"Two Piña Coladas" is a song recorded by American

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artist

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. It was released in March 1998 as the third single from his album '' Sevens''. It hit No. 1 on the Billboard Country Charts in 1998. A concert version is available on '' Double Live.'' The song was written by Shawn Camp, Benita Hill and Sandy Mason. Camp provides an additional acoustic guitar.

The song

Content

A man feeling the blues (most likely a love problem), turns on the news when a person comes on, claiming that "heartaches are healed by the sea." Without a moment's notice, he heads down to the beach, eager for a night on the town. After two

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s, the man begins to feel elated, and at this point never wants to leave. The chorus also suggests that he continues drinking, specifically, drinking

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, until he forgets his troubles and is happy.

The music

The song is in

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with an approximate tempo of 120

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and a moderate

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feel, punctuated by several

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runs (mostly performed by Shawn Camp, the song's co-writer). A large crowd of singers joins Brooks on the song's final chorus. "Two Piña Coladas" gained the number 29 position on the CMT ''40 Greatest Drinking Songs: Morning After'' broadcast.

Personnel

Per liner notes. * "Big Al" – backing vocals *

– lead and backing vocals * Shawn Camp – acoustic guitar, backing vocals * Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar * Mike Chapman – bass guitar * "Double D" – backing vocals * Sam "The Man" Duczer – backing vocals * Charles Green – backing vocals * Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar * Mat Lindsey – backing vocals * Sandy Mason – backing vocals * Dorothy "The Birthday Girl" Robinson – backing vocals * Milton Sledge – drums

Chart positions

"Two Pina Coladas" debuted at number 50 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 6, 1997.

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Two Pina Coladas 1998 singles 1997 songs Garth Brooks songs Songs written by Shawn Camp (musician) Song recordings produced by Allen Reynolds Capitol Records Nashville singles Songs about alcohol