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Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947) is a British and American composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979/1980) and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Hot 100 U.S. pop chart in 1980. He is also known for his 1985 Tony Award-winning musical Drood (originally The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and his 2007 Drama Desk Award-winning book for the Broadway musical Curtains, and for his television series Remember WENN.
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Throwback Tunes: 1980 [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Him | 4:04 |
SmoothFM Countdown Favourites [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 4:35 |
Throwback Tunes: 70s [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Escape [The Pina Colada Song] | 4:36 |
20 #1’s: Pop [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Escape [The Pina Colada Song] | 4:33 |
Marek Niedzwiecki: Radio California [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Him |
Wat Als? [Original Soundtrack] [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) |
'70s Classic Hits [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 4:34 |
Pop Goes the 70s [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:53 |
Guardians of the Galaxy [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:38 |
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 4:34 |
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:38 |
Guardians of the Galaxy: Deluxe [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) |
Yacht Rock [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 3:51 |
Mahiki [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) [Album Version] [Version] | 4:22 |
Romancing the '70s [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (the Pina Colada Song) | 3:53 |
Romancing the ’70s [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 3:52 |
Soft Rock 70s [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:11 |
Pure Love Songs [Universal] [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Babe | 4:23 |
Never Gonna Let You Go | 4:13 |
Him | 4:00 |
Just Once | 4:30 |
Rock & Roll 70s [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 3:52 |
Billboard Top 40 Karaoke: 1980s [Box] [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) [Instrumental] | 4:30 |
Pure Temptations [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) [Album Version] | 4:30 |
Romancing the 70s: Reunited [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 3:53 |
70s Music Explosion [Time Life] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:53 |
Classic Soft Rock [Time Life Box Set] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:53 |
Him | 3:40 |
Number 1's: '70s Pop [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:36 |
Number Ones: 70s Pop [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Escape [The Pina Colada Song] | 4:34 |
The Seventies: Soft 70's Gold, Vol. 1 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:35 |
#1 Hits of the 70s [Madacy] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:52 |
#1 Rock and Roll Hits [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:52 |
20th Century Masters: The Best of Rupert Holmes [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Answering Machine | 3:31 |
Let's Get Crazy Tonight | 3:29 |
Morning Man | 3:56 |
Less Is More | 4:30 |
Him | 4:09 |
I Don't Need You | 3:21 |
The People That You Never Get to Love | 3:44 |
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:34 |
Speechless | 4:44 |
Barry Williams Presents: 70s Music Explosion [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:53 |
Classic Soft Rock: Into the Night [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:53 |
Classic Soft Rock: Ride Like the Wind [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Him | 3:40 |
Club Tropicana [Universal] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:50 |
Escape: Best of Rupert Holmes [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 4:37 |
Him | 4:11 |
I Don't Need You | 3:25 |
Morning Man | 3:59 |
Answering Machine | 3:38 |
Lunch Hour | 4:39 |
Get Outta Yourself | 4:45 |
Drop It | 4:17 |
In You I Trust | 4:50 |
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) [Single] | 3:52 |
Greatest Ever! Easy: The Definitive Collection [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:36 |
Let Your Love Flow: 70s Soft Rock [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) |
Party All Stars [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 3:51 |
Sun Jammin' Classics [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 4:34 |
70s Music Explosion: Escape [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:53 |
Best 1200 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Escape | |
Him | |
I Don't Need You | |
Morning Man | |
Answering Machine | |
Lunch Hour | |
Get Outta Yourself | |
Drop It | |
In You I Trust |
Bewitched [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:51 |
Cast of Characters: The Rupert Holmes Songbook [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Terminal | 4:16 |
Annabella | 2:36 |
Singles | 4:13 |
Less is More | 4:30 |
Speechless | 4:43 |
Let's Get Crazy Tonight | 3:29 |
Escape (the Piña Colada Song) | 4:36 |
Nearsighted | 2:50 |
Lunch Hour | 4:36 |
Drop It | 4:12 |
Him | 4:00 |
Answering Machine | 3:29 |
The People That You Never Get To Love | 3:41 |
Get Outta Yourself | 4:41 |
In You I Trust | 4:43 |
Morning Man | 3:51 |
I Don't Need You | 3:19 |
Philly | 3:26 |
Guilty Pleasures Rides Again [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:50 |
Hits from the Flicks [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:33 |
Naughty But Nice [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:49 |
Pottery Barn: Raised on the Radio [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) |
Summer Fun, Vol. 1 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:34 |
Your Songs [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 3:52 |
Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top Ten - The 70s #1 Pop Hits [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:51 |
Seventies [Goldies Box Set] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Him | 3:57 |
