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data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(Lied)" title="American Pie (Lied) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="American Pie (Lied)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie" title="American Pie – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="American Pie" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(canci%C3%B3n)" title="American Pie (canción) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="American Pie (canción)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(abestia)" title="American Pie (abestia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="American Pie (abestia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_(%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87)" title="پای آمریکایی (ترانه) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پای آمریکایی (ترانه)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(chanson)" title="American Pie (chanson) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="American Pie (chanson)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(%EB%85%B8%EB%9E%98)" title="American Pie (노래) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="American Pie (노래)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(pjesma)" title="American Pie (pjesma) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="American Pie (pjesma)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(lagu)" title="American Pie (lagu) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="American Pie (lagu)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(singolo)" title="American Pie (singolo) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="American Pie (singolo)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie" title="American Pie – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="American Pie" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(dal)" title="American Pie (dal) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="American Pie (dal)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(nummer)" title="American Pie (nummer) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="American Pie (nummer)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%82%A4_(%E6%9B%B2)" title="アメリカン・パイ (曲) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アメリカン・パイ (曲)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(sang)" title="American Pie (sang) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="American Pie (sang)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(utw%C3%B3r)" title="American Pie (utwór) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="American Pie (utwór)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(can%C3%A7%C3%A3o)" title="American Pie (canção) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="American Pie (canção)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie" title="American Pie – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="American Pie" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie" title="American Pie – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="American Pie" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(song)" title="American Pie (song) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="American Pie (song)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(pjesma)" title="American Pie (pjesma) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="American Pie (pjesma)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(kappale)" title="American Pie (kappale) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="American Pie (kappale)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(s%C3%A5ng)" title="American Pie (sång) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" 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Artwork was also used as the front cover for the album of the same name and many other international releases of the single.</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Don_McLean" title="Don McLean">Don McLean</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <a href="/wiki/American_Pie_(Don_McLean_album)" title="American Pie (Don McLean album)">American Pie</a> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>"Empty Chairs" (promo)</li> <li>"American Pie part 2" (first release)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>October 1971 (original)</li> <li>November 1991 (re-release)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">May 26, 1971</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">Folk rock</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>8:42 (LP)</li> <li>4:11 (single part 1)</li> <li>4:31 (single part 2)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/United_Artists_Records" title="United Artists Records">United Artists</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Don_McLean" title="Don McLean">Don McLean</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Ed Freeman</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Don_McLean" title="Don McLean">Don McLean</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Castles_in_the_Air_(song)" title="Castles in the Air (song)">Castles in the Air</a>" (1971) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"American Pie" (1971) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Vincent_(Don_McLean_song)" title="Vincent (Don McLean song)">Vincent</a>" (1972) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:khaki">Music video</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRpiBpDy7MQ">"American Pie"</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:khaki">Audio</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_TFkut1PM">"American Pie"</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:khaki">Live video</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RciM7P9K3FA">"American Pie live performance on BBC, July 29, 1972"</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> "American Pie" is a song by American singer and songwriter <a href="/wiki/Don_McLean" title="Don McLean">Don McLean</a>. Recorded and released in 1971 on the <a href="/wiki/American_Pie_(Don_McLean_album)" title="American Pie (Don McLean album)">album of the same name</a>, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 starting January 15<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> after just eight weeks on the US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> charts (where it entered at number 69).<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The song also topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. In the UK, the single reached number 2, where it stayed for three weeks on its original 1971 release, and a reissue in 1991 reached No. 12. The song was listed as the No. 5 song on the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a> project <a href="/wiki/Songs_of_the_Century" title="Songs of the Century">Songs of the Century</a>. A truncated version of the song was covered by <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> in 2000 and reached No. 1 in at least 15 countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. At 8 minutes and 42 seconds, McLean's combined version is the sixth longest song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 (at the time of release it was the longest). The song also held the record for almost 50 years for being the longest song to reach number one<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> before <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/All_Too_Well#2021_re-recordings" title="All Too Well">All Too Well (10 Minute Version)</a>" broke the record in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Due to its exceptional length, it was initially released as a two-sided <a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">7-inch single</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Axelrod-6">[6]</a> "American Pie" has been described as "one of the most successful and debated songs of the 20th century".<a href="#cite_note-musicholics-7">[7]</a> The repeated phrase "<a href="/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died" title="The Day the Music Died">the day the music died</a>" refers to a plane crash in 1959 that killed early rock and roll stars <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bopper" title="The Big Bopper">The Big Bopper</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Valens" title="Ritchie Valens">Ritchie Valens</a>, ending the era of <a href="/wiki/Origins_of_rock_and_roll" title="Origins of rock and roll">early rock and roll</a>; this became the popular nickname for that crash. The theme of the song goes beyond mourning McLean's childhood music heroes, reflecting the deep cultural changes and profound disillusion and loss of innocence of his generation<a href="#cite_note-musicholics-7">[7]</a> – the early rock and roll generation – that took place between the 1959 plane crash and either <a href="/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert" title="Altamont Free Concert">late 1969</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> or <a href="/wiki/Janis_Joplin#Death" title="Janis Joplin">late 1970</a>.<a href="#cite_note-joplin-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-joplin2-10">[10]</a> The meaning of the other lyrics, which cryptically allude to many of the jarring events and social changes experienced during that period, has been debated for decades. McLean repeatedly declined to explain the symbolism behind the many characters and events mentioned; he eventually released his songwriting notes to accompany the original manuscript when it was sold in 2015, explaining many of these. McLean further elaborated on the lyrical meaning in a 2022 documentary celebrating the song's 50th anniversary, in which he stated the song was driven by <a href="/wiki/Impressionism_(literature)" title="Impressionism (literature)">impressionism</a>, and debunked some of the more widely speculated symbols. In 2017, McLean's original recording was selected for preservation in the <a href="/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" title="National Recording Registry">National Recording Registry</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> To mark the 50th anniversary of the song, McLean performed a 35-date tour through Europe, starting in Wales and ending in Austria, in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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data-file-width="1223" data-file-height="1481" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Valens" title="Ritchie Valens">Ritchie Valens</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:90px;max-width:90px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:117px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Big_Bopper_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/The_Big_Bopper_%28cropped%29.jpg/88px-The_Big_Bopper_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/The_Big_Bopper_%28cropped%29.jpg/132px-The_Big_Bopper_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/The_Big_Bopper_%28cropped%29.jpg/176px-The_Big_Bopper_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="528" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bopper" title="The Big Bopper">The Big Bopper</a></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Early rock and roll musicians killed in the <a href="/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died" title="The Day the Music Died">February 3, 1959 plane crash</a> alluded to in the song</div></div></div></div> Don McLean drew inspiration for the song from his childhood experience delivering newspapers during the time of <a href="/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died" title="The Day the Music Died">the plane crash</a> that killed early <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a> musicians <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Valens" title="Ritchie Valens">Ritchie Valens</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bopper" title="The Big Bopper">The Big Bopper</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">I first found out about the plane crash because I was a 13-year-old newspaper delivery boy in New Rochelle, New York, and I was carrying the bundle of the local Standard-Star papers that were bound in twine, and when I cut it open with a knife, there it was on the front page.