Caught in the Rain?
Posted on November 25th, 2009 | For ActorsYou have to listen to your fans. You have to. You don’t always need to do what they want, but you absolutely must listen.
While there are plenty of people who think life began when Al Gore invented the Internet, it actually did exist prior to that. In fact, people were alive and well during the end of 1979, when musician Rupert Holmes released Escape, which would go on to become his most popular song. If you have ever been to a wedding, roller rink, or a dentist’s office waiting room, you’ve undoubtedly heard this song.
How’s that? You never heard of Rupert Holmes or his song Escape? That’s probably because he changed the name. It is now called Escape (The Pina Colada Song). Recognize it now? As Wikipedia tells it, good ol’ Rupert released the song but it didn’t really catch on because no one could remember its name. Fans kept calling it the Pina Colada song when discussing it or trying to find it at the record store or on a jukebox. Rupert reluctantly agreed to change the title of the song (actually, he was so stubborn that he kept the original title and added the vox populi one in parentheticals) and only then did it become the first and only song to be #1 on the charts during two different decades.
I’m really glad that someone had the sense to convince Rupert to change the title because I love that song and even played it at my wedding. I wonder how many people would have been deprived the pleasure of ever hearing that tune had Rupert not listened to his fans.
If you love Escape (The Pina Colada Song) as much as I do, you’ll listen to your fans. And, just as they did for Rupert, they’ll reward you for it.
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