THIS Song was #1 in The 70s & 80s, Here's the Story From The Artist | Professor of Rock

It's very rare that a song peaks on the charts where it bookends one decade and a few weeks later starts another where it seems like the feeling of the song itself is both look back and looking forward. Escape (the Pina Colada song) by Rupert Holmes has become a pop culture phenomenon. The story is up next.
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It’s time for another episode of our series revelations where featured artists reveal rare stories about their greatest songs.
On this installment of Revelations, we get the straight story of a song that was the last number one song of the 1970s and then fell to #2 on the first week of the 80s only to regain the top spot in the 2nd week of the new decade. Escape the Pina Colada song by the ultra multi talented Rupert Holmes. Depending on who you speak to, Escape could be an insightful look at the winding down of the excess of the 70s or a look into the future: the 80s where health became a priority. I’ve heard people lay claim to it as a 70s hit and just as many claim it as an 80s classic. It undoubtedly has a strange aura around it that seems to hypnotize you as listener and the story of how Rupert Holmes created it is just fascinating. I was lucky enough to have a long ranging interview with him about this on a recent zoom session. Rupert is such a talent. He is a tony award winning playwright, a television writer and a novelist. This one is a can’t miss. Here's the story of Escape from our Rupert Holmes interview.