<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Don McLean<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></cite></div></blockquote> McLean reportedly wrote "American Pie" in <a href="/wiki/Saratoga_Springs,_New_York" title="Saratoga Springs, New York">Saratoga Springs, New York</a>, at Caffè Lena, but a 2011 New York Times article quotes McLean as disputing this claim.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-14">[14]</a> Some employees at Caffè Lena claim that he started writing the song there, and then continued to write the song in both <a href="/wiki/Cold_Spring,_New_York" title="Cold Spring, New York">Cold Spring, New York</a>,<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania.<a href="#cite_note-refute-16">[16]</a> McLean claims that the song was only written in Cold Spring and Philadelphia.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-14">[14]</a> Tin & Lint, a bar on Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs, claims the song was written there, and a plaque marks the table. While a 2022 documentary on the history of the song claims <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_University" title="Saint Joseph's University">Saint Joseph's University</a> as where the song was first performed,<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> McLean insists that the song made its debut in Philadelphia at <a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-14">[14]</a> when he opened for <a href="/wiki/Laura_Nyro" title="Laura Nyro">Laura Nyro</a> on March 14, 1971.<a href="#cite_note-refute-16">[16]</a> The song was produced by Ed Freeman and recorded with a few session musicians. Freeman did not want McLean to play rhythm guitar on the song but eventually relented. McLean and the session musicians rehearsed for two weeks but failed to get the song right. At the last minute, the pianist <a href="/wiki/Paul_Griffin_(musician)" title="Paul Griffin (musician)">Paul Griffin</a> was added, which is when the tune came together.<a href="#cite_note-ap2022-19">[19]</a> McLean used a 1969 or 1970 <a href="/wiki/Martin_D-28" title="Martin D-28">Martin D-28</a> guitar to provide the basic chords throughout "American Pie".<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> The song debuted in the album <a href="/wiki/American_Pie_(Don_McLean_album)" title="American Pie (Don McLean album)">American Pie</a> in October 1971 and was released as a single in December. The song's eight-and-a-half-minute length meant that it could not fit entirely on one side of the <a href="/wiki/Single_(record)" class="mw-redirect" title="Single (record)">45 RPM record</a>, so United Artists had the first 4:11 taking up the A-side of the record and the final 4:31 the B-side. Radio stations initially played the A-side of the song only, but soon switched to the full album version to satisfy their audiences.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchuckSchuck201215-21">[21]</a> Upon the single release, <a href="/wiki/Cash_Box" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box">Cash Box</a> called it "folk-rock's most ambitious and successful epic endeavor since '<a href="/wiki/Alice%27s_Restaurant" title="Alice's Restaurant">Alice's Restaurant</a>.'"<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> <a href="/wiki/Record_World" title="Record World">Record World</a> called it a "monumental accomplishment of lyric writing".<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interpretations">Interpretations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Interpretations">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:50%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> The sense of disillusion and loss that the song transmits isn't just about deaths in the world of music, but also about a generation that could no longer believe in the utopian dreams of the 1950s... According to McLean, the song represents a shift from the naïve and innocent '50s to the darker decade of the '60s </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">Alva Yaffe, Musicholics, <a href="#cite_note-musicholics-7">[7]</a></cite></div> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:50%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> Don called his song a complicated parable, open to different interpretations. "People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time." </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">Super seventies, <a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></cite></div> </div> The song has nostalgic themes,<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> stretching from the late 1950s until late 1969 or 1970. Except to acknowledge that he first learned about <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a>'s death on February 3, 1959 – McLean was age 13 – when he was folding newspapers for his paper route on the morning of February 4, 1959 (hence the line "February made me shiver/with every paper I'd deliver"), McLean has generally avoided responding to direct questions about the song's lyrics; he has said: "They're beyond analysis. They're poetry."<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> He also stated in an editorial published in 2009, on the 50th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died" title="The Day the Music Died">crash</a> that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson (all of whom are alluded to in the final verse in a comparison with the Christian <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Trinity">Holy Trinity</a>), that writing the first verse of the song exorcised his long-running grief over Holly's death and that he considers the song to be "a big song... that summed up the world known as America".<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> McLean dedicated the American Pie album to Holly. Some commentators have identified the song as outlining the darkening of cultural mood, as over time the cultural vanguard passed from <a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joan_Baez" title="Joan Baez">Joan Baez</a> (the "King and Queen" of folk music), then from <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> (known as "the King" of Rock and Roll), to <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> ("the Jester" – who wore a jacket similar to that worn by <a href="/wiki/Cultural_icon" title="Cultural icon">cultural icon</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Dean" title="James Dean">James Dean</a>, was known as "the voice of his generation" ("a voice that came from you and me"),<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> and whose <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan#Motorcycle_accident_and_reclusion" title="Bob Dylan">motorcycle accident</a> ("in a cast") left him in reclusion for many years, recording in studios rather than touring ("on the sidelines")), to <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a>, punned with <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin" title="Vladimir Lenin">Vladimir Lenin</a>, and "the Quartet" – although McLean has stated the Quartet is a reference to other people<a href="#cite_note-Axelrod-6">[6]</a>), to <a href="/wiki/The_Byrds" title="The Byrds">The Byrds</a> (who wrote one of the first <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a> songs, "<a href="/wiki/Eight_Miles_High" title="Eight Miles High">Eight Miles High</a>", and then "fell fast" – the song was banned, band member <a href="/wiki/Gene_Clark" title="Gene Clark">Gene Clark</a> entered <a href="/wiki/Drug_rehabilitation" title="Drug rehabilitation">rehabilitation</a>, known colloquially as a "fallout shelter", and shortly after, the group declined as it lost members, changed genres, and alienated fans), to <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a> (who released <a href="/wiki/Their_Satanic_Majesties_Request" title="Their Satanic Majesties Request">Their Satanic Majesties Request</a> and the singles "<a href="/wiki/Jumpin%27_Jack_Flash" title="Jumpin' Jack Flash">Jumpin' Jack Flash</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Sympathy_for_the_Devil" title="Sympathy for the Devil">Sympathy for the Devil</a>" ("Jack Flash", "Satan", "The Devil"), and used <a href="/wiki/Hells_Angels" title="Hells Angels">Hells Angels</a> – "Angels born in Hell" – as event security, with <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Meredith_Hunter" title="Killing of Meredith Hunter">fatal consequences</a>, bringing the 1960s to a violent end<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a>), and to <a href="/wiki/Janis_Joplin" title="Janis Joplin">Janis Joplin</a> (the "girl who sang the blues" but just "turned away" – she died of a <a href="/wiki/Heroin_overdose" class="mw-redirect" title="Heroin overdose">heroin overdose</a> the following year). It has also been speculated that the song contains numerous references to post-<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> American political events, such as the <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of John F. Kennedy">assassination of John F. Kennedy</a> (known casually as "Jack"), First Lady <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacqueline Kennedy">Jacqueline Kennedy</a> ("his widowed bride"),<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> and subsequent killing of <a href="/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald" title="Lee Harvey Oswald">his assassin</a> (whose courtroom trial obviously ended as a result ["adjourned"]),<a href="#cite_note-whrc-31">[31]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a> ("Jack be nimble, Jack be quick"),<a href="#cite_note-tonybarrell-32">[32]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Murders_of_Chaney,_Goodman,_and_Schwerner" title="Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner">murders of civil rights workers</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Chaney" title="James Chaney">James Chaney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Goodman_(activist)" title="Andrew Goodman (activist)">Andrew Goodman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schwerner" title="Michael Schwerner">Michael Schwerner</a>,<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> and elements of culture such as <a href="/wiki/Sock_hop" title="Sock hop">sock hops</a> ("kicking off shoes" to dance, preventing damage to the varnished floor), <a href="/wiki/Cruising_(driving)" title="Cruising (driving)">cruising</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Pickup_truck" title="Pickup truck">pickup truck</a>,<a href="#cite_note-whrc-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> the rise of the political protest song ("a voice that came from you and me"), <a href="/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s" title="Counterculture of the 1960s">drugs and the counterculture</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Manson_Family" title="Manson Family">Manson Family</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tate%E2%80%93LaBianca_murders" title="Tate–LaBianca murders">Tate–LaBianca murders</a> in the "summer swelter" of 1969 (the Beatles' song "<a href="/wiki/Helter_Skelter_(song)" title="Helter Skelter (song)">Helter Skelter</a>") and much more.