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American Pie

song written and composed by Don McLean, originally recorded by Don McLean and released in 1971
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Summary

American Pie is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,015 views/month, #21 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Don McLean[3]
  • Genre: popular music[4]
  • Performer: Don McLean[5], Madonna[6]
  • Language of work or name: English[7]
  • Publication date: 1971[8]
  • Lyricist: Don McLean[9]
  • Main subject: The Day the Music Died[10]
  • Title: American Pie[11]
  • Derivative work: The Saga Begins[12]
  • Form of creative work: song[13]

Product Details

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  • Release type: Song[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 29141d98-295f-3b69-b0c1-473e4f5c87f6[15]

Why It Matters

American Pie has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Don McLean Madonna

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Don McLean, Madonna
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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