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The song was the 11th best-selling single of 1980 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [11] In a 2016 episode of the TV show Better Call Saul, the show's protagonist, Jimmy McGill (a.k.a. Saul Goodman), while filming an ad for his fledgling legal practice, claims he is making a documentary about Rupert Holmes and sings part of "Escape". [12]
Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein; February 24, 1947) is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles " Escape (The Piña Colada Song) " (1979) and " Him " (1980).
Partners in Crime is the fifth studio album by British-American singer-songwriter and musician Rupert Holmes, released on August 5, 1979.The album was Holmes's most commercially successful record and includes all three of Holmes's solo top 40 hits: "Him", "Answering Machine", and "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)".
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) H. Him (Rupert Holmes song) M. My Father's Song; T. Terminal (Rupert Holmes song) Timothy (song) Y. You Got It All
Holmes had always expected "Him" to be the lead-off single to Partners in Crime, but after record executives heard the album, they concluded that "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)", a song Holmes composed mainly as album filler and never expected to be a single, would be a major hit. After "Escape" proved to be a major hit, "Him" was released as ...
Every song that went to number one for 1980 stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 over 20 weeks. [citation needed] That year, six acts hit number one for the first time, such as Queen, Pink Floyd, Lipps Inc., Billy Joel, Christopher Cross, and Kenny Rogers. John Lennon was the fourth artist to hit number one posthumously, after his death in December ...
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