American Pie, Pt. 1 [Single][Import]

Madonna

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 7, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B00004RJNL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #68,156 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. American Pie (Album Version)

2. American Pie (Richard Humpty Vission Radio Mix)

3. American Pie (Victor Calderone Filter Dub Mix)

4. American Pie (Richard Humpty Vission Visits

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

German edition of the Don Mclean cover from the soundtrack to her film 'The Next Best Thing'. Tracks 'American Pie (Album Version, Richard 'Humpty' Vission Radio Mix, Victor Calderone Filter Dub Mix, Richard 'Humpty' Vission visits Madonna). 2000 release. Slimline jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Call, Madonna!, March 14, 2000

By	One World "One World" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

Is this even legal? Madonna covering American Pie. Yes I like the Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls and harp on people who say music of the past is better than today's music, but I do have respect for a legend. When I first heard on the radio that Don Mclean liked Madonna's version I thought that this is scientiffically impossible. This song is to Rock & Roll history what the Titanic disaster is to maritime history. Then, I listened to it and wow! It actually works. Perhaps, Madonna, aware of this song's legendary acclaim concluded that she--in all her splender--could never succesfully cover this song convincingly, and to try to reproduce it may spell the doom of her career. Was this legend the thing that would bring Mrs. Material Girl herself to her knees? Wisely, Madonna chooses to reinvent the song, to make it hers as if it were hers alone brought about for the first time in history by her and in a way only she could provide. Like it or hate it, you have got to give her credit for her bravity--bravity counter-balanced by alot of wisdom. Madonna knows a basic fundamental in music: "Don't ever try to recreate a legend. It will surely break you". Perhaps, this is Madonna's "rite of passage"--the challenge that could crush her is the very one that will take her to new heights in her career. And what do you know? She has Mclean's blessing!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good job madonna, March 18, 2000

By	thomas white "oberon71" (St. louis, Missouri) - See all my reviews

madonna has taken a classic rock song and reinvented it as her own. having removed the verses about buddy holly and early rock, she has recorded a song that is at once brilliant and poignant. madonna's vocals have never been better and i applaud her bravado for even attempting to "remake" this song. American Pie has become a classic in both incarnations.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars That's the spirit, Madonna!, May 18, 2000

By	"brooch" (Kouvola, Finland) - See all my reviews

Madonna... When I hear that name it means good and elegant music. And this song was like that. I know that this isn't Madonna's own song and I must say that I like the original more, but this is still worth for buying, singing, listening... This is great song! I'm waiting for the movie "The Next Best Thing" so much!