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American Pie |  | Artist: Madonna
Label: Wea International
Category: Music
List Price: $49.99
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 233859
Format: Single, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 093624486428
EAN: 0009362448642
ASIN: B00004T1HB
Release Date: May 2, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | American Pie (Victor Calderone Vocal Club Mix) | | • | American Pie (Victor Calderone Extended Vocal Club | | • | American Pie (Richard "Humpty" Vission Visits | | • | American Pie (Richard "Humpty" Vission Radio Mix) | | • | American Pie (Album Version) |
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Album Description
The U.K. has just added a third part to Madonna's top 30 remake of Don McLean's classic hit 'American Pie', featured in the film 'The Next Best Thing', in which she co-stars alongside Rupert Everett. Contains five mixes of 'American Pie', including all three from the second part, and two mixes not on either other part, Victor Calderone Vocal Club Mix & Victor Calderone Extended Vocal Club Mix. Tracks 'American Pie' (VictorCalderone Vocal Club Mix, Victor Calderone Extended Vocal Club Mix, Richard 'Humpty' Vission Visits Madonna, Richard 'Humpty' Vission Radio Mix & Album Version). 2000 release. Slimline jewel case.
Album Details
Includes 2 exclusive Victor Calderone & 2 Richard 'Humpty' Vission remixes!
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 Finally, EXCELLENT mixes are released! August 19, 2000
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The first 2 versions of the "American Pie" single only had vocal mixes by Humpty and some dubs by Victor Calderone. As any real Madonna fan knows, Victor Calderone is a favorite of Madonna's, and the lack of a full vocal mix of "American Pie" by Calderone was very dissapointing until now. With this single Part 3, we are finally treated to a top notch, dark house mix of "American Pie" by Victor Calderone. Despite the vocal mix's similarity to the Calderone dubs, these mixes really shine and more than validate the price of this single. As with his mixes of "Frozen," "Ray of Light," "Sky Fits Heaven," "Beautiful Stranger," and "Music," this Calderone mix really shines. A MUST HAVE for any Madonna collection and sure to please even the pickiest dance mavens (like me!)
Its O-kay but... May 7, 2000
Michael Olivarez (San Bernardino, California)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I would wait to get this single. The Victor Calderone Vocal/Extended Club remixes are like the Dub verison to the vocal mixes. and the song [Madonna's Vocals] is the middle of the song and it just cuts in with Madonna saying "Did You write the book of love..." the up side to these remixes is that they are only Madonna Vocals. So if I you, I would wait.
Only worth the Victor remix... July 25, 2000
Jorge G. (Anaheim, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The only reason this single is worth getting is for the Victor Calderone vocal mix. This was the mix played in clubs, and is well done. The single was not released domestically, which was a disappointment. The track is incredible. It's amazing what she did with this song. Unfortunately, the CD-single is not too great. Maybe an unreleased track would have been a good idea for inclusion on the CD.
Miss American Pie June 5, 2000
A. Bennett (New Hampsha)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why they had "Humpty" remix this song is way beyond me-his radio remix is..well bad. It removes the charm that makes the song so great. And the other Humpty mix is just a dub. Now the Calderone mix...so good! I love his work and he really did a great job. It sounds similiar to the dubs(wah wah) big deal. He always gets me going and doesn't make the mixes pop(a la Whitney Houston's latest batch of singles). So if you like the song buy "The Next Best Thing" soundtrack, the album cut is still the best, and if you love Madonna buy this-it is so red hot.
 A Great Cover Version From The Queen Of Pop! August 1, 2003
Busy Body (London, England)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Madonna opened up the new millennium with style when she released the cover of Don McLean's classic 70's hit, American Pie. The song was a massive European bestseller, and topped the UK chart in March 2000. The song spent 12 weeks on the chart, and later re-entered the chart for two weeks in June 2000, when the song climbed to No.68. The song was a big flop in the US, however, and didn't even scrape the Top 20. Many critics hated this cover version from Madonna, while fans lapped it up and saw it as a triumph in her career.
American Pie opens straight away with Madonna singing, "A long long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile. And I knew that if I had my chance, I could make those people dance. And maybe they'd be happy for a while." An organ plays softly in the background, and then the beat kicks in and Madonna starts singing the first verse, "Did you write the book of love, and do you have faith in God above? If the Bible tells you so. Now do you believe in rock and roll, and can music save your mortal soul? And can it teach me how to dance real slow? Well I know that you're in love with him, 'cos I saw you dancing in the gym. You both kicked off your shoes. Man I dig those rhythm and blues! I was a lonely teenage bronkin buck, with a pink carnation and a pick-up truck, but I knew that I was out of luck the day the music died." It's a very long first verse, and then Madonna goes on to sing the chorus, "I started singing, 'Bye, bye Miss American Pie.' Drove my shevy to the levvy, but the levvy was dry. And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing 'this'll be the day that I die.' This'll be the day that I die." Madonna then sings the second verse, "I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news. She just smiled and turned away. Well I went down to the sacred store, where I'd heard the music years before. But the man there said the music wouldn't play. Well now in the streets, the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed. But not a word was spoken. The church bells all were broken. And the three men I admire the most: the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost. They caught the last train for the coast the day the music died." Madonna then sings the chorus once more, before going on to sing the chorus a few more times. The song goes all strange and twisted towards the end and it just stops!
The video to American Pie shows Madonna sat on a wooden stool, in front of a big American flag. She's wearing a pair of jeans, and a slack blue top which shows plenty of cleavage! Her hair is a big ginger mess, and she just looks normal. The screen is split at various times to show clips of what Madonna is singing about - the woman who just smiles and turned away, for example. It's a good video, but definitely not one of Madonna's best. All in all, a great Madonna cover-version, with a decent video to match.
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