Biggest Hits of Summer [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:34 |
The Piano and the Song [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:51 |
WSNI: FM's Sunny's Summer Hits [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:34 |
Sunsplashin [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:10 |
A Year in Your Life: 1980, Vol. 2 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:53 |
Easy Rock [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:39 |
Singers & Songwriters 1979-1989 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Him |
Singers And Songwriters: 1977-1979 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (Pina Colada Song) |
Singers And Songwriters: 1980-1983 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Him |
AM Gold: Mellow Hits of the '70s [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:54 |
American Classics [Import] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:08 |
De Leukste Hits Uit de Radio 2 Top 2000: Van Het Millennium [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Him |
Greatest Hits [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Terminal | 4:17 |
Escape [The Pina Colada Song] | 4:33 |
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:33 |
Him | 4:08 |
The People That You Never Get to Love | 3:43 |
Answering Machine | 3:31 |
Speechless | 4:43 |
I Don't Need You | 3:20 |
Let's Get Crazy Tonight | 3:28 |
Less Is More | 4:29 |
Morning Man | 3:55 |
One Hit Classics of the 70's & 80's [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:09 |
Singers & Songwriters: Late '70s [2000] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:54 |
Smooth 70's [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:37 |
Bikini.Com: Summer Groovin' [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:10 |
Pop Complete [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (Pina Colada Song) |
The '70s, Vol. 3 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:53 |
The 70s [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:53 |
'70s Party Classics/Killers [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:12 |
70 Number One Hits of the 70s, Vol. 4 [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:35 |
70 Number One Hits of the 70s, Vols. 1-6 [1998]
Song | Duration |
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The Escape (The Piña Colada Song) |
American Pie: Great Tales & Sagas in Song [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:40 |
AM Gold: 1979 [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:54 |
Mellow Rock [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:40 |
Rock On: 1980-1984 [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Him | 4:05 |
Starflight, Vol. 2 [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) |
#1 Hits: 1975-1979 [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:09 |
Drew's Famous Luau Dance Party Favorites [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:06 |
Hot Hot Vacation Jams [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:40 |
Rock On 1980 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Him | 4:05 |
Rock On: 1980 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Him | 4:02 |
Sun Splashin' [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:10 |
Billboard Sampler [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) |
Billboard Top Hits: 1975-1979 [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:12 |
Greatest Hits of the '80's & '90's [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 4:31 |
Only Love: 1980-1984 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Him | 3:34 |
Radio Daze: Pop Hits of the 80's, Vol. 1 [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:55 |
Radio Daze: Pop Hits of the 80s, Vol. 2 [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Him | 3:40 |
Seventies Feelings [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:37 |
Top Forty Hits [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 0:59 |
Heartbreakers [Stardust] [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:55 |
So This Is Love [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Him | 3:33 |
Stardust: Love, Vol. 2 [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Him | 3:36 |
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:33 |
The Epoch Collection [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Terminal | |
Annabella |
Eighties Greatest Rock Hits, Vol. 7: Light & Easy [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:36 |
Heart of Rock [Polygram] [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 4:34 |
70's Greatest Rock Hits, Vol. 9: #1 Hits [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:36 |
100 Proof Hits [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 4:38 |
One Hundred Proof Hits [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:40 |
Adventure [1980]
Song | Duration |
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Morning Man | 3:58 |
I Don't Need You | 3:22 |
Billboard Top Hits: 1979 [1979]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 4:12 |
Partners in Crime [1979]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 4:36 |
Nearsighted | 2:52 |
Lunch Hour | 4:40 |
Drop It | 4:12 |
Him | 4:06 |
Answering Machine | 3:35 |
The People You Never Get To Love | 3:48 |
The People That You Never Get to Love | 3:46 |
Get Outta Yourself | 4:46 |
In You I Trust | 4:52 |
Pursuit of Happiness [1978]
Song | Duration |
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Less Is More | 4:22 |
Speechless | 4:39 |
Let's Get Crazy Tonight | 3:26 |
Widescreen [1974]
Song | Duration |
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Terminal | 4:15 |
Widescreen [The Collector's Edition] [1974]
Song | Duration |
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Terminal | 4:17 |
Best of 1980: 20th Century Masters
Song | Duration |
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Escape (the Pina Colada Song) | 4:36 |
Shades of Love
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) |
Summer Breeze [Platinum Legends]
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | 3:52 |
The Nice Guys
Song | Duration |
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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 4:34 |
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