Here's a closer reading of some of the song's key passages. McLean has famously refused to divulge the meaning of his lyrics - which seem to jump between the literal and the metaphorical - so the task has been left to music critics, cultural theorists and millions of amateur sleuths. pop charts in 1972, its cultural significance has reigned much longer - it remains a staple in karaoke bars and around summer campfires.
(Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Īlthough the song spent four weeks at the top of the U.S. The handwritten American Pie manuscript sold for $1.2 million US on April 7.
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