"Escape" (later known as "Escape (The Piña Colaa Song)") was the highest-charting hit for Rupert Holmes, released off his album Partners in Crime. The song was also number one at the end of the 1970s and at the beginning of the 1980s. To this day, Holmes regards the song with a mixture of pride and chagrin; while it has made him wealthy and famous, as one of his friends described it, it is "the success that ruined his career", drawing attention from his more serious and heartfelt musical works. Contrary to what many people may believe, this is not a Jimmy Buffett song, nor has he ever covered it on any of his albums.