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American Pie" is a song by American
folk rock singer and songwriter
Don McLean. Recorded and released on the
American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972. In the UK, the single reached No. 2 on its original 1972 release and a reissue in 1991 reached No. 12. The song was listed as the No. 5 song on the
RIAA project
Songs of the Century.