<a href="#cite_note-Axelrod-6">[6]</a> Apparent allusions to notable 50s songs include <a href="/wiki/Don_Cornell" title="Don Cornell">Don Cornell</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Bible_Tells_Me_So" title="The Bible Tells Me So">The Bible Tells Me So</a> ("If the Bible tells you so?"), <a href="/wiki/Marty_Robbins" title="Marty Robbins">Marty Robbins</a>' <a href="/wiki/A_White_Sport_Coat" title="A White Sport Coat">A White Sport Coat</a>, the lonely teenager ("With a pink carnation") mirroring Robbins' narrator who is rejected in favor of another man for the prom, and <a href="/wiki/The_Monotones" title="The Monotones">The Monotones</a>' <a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Love_(The_Monotones_song)" title="The Book of Love (The Monotones song)">The Book of Love</a> ("Did you write the book of love").<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Many additional and alternative interpretations have also been proposed. For example, Bob Dylan's first performance in Great Britain was also at a pub called "The King and Queen", and he also appeared more literally "on the sidelines in a (the) cast" – as one of many stars <a href="/wiki/List_of_images_on_the_cover_of_Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band" title="List of images on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band">at the back far right of the cover art</a> of the Beatles' album <a href="/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band" title="Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band">Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</a> ("the Sergeants played a marching tune").<a href="#cite_note-tonybarrell-32">[32]</a> The song title itself is a reference to <a href="/wiki/Apple_pie" title="Apple pie">apple pie</a>, an unofficial <a href="/wiki/Apple_pie#In_American_culture" title="Apple pie">symbol of the United States</a> and one of its signature <a href="/wiki/Comfort_foods" class="mw-redirect" title="Comfort foods">comfort foods</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Pinch-36">[36]</a> as seen in the popular expression "As American as apple pie".<a href="#cite_note-dictionary-37">[37]</a> By the twentieth century, this had become a symbol of American prosperity and national pride.<a href="#cite_note-dictionary-37">[37]</a> The original <a href="/wiki/United_Artists_Records" title="United Artists Records">United Artists Records</a> inner sleeve featured a <a href="/wiki/Free_verse" title="Free verse">free verse</a> poem written by McLean about <a href="/wiki/William_Boyd_(actor)" title="William Boyd (actor)">William Boyd</a>, also known as <a href="/wiki/Hopalong_Cassidy" title="Hopalong Cassidy">Hopalong Cassidy</a>, along with a picture of Boyd in full Hopalong regalia. Its inclusion in the album was interpreted to represent a sense of loss of a simplistic type of American culture as symbolized by Hopalong Cassidy and by extension <a href="/wiki/Black_and_white_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Black and white television">black and white television</a> as a whole.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mills" title="Mike Mills">Mike Mills</a> of <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a> reflected: "'American Pie' just made perfect sense to me as a song and that's what impressed me the most. I could say to people this is how to write songs. When you've written at least three songs that can be considered classic that is a very high batting average and if one of those songs happens to be something that a great many people think is one of the greatest songs ever written you've not only hit the top of the mountain but you've stayed high on the mountain for a long time."<a href="#cite_note-skydoc-39">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="McLean's_responses">McLean's responses</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: McLean's responses">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:50%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> For McLean, the song is a blueprint of his mind at the time and a homage to his musical influences, but also a roadmap for future students of history: "If it starts young people thinking about Buddy Holly, about rock 'n' roll and that music, and then it teaches them maybe about what else happened in the country, maybe look at a little history, maybe ask why John Kennedy was shot and who did it, maybe ask why all our leaders were shot in the 1960s and who did it, maybe start to look at war and the stupidity of it — if that can happen, then the song really is serving a wonderful purpose and a positive purpose." </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">Mark Kennedy, "Don McLean looks back at his masterpiece, 'American Pie'" (2022) <a href="#cite_note-ap2022-19">[19]</a></cite></div> </div> When asked what "American Pie" meant, McLean jokingly replied, "It means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to."<a href="#cite_note-DonMcLeanstory-40">[40]</a> Later, he stated, "You will find many interpretations of my lyrics but none of them by me... Sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence."<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> He also commented on the popularity of his music, "I didn't write songs that were just catchy, but with a point of view, or songs about the environment." In February 2015, however, McLean announced he would reveal the meaning of the lyrics to the song when the original manuscript went for auction in New York City, in April 2015.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> The lyrics and notes were auctioned on April 7, 2015, and sold for $1.2 million.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> In the sale catalogue notes, McLean revealed the meaning in the song's lyrics: "Basically in 'American Pie' things are heading in the wrong direction. It [life] is becoming less idyllic. I don't know whether you consider that wrong or right but it is a morality song in a sense."<a href="#cite_note-telegraph4915-44">[44]</a> The catalogue confirmed that the song climaxes with a description of the <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Meredith_Hunter" title="Killing of Meredith Hunter">killing of Meredith Hunter</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert" title="Altamont Free Concert">Altamont Free Concert</a>, ten years after the plane crash that killed Holly, Valens, and Richardson, and did acknowledge that some of the more well-known symbols in the song were inspired by figures such as <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> ("the king") and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> ("the jester").<a href="#cite_note-telegraph4915-44">[44]</a> In 2017, Bob Dylan was asked about how he was referenced in the song. "A jester? Sure, the jester writes songs like '<a href="/wiki/Masters_of_War" title="Masters of War">Masters of War</a>', '<a href="/wiki/A_Hard_Rain%27s_a-Gonna_Fall" title="A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall">A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall</a>', '<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Alright,_Ma_(I%27m_Only_Bleeding)" title="It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)">It's Alright, Ma</a>' – some jester. I have to think he's talking about somebody else. Ask him."<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> In 2022, the documentary The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's American Pie, produced by Spencer Proffer, was released on the <a href="/wiki/Paramount%2B" title="Paramount+">Paramount+</a> video on-demand service. Proffer said that he told McLean: "It's time for you to reveal what 50 years of journalists have wanted to know." McLean stated that he "needed a big song about America", and the first verse and melody ("A long, long time ago...") seemed to just come to mind.<a href="#cite_note-ap2022-19">[19]</a> McLean also answered some of the long-standing questions on the song's lyrics, although not all. He revealed that Presley was not the king referenced in the song, Joplin was not the "girl who sang the blues", and Dylan was not the jester, although he is open to other interpretations.<a href="#cite_note-timetoreveal-46">[46]</a> He explained that the "marching band" refers to the <a href="/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex" title="Military–industrial complex">military–industrial complex</a>, "sweet perfume" refers to tear gas, and Los Angeles is the "coast" that the Trinity head to ("caught the last train for the coast"), commenting "even God has been corrupted". He also said that the line "This'll be the day that I die" originated from the <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a> film <a href="/wiki/The_Searchers" title="The Searchers">The Searchers</a> (which inspired Buddy Holly's song "<a href="/wiki/That%27ll_Be_the_Day" title="That'll Be the Day">That'll Be the Day</a>"), and the chorus's line "Bye-bye, Miss American Pie" was inspired by a song by <a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a>, "Bye Bye, My Roseanna". McLean had originally intended to use "Miss American apple pie", but "apple" was dropped.<a href="#cite_note-ap2022-19">[19]</a> On the whole, McLean stated that the lyrics were meant to be <a href="/wiki/Impressionism_(literature)" title="Impressionism (literature)">impressionist</a>, and that many of the lyrics, only a portion of which were included in the finished recording, were completely fictional with no basis in real-life events.<a href="#cite_note-timetoreveal-46">[46]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personnel">edit</a>]</div> Credits from Richard Buskin, except where noted.