American Pie (part one/radio edit)
~ Recording by Don McLean
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | American Pie, Part One | 4:11 | Don McLean | American Pie | Don McLean | Single |
| United Artists | UP 35325 |
| 1.1 | American Pie, Part One | 4:11 | Don McLean | American Pie | Don McLean | Single |
| United Artists | 50856 |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:03 | Don McLean | All Star Rock, Volume 11 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Original Sound Recordings (compilations, pre-90s) | OSR 11 |
| 1.4 | American Pie (Part One) | 4:10 | Don McLean | Hit Come Back • The Original Oldies • Vol. 3 • 16 No. 1 UK Hits 1969 To 1977 • Original Recordings | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polyphon | 819 981-2 |
| 2.13 | American Pie | 4:08 | Don McLean | 25 Jaar Top 40 Hits, Deel 2: ’69‐’72 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:14 | Don McLean | Top Ten Hits of the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music for Pleasure | CD-MFP 6078, CDB 7 92767 2 |
| 3.15 | American Pie | 4:12 | Don McLean | Back in Time… The Sound of the Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Teledisc | TELCD 44 |
| 1.10 | American Pie | 4:08 | Don McLean | De Pre Historie 1972 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Ariola (company mostly named as distributor) | 260.744 |
| 1.3 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Pop Giganten: Hits der 70er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321-33352-2 |
| 1.3 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | Pop Giganten: Hits der 70er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 354 080 |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:08 | Don McLean | 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll: 1972, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.5 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Flashback to the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music for Pleasure | CD‐DL 1233 |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | The Rock Collection: Rock of Ages | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 527/19 |
| 1.6 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | Back to the 70's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 8 27230 2 8, CDEMTV 77 |
| 2.2 | American Pie, Part 1 | 4:08 | Don McLean | Oh Happy Day! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321143792/1, 74321143792/2 |
| 1.3 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Only Rock ’n’ Roll 1970‐1974: 20 Pop Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| JCI | JCD-3130 |
| 2.9 | American Pie | 4:13 | Don McLean | All Right Now | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation) | 8300892 |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | American Pie & Other Hits | Don McLean | Album + Compilation | CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | S21-56683 | |
| 1.17 | American Pie | 4:08 | Don McLean | Het Museum, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation) | 7243 8399572 |
| 1.13 | American Pie/Part 1 | 4:09 | Don McLean | Slow Motion Vol. 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321235472 |
| 1.10 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | The No. 1 Hits 1972 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 79 600 3 |
| 2.13 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Top Gear | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | MOOD CD 33 |
| 1.6 | American Pie, Part 1 | 4:08 | Don McLean | Drive Time 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD 99 |
| 1.4 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | Sensational 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC 861422, DC 861432, DC 861452 |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | American Pie & Other Hits | Don McLean | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | E2-35974 |
| 1.1 | American Pie, Part One | 4:09 | Don McLean | Back to Back Hits | Jim Croce & Don McLean | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | S21-18677 |
| 1.6 | American Pie, Part 1 | 4:08 | Don McLean | Drive Time 2 | Various Artists | Album |
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| 1.16 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | Radio Saigon | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 8900105 |
| 1.10 | American Pie, Part 1 | 4:07 | Don McLean | That’s the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV | 7243 8 36519 2 4 |
| 1.3 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | The 70’s: 1972: Back in the Groove | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 597/18 |
| 2.6 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Totally 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Insight (Polygram sublabel) | |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:08 | Don McLean | 25 Years of Number 1 Hits, Volume 2: 1972/1973 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | WONECD02 |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:14 | Don McLean | A Time to Remember: 1972 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The CDCard Company | C1614 |
| 1.3 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | Die Promarkt CD, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.16 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | Goodnight Saigon | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC 864282, DC 864312, DC 864332, HR 864252 |
| 1.6 | American Pie (Part I) | 4:06 | Don McLean | Rock Anthems, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD 110 |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | White Roots 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG UK & Ireland | 74321 38296 2 |
