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"Growing on Me" is a song by British rock band the Darkness from their 2003 debut album, Permission to Land. It was released as the second single on 16 June 2003, peaking at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. It also charted at number 42 and 46 in Ireland and Australia, respectively.
"American Pie" is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name , the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 starting January 15 [ 2 ] after just eight weeks on the US Billboard charts (where it entered at number 69). [ 3 ]
Donald McLean III / m ə ˈ k l eɪ n / (born October 2, 1945) [1] is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail", [2] [3] he is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". [4]
Don McLean shares how he came to write 'American Pie,' from delivering papers with the news of Buddy Holly's death to meeting the Everly Brothers. Decoding the real meaning of 'American Pie': How ...
American Pie is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released by United Artists Records in October 1971. The folk rock album reached number one on the Billboard 200, containing the chart-topping singles " American Pie " and " Vincent ".
"American Tune" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the third single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records . The song, a meditation on the American experience, is based on the melody of the hymn " O Sacred Head, Now Wounded " and bears a striking resemblance to JS ...
McLean wrote the lyrics in 1970 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. [3] It was released on McLean's 1971 American Pie album; the following year, the song topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, [4] and peaked at No. 12 in the United States, [5] where it also hit No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart. [6]
Its airplay peak was in October 1999, as it was the sixth-most played song on alternative, pop and rock radio stations across the United States. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] In Canada, "You Wanted More" peaked at number three on the RPM Rock Report and was the 16th most successful rock hit of 1999.