<a href="#cite_note-SoundOnSound-47">[47]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musicians">Musicians</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Musicians">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Don McLean – vocals, acoustic guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Griffin_(musician)" title="Paul Griffin (musician)">Paul Griffin</a> – piano, clavinet<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Spinozza" title="David Spinozza">David Spinozza</a> – electric guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Stoner" title="Rob Stoner">Bob Rothstein</a> – bass, backing vocals</li> <li>Roy Markowitz – drums</li> <li>West Forty Fourth Street Rhythm and Noise Choir – chorus</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technical">Technical</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Technical">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Ed Freeman - producer</li> <li>Tom Flye - engineer, tambourine</li> <li>Photography/ artwork – George Whiteman<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Charts">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Weekly charts">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1971–1972) </th> <th>Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<a href="#cite_note-Kent-51">[51]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Flanders_Don_McLean-52">[52]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">26 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Singles (<a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Canadatopsingles_-53">[53]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Adult Contemporary (<a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Canadaadultcontemporary_-54">[54]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ireland (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">IRMA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Ireland2_Don_McLean-55">[55]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Listener" title="New Zealand Listener">Listener</a>)<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Norway (<a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Norway_Don_McLean-57">[57]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">Spanish Singles Chart</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> </th> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Don_McLean-59">[59]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_Don_McLean-60">[60]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Adult Contemporary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Don_McLean-61">[61]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">West Germany (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">GfK</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_West_Germany_Don_McLean-62">[62]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Year-end charts">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1972) </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (Kent Music Report)<a href="#cite_note-Kent-51">[51]</a> </th> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Singles (RPM)<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Singles (OCC)<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> </th> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Billboard Hot 100<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> </th> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-time_charts">All-time charts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: All-time charts">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1958–2018) </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Billboard Hot 100<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> </th> <td>210 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Certifications">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<a href="#cite_note-CanadaDon_McLeanAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-67">[67]</a> </th> <td>5× Platinum </td> <td>400,000‡ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Denmark (<a href="/wiki/IFPI_Danmark" title="IFPI Danmark">IFPI Danmark</a>)<a href="#cite_note-DenmarkDon_McLeanAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-68">[68]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>45,000‡ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Italy (<a href="/wiki/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana" title="Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana">FIMI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ItalyDon_McLeanAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-69">[69]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>50,000‡ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomDon_McLeanAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-70">[70]</a> </th> <td>2× Platinum </td> <td>1,200,000‡ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-United_StatesDon_McLeanAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-71">[71]</a> </th> <td>3× Platinum </td> <td>3,000,000‡ </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parodies,_revisions,_and_uses">Parodies, revisions, and uses</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parodies, revisions, and uses">edit</a>]</div> In 1999, <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> wrote and recorded a parody of "American Pie". Titled "<a href="/wiki/The_Saga_Begins" title="The Saga Begins">The Saga Begins</a>", the song recounts the plot of <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace" title="Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace">Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace</a> from <a href="/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi" title="Obi-Wan Kenobi">Obi-Wan Kenobi</a>'s point of view. While McLean gave permission for the parody, he did not make a cameo appearance in its video, despite popular rumor. McLean himself praised the parody, even admitting to almost singing Yankovic's lyrics during his own live performances because his children played the song so often.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> An unrelated <a href="/wiki/American_Pie_(film_series)" title="American Pie (film series)">comedy film franchise</a> by <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a>, who secured the rights to McLean's title, also debuted in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> "American Pie" was the last song to be played on Virgin Radio before it was rebranded as <a href="/wiki/Absolute_Radio" title="Absolute Radio">Absolute Radio</a> in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> It was also the last song played on <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service" title="British Forces Broadcasting Service">BFBS Malta</a> in 1979. <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Renner" title="Jeremy Renner">Jeremy Renner</a> sings an <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> version in the 2006 movie <a href="/wiki/Love_Comes_to_the_Executioner" title="Love Comes to the Executioner">Love Comes to the Executioner</a>, as his character walks to the execution chamber.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">City of Grand Rapids</a>, Michigan, created a <a href="/wiki/Lip_dub" title="Lip dub">lip dub</a> video to "American Pie" in response to a Newsweek article that stated the city was "dying".<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> (Due to licensing issues, the version used in the video was not the original, but rather a later-recorded live version.) The video was hailed as a fantastic performance by many, including film critic <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a>, who said it was "the greatest music video ever made".<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> On March 21, 2013, <a href="/wiki/Harmonix" title="Harmonix">Harmonix</a> announced that "American Pie" would be the final <a href="/wiki/Downloadable_content" title="Downloadable content">downloadable</a> track made available for the <a href="/wiki/Rock_Band" title="Rock Band">Rock Band</a> series of music video games.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> This was the case until <a href="/wiki/Rock_Band_4" title="Rock Band 4">Rock Band 4</a> was released on October 6, 2015, reviving the series' weekly releases of DLC. On March 14, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Mathematics" title="National Museum of Mathematics">National Museum of Mathematics</a> announced that one of two winners of its songwriting contest was "American Pi" by mathematics education professor Dr. Lawrence M. Lesser.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> The contest was in honor of "Pi Day of the Century" because "3/14/15" would be the only day in the 21st-century showing the first five digits of <big>π</big> (<a href="/wiki/Pi" title="Pi">pi</a>). On April 20, 2015, <a href="/wiki/John_Mayer" title="John Mayer">John Mayer</a> covered "American Pie" live on the <a href="/wiki/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Show with David Letterman">Late Show with David Letterman</a>, at the request of the show's <a href="/wiki/David_Letterman" title="David Letterman">eponymous host</a>.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> On January 29, 2021, McLean released a re-recording of "American Pie" featuring lead vocals by country a cappella group <a href="/wiki/Home_Free_(group)" title="Home Free (group)">Home Free</a>.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> The song was featured in <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Entertainment" title="Marvel Entertainment">Marvel</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(2021_film)" title="Black Widow (2021 film)">Black Widow</a> movie in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> It is the favorite song of the character <a href="/wiki/Yelena_Belova" title="Yelena Belova">Yelena Belova</a>, and sung by <a href="/wiki/Red_Guardian" title="Red Guardian">Red Guardian</a> later in the film to comfort her.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> "American Pie" is also featured in the 2021 Tom Hanks movie <a href="/wiki/Finch_(film)" title="Finch (film)">Finch</a>.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> During his visit to the United States in 2023, South Korean President <a href="/wiki/Yoon_Suk-yeol" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoon Suk-yeol">Yoon Suk-yeol</a> sang this song at a <a href="/wiki/State_banquet" title="State banquet">state dinner</a>.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> This has attracted worldwide attention, as well as the attention of Don McLean. <a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Madonna_version">Madonna version</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Madonna version">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background_2">Background</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"American Pie"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Pie_Madonna.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/American_Pie_Madonna.png/220px-American_Pie_Madonna.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0f/American_Pie_Madonna.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <a href="/wiki/The_Next_Best_Thing#Soundtrack" title="The Next Best Thing">The Next Best Thing</a> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">February 8, 2000 (2000-02-08)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>September 1999 (New York City)<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" title="Dance-pop">Dance-pop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">4:33</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>Maverick</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Don McLean</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>Madonna</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Orbit" title="William Orbit">William Orbit</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Stranger" title="Beautiful Stranger">Beautiful Stranger</a>" (1999) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"American Pie" (2000) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Music_(Madonna_song)" title="Music (Madonna song)">Music</a>" (2000) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:khaki">Music video</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4RDB-mMDJg">"American Pie"</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> American singer <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> released a cover version of the song in February 2000 to promote the soundtrack of her film <a href="/wiki/The_Next_Best_Thing" title="The Next Best Thing">The Next Best Thing</a> (2000), with the song being serviced to radio between February 2 and 8, 2000 and being sold in stores on February 22, 2000.