| 1.6 | American Pie, Part 1 | 4:08 | Don McLean | Party Alarm: Hits - heißer als die Polizei erlaubt | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ultrapop (Edel subsidiary, ULT pre/suffix) | 0099032ULT |
| 1.12 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | 50 Chartbusters & Milestones, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Selected Sound Carrier | 5395G |
| 3.24 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | 100 Non Stop Party Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | HR 877362 |
| 1.18 | American Pie, Part One | 4:07 | Don McLean | 1972 - Die Stars - Die Hits - Die Facts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 39609 3 |
| 2.8 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Classic Rock: 1971–1973 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Time–Life Music | TL 559/11 | |
| 2.8 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Classic Rock: 1971–1973 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL559/11 |
| 3.3 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | Mega Beat Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| TV Shop | HR 881342 |
| 3.3 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | Mega Beat Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | HR 877702 |
| 1.11 | American Pie, Part 1 | 4:13 | Don McLean | Seventies Complete, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 1.9 | American Pie | 4:12 | Don McLean | Sounds of a Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DOU 882532 |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | Spirit of America | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMIDCD09 |
| 2.15 | American Pie | 4:08 | Don McLean | The Best of the 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CDTESBOX 002 |
| 1.5 | American Pie | 4:06 | Don McLean | The Best Seventies Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 157 |
| 1.3 | American Pie | 4:13 | Don McLean | The Pick of the Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD101 |
| 1.5 | American Pie | 4:10 | Don McLean | Time in a Bottle: Mellow Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Delta (sub-label owned by Delta Entertainment Corporation), BMG Special Products | 46 014, DRC11892 |
| 1.10 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | 20th Century Hits for a New Millennium: 40 Hits of 1970–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DO 852802 |
| 2.8 | American Pie | 4:12 | Don McLean | Essential Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 8234942 |
| 3.7 | American Pie | 4:12 | Don McLean | Explosive Hits of the 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 494981 2 9 |
| 2.8 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | Kneipen Hits, die Zweite | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | GDO 852122 |
| 1.20 | American Pie, Part 1 | 4:15 | Don McLean | Lost and Found: 1970-1978 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 4932062 |
| 3.3 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | The Beat Goes On: The Greatest Hits of the 60’s and 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | HR 851902 |
| 2.1 | American Pie | 4:12 | Don McLean | The Seventies (The Seventies: Original Hits, Original Artists) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 4965712, 7243 4 96571 2 0 |
| 1.9 | American Pie | 4:12 | Don McLean | The World’s Best Ever Beer Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 4976362, 7243 4 97636 2 3 |
| 2.5 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Kneipenhits: Oldie Night | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 4.12 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | 20th Century Hits for a New Millennium | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 850822 |
| 3.12 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | 75 Chartbuster | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| JM Sontel AG | 5522st |
| 2.8 | American Pie | 4:05 | Don McLean | Hits of the 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 724352270323 |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Wow That Was the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 249302 |
| 3.3 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | Mega Beat Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 248072 |
| 2.19 | American Pie | 4:06 | Don McLean | Chris Tarrant's Ultimate Summer Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD3067 |
| 1.17 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | Every Song Tells a Story | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Shock (Australian independent) | SMECD0061, SMECD0062 |
| 1.18 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Here I Go Again | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 544 127-2 |
| 2.3 | American Pie, Part 1 | 4:06 | Don McLean | Summer of Love: The Spirit of Flower Power (set II) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News | 564 197-2 |
| 9.8 | American Pie | 4:12 | Don McLean | The Best Singles of All Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Startel Entertainment | SAN0028, SANCD0028A |
| 1.11 | American Pie (Part One) | 4:08 | Don McLean | The History of Pop 1970–1972 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | |
| 1.16 | American Pie | 4:12 | Don McLean | Time 100: The Music of Our Lives 1960-1980 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | WTVD 37258 |
