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American Pie - performed at the BBC in 1972

Текст песни: A long, long time ag. can still remember How that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance.

American Pie is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released by United Artists Records on 24 October 1971. The folk/rock album reached number one on the Billboard 200, containing the chart-topping singles "American Pie" and "Vincent. Recorded in May and June 1971 at The Record Plant in New York City, the LP is dedicated to Buddy Holly, and was reissued in 1980 minus the track "Sister Fatima".

Album American Pie. American Pie Lyrics I can still remember How that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while But February made me shiver With every paper I’d deliver Bad news on the doorstep; I couldn’t take one more step I can’t remember. if I cried When I read about his widowed bride But something touched me deep inside The day the music died

Don McLean, like any other singer-songwriter, no doubt wanted a hit, or some degree of success. American Pie" gave him that and more. McLean's ode to Buddy Holly began with a folky intro that sounded like a protest song. Almost nine minutes later the song finally ends. Sure the song's poetic, sure it's a touching tribute, and sure, it's undeniably a classic. But it also became the bane of McLean's existence for many years as it was the only one of his songs that people wanted to hear

Redirected from American Pie (Madonna cover)). American Pie" is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 and also topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand

Don McLean's second album, American Pie, which was his first to gain recognition after the negligible initial sales of 1970's Tapestry, is necessarily dominated by its title track, a lengthy, allegorical history of rock & roll, because it became an unlikely hit, topping the singles chart and putting the LP at number one as well.

Watch the video for American Pie from Don McLean's American Pie for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one . hit for four weeks in 1972. A re-release in 1991 did not chart in the . but reached number 12 in the UK. The song is an abstract story surrounding "The Day the Music Died" – the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (Giles Perry Richardson, J. American Pie" is a folk rock song by singer-songwriter Don McLean.

Don revealed that "American Pie" didn't just happen, it grew out of his experiences, "American Pie was part of my process of self-awakening, a mystical trip into my past. McLean unveiled that he composed the song in Philadelphia and played it for the first time at Temple University, where he performed with Laura Nyro. The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" also profoundly influenced the song. McLean has said in numerous interviews that the song represented the turn from the innocence of the '50s to the darker and more volatile times of the '60s - both in music and politics.