American Pie

Summary

American Pie is an album^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (647 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• American Pie's instance of is recorded as album^[3].
• American Pie's genre is traditional folk music^[4].
• American Pie's genre is folk rock^[5].
• American Pie was performed by Don McLean^[6].
• American Pie's record label is recorded as United Artists Records^[7].
• American Pie's place of publication is recorded as United States^[8].
• American Pie is part of Don McLean's albums in chronological order^[9].
• American Pie's language of work or name is recorded as English^[10].
• American Pie was distributed by LP record^[11].
• American Pie was distributed by music streaming^[12].
• American Pie was released on October 24, 1971^[13].
• American Pie's tracklist is recorded as American Pie^[14].
• American Pie's dedicated to is recorded as Buddy Holly^[15].
• American Pie's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Pie'}^[16].
• American Pie's different from is recorded as American Pie^[17].
• American Pie's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2184'}^[18].
• American Pie's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+4'}^[19].
• American Pie's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+6'}^[20].
• American Pie's form of creative work is recorded as studio album^[21].

Product Details

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• Release type: Album^[22]

• First release date: 1971-10^[23]

• Genre(s): contemporary folk, folk, folk rock, piano rock, rock, soft rock^[24]

• Community tags: contemporary folk, contemporary pop/rock, folk, folk rock, male vocal, piano rock, pop/rock, rock, singer/songwriter, soft rock^[25]

• MusicBrainz ID: 1189a8bc-f356-3c0a-a689-d8e0d1b5e4b8^[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

American Pie was performed by Don McLean^[6].

Publication

American Pie was published on October 24, 1971^[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States^[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[10]. Genres include traditional folk music^[4] and folk rock^[5]. It is part of Don McLean's albums in chronological order^[9]. Recorded distribution format include LP record^[11] and music streaming^[12].

Why It Matters

American Pie ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (647 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27]