Written by Rupert Holmes, who also released the track on Sept. 17, 1979, according to Songfacts, “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” originally included the lyrical hook: “If you like Humphrey Bogart / And getting caught in the rain.”
"I thought, 'What can I substitute?'” he explained. "Well, this woman wants an escape, like she wants to go on vacation to the islands. When you go on vacation to the islands, when you sit on the beach, and someone asks you if you'd like a drink, you never order a Budweiser; you don't have a beer. You're on vacation, you want a drink in a hollowed-out pineapple with the flags of all nations and a long straw.”
While the song may inspire listeners to dream of the ultimate beach vacation, with a drink in hand, earning a spot on Billboard’s 2024 list of ‘10 Best Summer Songs About Going to the Beach," “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” is about much more than a carefree summer getaway.
“I was in my apartment, and there was a copy of The Village Voice. Sometimes I look at personal columns to get ideas for songs because people fascinate me,” Holmes recalled how he came up with the idea for the song. “I saw this ad that a woman had placed in which she described herself in such glowing terms that I thought to myself, 'Why on earth, if you're this wonderful, do you need to place an ad in the personal columns?' Trying not to be cynical, I thought, 'Let's be fair, maybe she's just looking for an adventure…. Then I thought to myself, 'What would happen if I answered this ad…With my stupid luck, I would answer the ad and find out it had been placed by the woman I was living with, never realizing that she was bored with me.”
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