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> Her cover is much shorter than the original (it contains only the beginning of the first verse and all of the second and sixth verses) and was recorded as a <a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" title="Dance-pop">dance-pop</a> song. It was co-produced by Madonna and <a href="/wiki/William_Orbit" title="William Orbit">William Orbit</a> and released on the singer's Maverick label, after <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Everett" title="Rupert Everett">Rupert Everett</a> (Madonna's co-star in The Next Best Thing) had convinced her to cover the song for the film's soundtrack.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> Madonna said of her choice to cover the song: "To me, it's a real millennium song. We're going through a big change in terms of the way we view pop culture, because of the Internet. In a way, it's like saying goodbye to music as we knew it—and to pop culture as we knew it."<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> It is included as an international bonus track on her eighth studio album, <a href="/wiki/Music_(Madonna_album)" title="Music (Madonna album)">Music</a>. "American Pie" was not included in the 2001 greatest hits compilation <a href="/wiki/GHV2" title="GHV2">GHV2</a> (2001) because Madonna had regretted putting it on Music. "It was something a certain record company executive twisted my arm into doing, but it didn't belong on the album so now it's being punished... My gut told me not to [put the song on Music], but I did it and then I regretted it so just for that reason it didn't deserve a place on GHV2," she said.<a href="#cite_note-bbc-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> However, the song's remix was featured on her remix compilation album <a href="/wiki/Finally_Enough_Love:_50_Number_Ones" title="Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones">Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones</a> (2022). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Release_and_reception">Release and reception</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Release and reception">edit</a>]</div> Released on February 28, 2000,<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> the song was a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in many countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Iceland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Finland. The song was the 19th-best-selling single of 2000 in the UK and the ninth best-selling single of 2000 in Sweden. The single was not released commercially in the United States, but it reached No. 29 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a> due to strong radio airplay. Chuck Taylor of Billboard was impressed by the recording and commented, "Applause to Madonna for not pandering to today's temporary trends and for challenging programmers to broaden their playlists. ... In all, a fine preview of the forthcoming soundtrack to The Next Best Thing."<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(journalist)" title="Peter Robinson (journalist)">Peter Robinson</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> called the cover as "brilliant".<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> Don McLean himself praised the cover, saying it was "a gift from a goddess", and that her version is "mystical and sensual".<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a>, on the other hand, gave it a negative review, saying that "<a href="/wiki/Killdozer_(band)" title="Killdozer (band)">Killdozer</a> did it first and did it better", that it was "sub-karaoke fluff" and that "it's a blessing she didn't bother recording the whole thing."<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> In 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">Official Charts Company</a> stated the song had sold 400,000 copies in the United Kingdom and was her 16th best selling single to date in the nation.<a href="#cite_note-flashback-100">[100]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_video">Music video</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Music video">edit</a>]</div> The music video, filmed in the southern United States and in London<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/Philipp_St%C3%B6lzl" title="Philipp Stölzl">Philipp Stölzl</a>, depicts a diverse array of ordinary Americans, including scenes showing same-sex couples kissing. Throughout the music video Madonna, who is wearing a tiara on her head, dances and sings in front of a large American flag.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> Two official versions of the video were produced, the first of which now appears on Madonna's greatest-hits DVD compilation, <a href="/wiki/Celebration:_The_Video_Collection" title="Celebration: The Video Collection">Celebration</a>, and was released as the official video worldwide. The second version was issued along with the "Humpty Remix", a more upbeat and dance-friendly version of the song. This video was aired on MTV's dance channel in the United States to promote the film <a href="/wiki/The_Next_Best_Thing" title="The Next Best Thing">The Next Best Thing</a>, starring Madonna and <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Everett" title="Rupert Everett">Rupert Everett</a>; it contains totally different footage and new outtakes of the original and omits the lesbian kiss. Everett, who provides backing vocals in the song, is also featured in the video. <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formats_and_track_listings">Formats and track listings</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Formats and track listings">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Digital single / (2022)<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a></li></ul> <ol><li>"American Pie" – 4:34</li> <li>"American Pie" (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Humpty_Vission" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Humpty Vission">Richard Humpty Vission</a> Radio Mix) – 4:29</li> <li>"American Pie" (<a href="/wiki/Victor_Calderone" title="Victor Calderone">Victor Calderone</a> Vocal Club Mix) – 9:07</li> <li>"American Pie" (Richard Humpty Vission Visits Madonna) – 5:43</li> <li>"American Pie" (Victor Calderone Extended Vocal Club Mix) – 10:36</li> <li>"American Pie" (Victor Calderone Vocal Dub Mix) – 6:15</li> <li>"American Pie" (Victor Calderone Filter Dub Mix) – 6:06</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Credits_and_personnel">Credits and personnel</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Credits and personnel">edit</a>]</div> Credits and personnel are adapted from the American Pie single liner notes.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> – vocals, producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Orbit" title="William Orbit">William Orbit</a> – producer, guitar, drums and keyboard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_McLean" title="Don McLean">Don McLean</a> – writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spike_Stent" title="Spike Stent">Mark "Spike" Stent</a> – mixing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Everett" title="Rupert Everett">Rupert Everett</a> – backup vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Endert" title="Mark Endert">Mark Endert</a> – engineering</li> <li>Sean Spuehler – engineering, programming</li> <li>Jake Davies – engineering</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rico_Conning" title="Rico Conning">Rico Conning</a> – sequencer programming</li> <li>Dah Len – photography</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charts_2">Charts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Charts">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Weekly_charts_2">Weekly charts</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Weekly charts">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Weekly chart performance for "American Pie" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (2000) </th> <th scope="col">Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-aus-105">[105]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austria (<a href="/wiki/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">Ö3 Austria Top 40</a>)<a href="#cite_note-aut-106">[106]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<a href="#cite_note-fla-107">[107]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Wallonia)<a href="#cite_note-wal-108">[108]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Canadian_Singles_Chart" title="Canadian Singles Chart">Nielsen SoundScan</a>)<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Singles (<a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a>)<a href="#cite_note-can-110">[110]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Adult Contemporary (<a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a>)<a href="#cite_note-canac-111">[111]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Dance/Urban (<a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a>)<a href="#cite_note-candance-112">[112]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Croatia (<a href="/wiki/Croatian_Radiotelevision" title="Croatian Radiotelevision">HRT</a>)<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> </th> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Czech Republic (<a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Denmark (<a href="/wiki/IFPI_Danmark" title="IFPI Danmark">IFPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-m&m-115">[115]</a> </th> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Europe (<a href="/wiki/European_Hot_100_Singles" title="European Hot 100 Singles">Eurochart Hot 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Finland (<a href="/wiki/The_Official_Finnish_Charts" class="mw-redirect" title="The Official Finnish Charts">Suomen virallinen lista</a>)<a href="#cite_note-fin-117">[117]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<a href="#cite_note-fra-118">[118]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Germany (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">GfK</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ger-119">[119]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Greece (<a href="/wiki/IFPI_Greece" title="IFPI Greece">IFPI Greece</a>)<a href="#cite_note-m&m-115">[115]</a> </th> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Hungary (<a href="/wiki/Association_of_Hungarian_Record_Companies" title="Association of Hungarian Record Companies">Mahasz</a>)<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Iceland (<a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dslenski_listinn" title="Íslenski listinn">Íslenski Listinn Topp 40</a>)<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ireland (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">IRMA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ira-122">[122]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Italy (<a href="/wiki/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana" title="Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana">FIMI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ita-123">[123]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Japan (<a href="/wiki/Oricon_Singles_Chart" title="Oricon Singles Chart">Oricon Singles Chart</a>)<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> </th> <td>75 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Top_40" title="Dutch Top 40">Dutch Top 40</a>)<a href="#cite_note-dt40-125">[125]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-dt100-126">[126]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/wiki/Recorded_Music_NZ" title="Recorded Music NZ">Recorded Music NZ</a>)<a href="#cite_note-nz-127">[127]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Norway (<a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>)<a