This song is in the soundtracks of Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Celebrity (1998) and Josie and the Pussycats (2001). The title is a reference to the phrase "as American as apple pie."
This is the longest song to get number 1 on the Hot 100. Despite this, McLean liked the cover himself. On JanuMadonna's recording was voted the worst cover version in a poll by BBC 6 Music. McLean was a 13-year-old paperboy in New Rochelle, New York when Holly died. This song has been covered by Madonna, Mott the Hoople, Just Luis, The King's Singers, The Brady Bunch, Killdozer, Dave Stewart and Tyrone Wells. that summed up the world known as America".
McLean has claimed that he only wrote the song in Cold Spring and Philadelphia. Don McLean played the acoustic guitar, Paul Griffin played the piano, David Spinozza played the electric guitar, Bob Rothstein played the bass, Roy Markowitz played the drums and tambourine and the West Forty Fourth Street Rhythm and Noise Choir sang the chorus. The overall theme of the song is the loss of innocence in rock and roll music. McLean dedicated the album to Buddy Holly. The phrase "the day the music died" refers to February 3rd, 1959, the day Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens died in a plane crash. The single was a number one hit in the US for four weeks in 1972 and topped charts in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
'Cause the players tried to take the fieldĪnd as the flames climbed high into the nightīut the man there said the music wouldn't play With the jester on the sidelines in a cast The birds flew off with a fallout shelter Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and ryeĪnd singin' this'll be the day that I die When the jester sang for the king and queen Well, I know that you're in love with him Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dryĪnd them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and ryeĪnd can you teach me how to dance real slow?
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