Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

A bored man answers a lonely-hearts ad, arranges a meeting in a bar, and finds his own wife waiting. Rupert Holmes tells it in three tidy acts, which makes it one of the easiest stories to put across: the audience knows the twist and still enjoys watching you get to it. The verses are chatty and mid-range, and the chorus is the part people shout along to anyway. Play the narrator slightly smug at the start and sheepish by the end. Light enough for almost any crowd, and the swaying tempo is forgiving for anyone unsure of their timing.