rupert holmes sang the song if you like pina colada.
rupert holmes sang the song if you like pina colada.
who sings the song if you like pina colada?
rupert holmes
the album was recorded in 1994 as part of the band's attempt to move from playing noisecore to playing fast hardcore songs, although the album contains both styles. there are also numerous cover songs on the album including those of rupert holmes's "escape (the pina colada song)", the guess who's "american woman", elton john's "i'm still standing", "the a-team" theme song, and a cover of the bee gees song "stayin' alive". their "oi! version" of this song was also released as a promotional single before the album was released. additionally, the song "lenny's in my neighborhood" parodies the body count song "there goes the neighborhood" both lyrically and musically.
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note: despite popular belief, hanna is the real singer on "pina colada boy", natalie appearing as the singer in the video, which was shot only a few weeks after she joined. natalie's first appearance on vocals with baby alice is with the song "s.e.x.y", which despite being planned as the next release after "pina colada boy", was instead only leaked online until 2013 when it was uploaded to their official youtube page. baby alice released "heaven is a dancefloor" in 2011 with natalie on the vocals.
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