released in 1979 and quickly became a hit on the charts. The song tells the story of a man who is bored with his current relationship and decides to respond to a personal ad in the newspaper. He ends up meeting his partner, who turns out to be the person he was already with. The catchy melody and light-hearted lyrics made it a popular song during that time.

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• The song Escape (The Pina Colada Song) was released in 1979 by Rupert Holmes.
  

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• It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States in December 1979.
• The lyrics tell the story of a man who is bored with his current relationship and seeks excitement by responding to a personal ad, only to find out that the person he meets is actually his current partner.

I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long

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 read

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 of the cape

Then I'm the love that you've looked for, write to me and escape

I 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 bad

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

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