href="#cite_note-nor-128">[128]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Paraguay (<a href="/wiki/Notimex" title="Notimex">Notimex</a>)<a href="#cite_note-Siglo-129">[129]</a> </th> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Romania (<a href="/wiki/Romanian_Top_100" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanian Top 100">Romanian Top 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-rt100-130">[130]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Singles_and_Albums_Charts" title="Scottish Singles and Albums Charts">Scotland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-scotland-131">[131]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spain (<a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">PROMUSICAE</a>)<a href="#cite_note-spain-132">[132]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Sweden (<a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<a href="#cite_note-swe-133">[133]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Switzerland (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Hitparade" title="Swiss Hitparade">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<a href="#cite_note-swi-134">[134]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-uk-135">[135]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a><a href="#cite_note-bbhot100-136">[136]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">29 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Adult Contemporary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-bbac-137">[137]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Adult_Pop_Airplay" title="Adult Pop Airplay">Adult Pop Airplay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-bbapop-138">[138]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Dance_Club_Songs" title="Dance Club Songs">Dance Club Songs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-bbdance-139">[139]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Pop_Airplay" title="Pop Airplay">Pop Airplay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-bbpop-140">[140]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">16 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Year-end_charts_2">Year-end charts</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Year-end charts">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Year-end chart performance for "American Pie" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (2000) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (ARIA)<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> </th> <td>66 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> </th> <td>32 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> </th> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> </th> <td>44 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Denmark (IFPI)<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> </th> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> </th> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France (SNEP)<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> </th> <td>44 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Germany (Official German Charts)<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> </th> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> </th> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ireland (IRMA)<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> </th> <td>38 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> </th> <td>42 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (Single Top 100)<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> </th> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Norway Spring Period (VG-lista)<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> </th> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Romania (Romanian Top 100)<a href="#cite_note-rt100-130">[130]</a> </th> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spain (PROMUSICAE)<a href="#cite_note-Spain2000-154">[154]</a> </th> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> </th> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> </th> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Singles (OCC)<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> </th> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)<a href="#cite_note-bbyearend2-158">[158]</a> </th> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)<a href="#cite_note-bbyearend-159">[159]</a> </th> <td>72 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)<a href="#cite_note-bbyearend-159">[159]</a> </th> <td>88 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (2001) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> </th> <td>78 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (2002) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> </th> <td>116 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Certifications_and_sales">Certifications and sales</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Certifications and sales">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-AustraliasingleCertRef-162">[162]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>35,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austria (<a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI</a> Austria)<a href="#cite_note-AustriaMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-163">[163]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>25,000* </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Belgian_Entertainment_Association" title="Belgian Entertainment Association">BEA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-BelgiumsingleCertRef-164">[164]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>25,000* </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Denmark </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>12,701<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<a href="#cite_note-FranceMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-166">[166]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>250,000* </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Germany (<a href="/wiki/Bundesverband_Musikindustrie" title="Bundesverband Musikindustrie">BVMI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-GermanyMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-167">[167]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>250,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Italy </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>70,000<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spain </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>35,000<a href="#cite_note-SpanishSales-169">[169]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Sweden (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Swedish Recording Industry Association">GLF</a>)<a href="#cite_note-SwedenMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-170">[170]</a> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>30,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Switzerland (<a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI</a> Switzerland)<a href="#cite_note-SwitzerlandMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-171">[171]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>25,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-172">[172]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>400,000<a href="#cite_note-flashback-100">[100]</a> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> * Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> 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Retrieved February 22, 2021. <q>«American Pie» che come singolo presente nella colonna sonora del film «The next big thing» solo nel nostro paese ha venduto ben 70 mila copie</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=La+Stampa&rft.atitle=Madonna+si+lancia+nello+spazio&rft.issue=203&rft.pages=25&rft.date=2000-07-27&rft.aulast=Dondoni&rft.aufirst=Luca&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archiviolastampa.it%2Fcomponent%2Foption%2Ccom_lastampa%2Ftask%2Csearch%2Fmod%2Clibera%2Faction%2Cviewer%2FItemid%2C3%2Fpage%2C25%2Farticleid%2C0436_01_2000_0203_0031_3756270%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-SpanishSales-169"><a href="#cite_ref-SpanishSales_169-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/details.vm?o=&w=Madonna+copias+vendidas&f=text&t=%2Bcreation&l=600&l=700&view=&lang=en&s=129">"La mejor musica de la pantalla"</a>. <a href="/wiki/La_Voz_de_Asturias" title="La Voz de Asturias">La Voz de Asturias</a> (in Spanish). March 14, 2000. p. 75. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211230044236/http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/details.vm?o=&w=Madonna+copias+vendidas&f=text&t=%2Bcreation&l=600&l=700&view=&lang=en&s=129">Archived</a> from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021 – via <a href="/wiki/Biblioteca_Nacional_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Biblioteca Nacional de España">Biblioteca Nacional de España</a>. <q>En España ha vendido 35.000 copias en dos semanas a pesar de que la cinta aún no se ha estrenado</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=La+Voz+de+Asturias&rft.atitle=La+mejor+musica+de+la+pantalla&rft.pages=75&rft.date=2000-03-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhemerotecadigital.bne.es%2Fdetails.vm%3Fo%3D%26w%3DMadonna%2Bcopias%2Bvendidas%26f%3Dtext%26t%3D%252Bcreation%26l%3D600%26l%3D700%26view%3D%26lang%3Den%26s%3D129&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-SwedenMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-170"><a href="#cite_ref-SwedenMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef_170-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110517224028/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20002.pdf">"Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2000"</a> (PDF) (in Swedish). <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI Sweden</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20002.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on May 17, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Guld-+och+Platinacertifikat+%E2%88%92+%C3%85r+2000&rft.pub=IFPI+Sweden&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifpi.se%2Fwp%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Far-20002.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-SwitzerlandMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-171"><a href="#cite_ref-SwitzerlandMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef_171-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=American_Pie">"The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('American Pie')"</a>. IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 12, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Official+Swiss+Charts+and+Music+Community%3A+Awards+%28%27American+Pie%27%29&rft.pub=IFPI+Switzerland.+Hung+Medien&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swisscharts.com%2Fsearch_certifications.asp%3Fsearch%3DAmerican_Pie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-United_KingdomMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef-172"><a href="#cite_ref-United_KingdomMadonnaAmerican_PiesingleCertRef_172-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/472-2003-1">"British single certifications – Madonna – American Pie"</a>. <a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">British Phonographic Industry</a>. Retrieved July 21, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=British+single+certifications+%E2%80%93+Madonna+%E2%80%93+American+Pie&rft.pub=British+Phonographic+Industry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpi.co.uk%2Faward%2F472-2003-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Pie_(song)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Adams" title="Cecil Adams">Adams, Cecil</a> (May 15, 1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/908/what-is-don-mcleans-song-american-pie-all-about">"What is Don McLean's song 'American Pie' all about?"