| 1.5 | American Pie | 4:10 | Don McLean | Time in a Bottle: Mellow Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Delta (sub-label owned by Delta Entertainment Corporation) | 24 729 |
| 1.7 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | Wickie, Slime und Paiper, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 496342 2 |
| 1.15 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | Good Morning Vietnam | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB249392 |
| 1.3 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | Hits @ Planet Earth | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DO 990242 |
| 2.6 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | Decades: The Story of the 60’s / 70’s / 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCDX 337 |
| 1.3 | American Pie, Part 1 | 4:04 | Don McLean | 101% Pure Party-Perlen | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 72635 2 |
| 1.4 | American Pie (short version) | 4:12 | Don McLean | Dad's BBQ Tracks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 5230632 |
| 6.17 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Greatest Hits of the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 991472, BX 991482, BX 991492, BX 991502, BX 991512, BX 991522, BX 991532, BX 991542, DB 991552 |
| 6.16 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Greatest Hits of the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 995632, BX 995672, BX 995682, BX 995692 |
| 1.1 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | American Classics: 17 Greats From the States | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD248 |
| 1.20 | American Pie, Part 1 | 4:06 | Don McLean | Film Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321 85345 2 |
| 1.5 | American Pie | 4:08 | Don McLean | Capital Gold: Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD382 |
| 5.1 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Best of Driving Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 534 728 2 |
| 1.6 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Radio Caroline Calling: 70's Flashback | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | |
| 2.11 | American Pie | 4:08 | Don McLean | Top 40 Hitdossier 1971-1972 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal TV (Netherlands & Belgium) | 520 803-2 |
| 2.20 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | Music of the Millennium II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 7243 811 466 2 0 |
| 2.19 | American Pie | 4:06 | Don McLean | Music of the Millennium II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.20 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | Music of the Millennium II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 811 469 2 7 |
| 2.20 | American Pie | 4:05 | Don McLean | Music of the Millennium II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | DARCD3038 |
| 2.16 | American Pie | 4:05 | Don McLean | Music of the Millennium II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Media (EMM in logo above EMI Music Media) | 7243 5 36530 2 6 |
| 2.22 | American Pie | 4:10 | Don McLean | One‐Hit Wonders | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 610292 |
| 1.9 | American Pie | 4:09 | Don McLean | Singers and Songwriters 1970–1972 (European series) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL SSW/02 |
| 3.1 | American Pie | 4:08 | Don McLean | The Greatest Seventies Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| His Master’s Voice | 724353385828 |
| 1.9 | American Pie | 4:10 | Don McLean | Casey Kasem Presents America's Top 10 1970s: The Singer/Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Top Sail Productions | TSP-71894 |
| 1.8 | American Pie | 4:07 | Don McLean | 50 Years of the Greatest Hit Singles | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD X 491 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.5 | American Pie | 4:11 | Don McLean | Rock n' Pop - Natwest Live! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | S21-18472 |
| 1.12 | American Pie | 4:06 | Don McLean | Listen Up-Frosh 2001 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Special Products | USP 21007 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Tom Flye |
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| acoustic guitar and banjo: | Don McLean (on 1971-05-26) |
| bass: | Bob Rothstein (on 1971-05-26) |
| electric guitar: | David Spinozza (on 1971-05-26) |
| electric piano: | Ray Colcord (on 1971-05-26) |
| marimba and vibraphone: | Mike Mainieri (on 1971-05-26) |
| membranophone and percussion: | Roy Markowitz (on 1971-05-26) |
| piano: | Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) (on 1971-05-26) |
| choir vocals: | West 44th Street Rhythm and Noise Choir (on 1971-05-26) |
| vocals: | Bob Rothstein (on 1971-05-26) Don McLean (on 1971-05-26) |
| recording of: | American Pie (on 1971-05-26) |
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Related works
American Pie
| lyricist and composer: | Don McLean |
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| publisher: | Benny Bird Co. Inc. MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) MCA Publishing Ltd. Songs of Universal, Inc. Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (Hong Kong) Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation) シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 |
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| later parody versions: | Arthurian Pie Bla bla (was labern die da?) Parable Guy The Saga Begins (Parody) |
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| later translated versions: | Píseň pro prázdný sál |
| later versions: | Feu de paille Hej med dig frk. fotomodel |