Rupert Holmes, Escape (The Piña Colada Song) → Throwback Vibez
![Rupert Holmes, Escape (The Piña Colada Song): Throwback Vibez No. 107 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Geffen Records; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, schubinger from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/rupert-holmes-escape-the-pina-colada-song-throwback-vibez-107-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 107th edition of Throwback Vibez (2026), we reflect on “Escape (The Piña Colada Song),” a number one hit by Rupert Holmes.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Rupert Holmes, Escape (The Piña Colada Song): Throwback Vibez No. 107 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Geffen Records; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, schubinger from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/rupert-holmes-escape-the-pina-colada-song-throwback-vibez-107-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 107th edition of Throwback Vibez (2026), we reflect on “Escape (The Piña Colada Song),” a number one hit by Rupert Holmes.
![Shocking Blue vs. Bananarama: Face Off No. 17 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; London Records Ltd, Red Bullet; fotografoedsonj ed, Marlon Schmeiski from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/shocking-blue-vs-bananarama-face-off-17-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 17th edition of Face Off (2026), Shocking Blue and Bananarama face off for the best rendition of “Venus.”
![Shocking Blue, Venus: Throwback Vibez No. 100 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Red Bullet; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, schubinger from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/shocking-blue-venus-throwback-vibez-100-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 100th edition of Throwback Vibez (2026), we reflect on “Venus,” the number one hit by the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue.
![Niall Horan, Dinner Party [📷: Neon Haze Music Ltd. / Niall Horan / UMG Recordings, Inc.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/niall-horan-dinner-party.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Irish pop singer-songwriter Niall Horan returns with a respectable if safe, middle-of-the-road pop single in “Dinner Party.”
![Girl, These Songs Are About You, Vol. 2 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Airam Dato-on, Andy Coffie, Caio Mantovani, Eric Moura, Justyn Abacajan, Lucas Pezeta, Renthel Cueto, Shalom Ejiofor, Zulfugar Karimov from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/girl-these-songs-are-about-you-vol-2.jpg?fit=700%2C700&ssl=1)
Girl, These Songs Are About You, Vol. 2 features songs by Alicia Keys, Aqua, Ari Lennox, Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney, Nine Days, and Stan Getz.
![Guess: 5ive Songs No. 79 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay, Steven John Pascua via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/guess-5ive-songs-79-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 79th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with GUESS in some form or fashion.
![John Mayer, “Your Body Is a Wonderland”: After Dark 🕛 🌃 No. 76 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro, Foundry Co, John lucas, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Sony Music Entertainment, Tazz Vaughn]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/john-mayer-your-body-is-a-wonderland-after-dark-76-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 76th edition of After Dark (2022), we explore the naughty, risqué, & sexual vibes behind, “Your Body Is a Wonderland” by John Mayer.
![Bone: 5ive Songs No. 50 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, Engin Akyurt, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/bones-5ive-songs-50-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 50th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with BONES in some form or fashion.
![Lose: 5ive Songs No. 47 (2022) [📷: Ashford Marx, Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, Henry Stone Music, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/lose-5ive-songs-47-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 47th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with the word LOSE in some form or fashion.
![Catch or Caught: 5ive Songs No. 40 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pexels, Pixabay, wendel moretti]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/catch-or-caught-5ive-songs-40-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 40th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with CATCH or CAUGHT in some form or fashion.
![Wild: 3 or 4 BOPS No. 17 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Wilson Blanco from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/wild-3or4bops-17-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 17th edition of 3 or 4 BOPS (2022), we select awesome songs that are associated with being WILD in some form or fashion.
![Ween, “Waving My Dick in the Wind”: Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 No. 7 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Paul Brennan on Pixabay, Pexels, Sebastian Ervi, SHVETS production, Vinícius Caricatte]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ween-waving-my-dick-in-the-air-outlandish-rock-7-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 7th edition of Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘, we explore the outlandishness behind the song “Waving My Dick in the Wind” performed by Ween.