</a>. The Straight Dope. Chicago Reader, Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Straight+Dope&rft.atitle=What+is+Don+McLean%27s+song+%27American+Pie%27+all+about%3F&rft.date=1993-05-15&rft.aulast=Adams&rft.aufirst=Cecil&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.straightdope.com%2Fcolumns%2Fread%2F908%2Fwhat-is-don-mcleans-song-american-pie-all-about&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"> An interpretation of the lyrics based on a supposed interview of McLean by DJ <a href="/wiki/Casey_Kasem" title="Casey Kasem">Casey Kasem</a>. McLean later confirmed the Buddy Holly reference in a letter to Adams but denied ever speaking to Kasem.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Roteman, Jeff (August 10, 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/pie.html">"Bob Dearborn's Original Analysis of Don McLean's 1971 Classic 'American Pie'"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bob+Dearborn%27s+Original+Analysis+of+Don+McLean%27s+1971+Classic+%27American+Pie%27&rft.date=2002-08-10&rft.aulast=Roteman&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fuser.pa.net%2F~ejjeff%2Fpie.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"> This article correlates McLean's biography with the historic events in the song. McLean pointed to <a href="/wiki/WCFL_(AM)" class="mw-redirect" title="WCFL (AM)">WCFL</a> (Chicago, Illinois) radio disc jockey Bob Dearborn as the partial basis for most mainstream interpretations of "American Pie". Dearborn's analysis, mailed to listeners on request, bears the date January 7, 1972. Roteman's reprinting added photos but replaced the date January 7, 1972, by an audio link bearing the date February 28, 1972, the date Dearborn aired his interpretation on WCFL (<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/bobpie.ram">http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/bobpie.ram</a> (Bob Dearborn's American Pie Analysis original broadcast February 28, 1972)).</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182609/https://www.radiotimeline.com/wcfl-chicago-tribute/">"The WCFL Radio Tribute Page"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.radiotimeline.com/wcfl-chicago-tribute/">the original</a> on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+WCFL+Radio+Tribute+Page&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiotimeline.com%2Fwcfl-chicago-tribute%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"> Among the potpourri is a copy of the January 7, 1972, Bob Dearborn letter, plus an audio recording, in which he delineates his interpretation of "American Pie".</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Fann, Jim. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030906142212/http://www.understandingamericanpie.com/">"Understanding American Pie"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://understandingamericanpie.com">the original</a> on September 6, 2003.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Understanding+American+Pie&rft.aulast=Fann&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Funderstandingamericanpie.com&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"> Historically oriented interpretation of "American Pie". The interpretation was specifically noted on in an archived version of McLean's website page on "American Pie".<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212084822/http://www.don-mclean.com/articles/">archived version of McLean's website page on "American Pie"</a>. The material, dated November 2002, includes a recording of <a href="/wiki/Dinah_Shore" title="Dinah Shore">Dinah Shore</a> singing "See The USA In Your Chevrolet" and a photograph of <a href="/wiki/Mick_Jagger" title="Mick Jagger">Mick Jagger</a> in costume at the Altamont Free Concert with a <a href="/wiki/Hells_Angel" class="mw-redirect" title="Hells Angel">Hells Angel</a> member in the background.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060829200035/http://cfhf.net/lyrics/dinah.htm">Full "See the US in Your Chevrolet" lyrics for Dinah Shore on "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956–1961)</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Kulawiec, Rich (August 26, 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/american-pie">"FAQ: The Annotated 'American Pie'"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030419095516/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/american-pie/">Archived</a> from the original on April 19, 2003. Retrieved September 19, 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=FAQ%3A+The+Annotated+%27American+Pie%27&rft.date=2001-08-26&rft.aulast=Kulawiec&rft.aufirst=Rich&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faqs.org%2Ffaqs%2Fmusic%2Famerican-pie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"> FAQ maintained by Rich Kulawiec, started in 1992 and essentially completed in 1997.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091023140553/http://library.thinkquest.org/18249/compose/apverse1.html">"American Pie—A Rock Epic"</a> A multi-media presentation of Rich Kulawiec's The Annotated "American Pie".</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Levitt, Saul (May 26, 1971). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110405094748/http://www.missamericanpie.co.uk/interpret.html">"Interpretation of American Pie – analysis, news, Don McLean, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Rock & Roll"</a>. Missamericanpie.co.uk. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.missamericanpie.co.uk/interpret.html">the original</a> on April 5, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Missamericanpie.co.uk&rft.atitle=Interpretation+of+American+Pie+%E2%80%93+analysis%2C+news%2C+Don+McLean%2C+Buddy+Holly%2C+Ritchie+Valens%2C+Rock+%26+Roll&rft.date=1971-05-26&rft.au=Levitt%2C+Saul&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missamericanpie.co.uk%2Finterpret.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Pie+%28song%29" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchuckSchuck2012" class="citation book cs1">Schuck, Raymond I.; Schuck, Ray (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/doyoubelieveinro0000unse">Do You Believe in Rock and Roll?: Essays on Don McLean's "American Pie"</a>. <a href="/wiki/McFarland_%26_Company" title="McFarland & Company">McFarland & Company</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-7105-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-7105-8"><bdi>978-0-7864-7105-8</bdi></a>. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Castles_in_the_Air_(song)" title="Castles in the Air (song)">Castles in the Air</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">American Pie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vincent_(Don_McLean_song)" title="Vincent (Don McLean song)">Vincent</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Baby" title="Wonderful Baby">Wonderful Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crying_(Roy_Orbison_song)" title="Crying (Roy Orbison song)">Crying</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Since_I_Don%27t_Have_You" title="Since I Don't Have You">Since I Don't Have You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She%27s_Got_You" title="She's Got You">He's Got You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Blame_the_Train" title="You Can't Blame the Train">You Can't Blame the Train</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/And_I_Love_You_So_(song)" title="And I Love You So (song)">And I Love You So</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Saga_Begins" title="The Saga Begins">The Saga Begins</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Sauvion" title="Carol Sauvion">Carol Sauvion</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song" title="Killing Me Softly with His Song">Killing Me Softly with His Song</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Everybody_(Madonna_song)" title="Everybody (Madonna song)">Everybody</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Burning_Up_(Madonna_song)" title="Burning Up (Madonna song)">Burning Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Physical_Attraction_(song)" title="Physical Attraction (song)">Physical Attraction</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Holiday_(Madonna_song)" title="Holiday (Madonna song)">Holiday</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lucky_Star_(Madonna_song)" title="Lucky Star (Madonna song)">Lucky Star</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Borderline_(Madonna_song)" title="Borderline (Madonna song)">Borderline</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Like_a_Virgin_(song)" title="Like a Virgin (song)">Like a Virgin</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Material_Girl" title="Material Girl">Material Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crazy_for_You_(Madonna_song)" title="Crazy for You (Madonna song)">Crazy for You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Angel_(Madonna_song)" title="Angel (Madonna song)">Angel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Into_the_Groove" title="Into the Groove">Into the Groove</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dress_You_Up" title="Dress You Up">Dress You Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gambler_(song)" title="Gambler (song)">Gambler</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Live_to_Tell" title="Live to Tell">Live to Tell</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Papa_Don%27t_Preach" title="Papa Don't Preach">Papa Don't Preach</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/True_Blue_(Madonna_song)" title="True Blue (Madonna song)">True Blue</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Open_Your_Heart_(Madonna_song)" title="Open Your Heart (Madonna song)">Open Your Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/La_Isla_Bonita" title="La Isla Bonita">La Isla Bonita</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Who%27s_That_Girl_(Madonna_song)" title="Who's That Girl (Madonna song)">Who's That Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Causing_a_Commotion" title="Causing a Commotion">Causing a Commotion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Look_of_Love_(Madonna_song)" title="The Look of Love (Madonna song)">The Look of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spotlight_(Madonna_song)" title="Spotlight (Madonna song)">Spotlight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Like_a_Prayer_(song)" title="Like a Prayer (song)">Like a Prayer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Express_Yourself_(Madonna_song)" title="Express Yourself (Madonna song)">Express Yourself</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cherish_(Madonna_song)" title="Cherish (Madonna song)">Cherish</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Oh_Father" title="Oh Father">Oh Father</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dear_Jessie" title="Dear Jessie">Dear Jessie</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Keep_It_Together_(song)" title="Keep It Together (song)">Keep It Together</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vogue_(Madonna_song)" title="Vogue (Madonna song)">Vogue</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hanky_Panky_(Madonna_song)" title="Hanky Panky (Madonna song)">Hanky Panky</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Justify_My_Love" title="Justify My Love">Justify My Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rescue_Me_(Madonna_song)" title="Rescue Me (Madonna song)">Rescue Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Used_to_Be_My_Playground" title="This Used to Be My Playground">This Used to Be My Playground</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Erotica_(song)" title="Erotica (song)">Erotica</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Deeper_and_Deeper" title="Deeper and Deeper">Deeper and Deeper</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Girl_(Madonna_song)" title="Bad Girl (Madonna song)">Bad Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fever_(Little_Willie_John_song)#Madonna_version" title="Fever (Little Willie John song)">Fever</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rain_(Madonna_song)" title="Rain (Madonna song)">Rain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bye_Bye_Baby_(Madonna_song)" title="Bye Bye Baby (Madonna song)">Bye Bye Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Remember" title="I'll Remember">I'll Remember</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Secret_(Madonna_song)" title="Secret (Madonna song)">Secret</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Take_a_Bow_(Madonna_song)" title="Take a Bow (Madonna song)">Take a Bow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bedtime_Story_(Madonna_song)" title="Bedtime Story (Madonna song)">Bedtime Story</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Human_Nature_(Madonna_song)" title="Human Nature (Madonna song)">Human Nature</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27ll_See" title="You'll See">You'll See</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_More_Chance_(Madonna_song)" title="One More Chance (Madonna song)">One More Chance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Don%27t_Live_Here_Anymore" title="Love Don't Live Here Anymore">Love Don't Live Here Anymore</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Must_Love_Me" title="You Must Love Me">You Must Love Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Cry_for_Me_Argentina" title="Don't Cry for Me Argentina">Don't Cry for Me Argentina</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Another_Suitcase_in_Another_Hall" title="Another Suitcase in Another Hall">Another Suitcase in Another Hall</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Frozen_(Madonna_song)" title="Frozen (Madonna song)">Frozen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ray_of_Light_(song)" title="Ray of Light (song)">Ray of Light</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Drowned_World/Substitute_for_Love" title="Drowned World/Substitute for Love">Drowned World/Substitute for Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_Good-Bye" title="The Power of Good-Bye">The Power of Good-Bye</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nothing_Really_Matters" title="Nothing Really Matters">Nothing Really Matters</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Stranger" title="Beautiful Stranger">Beautiful Stranger</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Madonna_version">American Pie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Music_(Madonna_song)" title="Music (Madonna song)">Music</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Tell_Me_(Madonna_song)" title="Don't Tell Me (Madonna song)">Don't Tell Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_It_Feels_Like_for_a_Girl" title="What It Feels Like for a Girl">What It Feels Like for a Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Die_Another_Day_(song)" title="Die Another Day (song)">Die Another Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/American_Life_(song)" title="American Life (song)">American Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hollywood_(Madonna_song)" title="Hollywood (Madonna song)">Hollywood</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Me_Against_the_Music" title="Me Against the Music">Me Against the Music</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nothing_Fails" title="Nothing Fails">Nothing Fails</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Profusion" title="Love Profusion">Love Profusion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hung_Up" title="Hung Up">Hung Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sorry_(Madonna_song)" title="Sorry (Madonna song)">Sorry</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Get_Together_(Madonna_song)" title="Get Together (Madonna song)">Get Together</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jump_(Madonna_song)" title="Jump (Madonna song)">Jump</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/4_Minutes" title="4 Minutes">4 Minutes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Give_It_2_Me" title="Give It 2 Me">Give It 2 Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Miles_Away_(Madonna_song)" title="Miles Away (Madonna song)">Miles Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Celebration_(Madonna_song)" title="Celebration (Madonna song)">Celebration</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Revolver_(song)" title="Revolver (song)">Revolver</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Give_Me_All_Your_Luvin%27" title="Give Me All Your Luvin'">Give Me All Your Luvin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Girl_Gone_Wild" title="Girl Gone Wild">Girl Gone Wild</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Masterpiece_(Madonna_song)" title="Masterpiece (Madonna song)">Masterpiece</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Turn_Up_the_Radio_(Madonna_song)" title="Turn Up the Radio (Madonna song)">Turn Up the Radio</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Living_for_Love" title="Living for Love">Living for Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ghosttown_(Madonna_song)" title="Ghosttown (Madonna song)">Ghosttown</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bitch_I%27m_Madonna" title="Bitch I'm Madonna">Bitch I'm Madonna</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hold_Tight_(Madonna_song)" title="Hold Tight (Madonna song)">Hold Tight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Medell%C3%ADn_(song)" title="Medellín (song)">Medellín</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crave_(Madonna_and_Swae_Lee_song)" title="Crave (Madonna and Swae Lee song)">Crave</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Rise_(song)" title="I Rise (song)">I Rise</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Search_I_Find" title="I Don't Search I Find">I Don't Search I Find</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Levitating_(song)#The_Blessed_Madonna_remix" title="Levitating (song)">Levitating (The Blessed Madonna remix)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Frozen_(Madonna_song)#Sickick_remixes" title="Frozen (Madonna song)">Frozen (Sickick remixes)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Break_My_Soul#Remixes" title="Break My Soul">Break My Soul (The Queens remix)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Back_That_Up_to_the_Beat" title="Back That Up to the Beat">Back That Up to the Beat</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Popular_(The_Weeknd,_Playboi_Carti_and_Madonna_song)" title="Popular (The Weeknd, Playboi Carti and Madonna song)">Popular</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vulgar_(song)" title="Vulgar (song)">Vulgar</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Promotional singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Can_Dance" title="You Can Dance">You Can Dance (LP Cuts)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Erotica_(song)" title="Erotica (song)">Erotic</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Want_You_(Marvin_Gaye_song)" title="I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)">I Want You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sky_Fits_Heaven" title="Sky Fits Heaven">Sky Fits Heaven</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Impressive_Instant" title="Impressive Instant">Impressive Instant</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/GHV2" title="GHV2">GHV2 Megamix</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hollywood_(Madonna_song)" title="Hollywood (Madonna song)">Into the Hollywood Groove</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nobody_Knows_Me" title="Nobody Knows Me">Nobody Knows Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Imagine_(John_Lennon_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Imagine (John Lennon song)">Imagine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_You_(Madonna_song)" title="Hey You (Madonna song)">Hey You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Superstar_(Madonna_song)" title="Superstar (Madonna song)">Superstar</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Future_(song)" title="Future (song)">Future</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dark_Ballet" title="Dark Ballet">Dark Ballet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Material_Girl#"Material_Gworrllllllll!"" title="Material Girl">Material Gworrllllllll</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hung_Up#Remix_version" title="Hung Up">Hung Up on Tokischa</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs recorded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Baby#Madonna_version" title="Santa Baby">Santa Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sooner_or_Later_(Madonna_song)" title="Sooner or Later (Madonna song)">Sooner or Later</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Oh_What_a_Circus" title="Oh What a Circus">Oh What a Circus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sing_(Annie_Lennox_song)" title="Sing (Annie Lennox song)">Sing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beat_Goes_On_(Madonna_song)" title="Beat Goes On (Madonna song)">Beat Goes On</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gang_Bang_(song)" title="Gang Bang (song)">Gang Bang</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Give_A" title="I Don't Give A">I Don't Give A</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Devil_Pray" title="Devil Pray">Devil Pray</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unapologetic_Bitch" title="Unapologetic Bitch">Unapologetic Bitch</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Illuminati_(song)" title="Illuminati (song)">Illuminati</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Joan_of_Arc_(Madonna_song)" title="Joan of Arc (Madonna song)">Joan of Arc</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Iconic_(song)" title="Iconic (song)">Iconic</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Holy_Water_(Madonna_song)" title="Holy Water (Madonna song)">Holy Water</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wash_All_Over_Me" title="Wash All Over Me">Wash All Over Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rebel_Heart_(song)" title="Rebel Heart (song)">Rebel Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/God_Control" title="God Control">God Control</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Batuka_(song)" title="Batuka (song)">Batuka</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs written</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Sidewalk_Talk" 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