Bye, bye, Miss American Pie—say hello to Miss Americana instead.
,” the first supersized single to top the Hot 100 way back in 1968. “At seven minutes, it was more than double the length of most singles,”. “Radio stations usually refused to play a record that lasted more than three. But once again, the Beatles were the exception to the rule: ‘Hey Jude’ became their largest-selling single of all.” Indeed, “Jude” spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, longer than any Beatles single both in chart dominance and running time. And among all No.
.” No one disputes that McLean’s song, in its canonical version, ran longer: “Jude” was 7:11, “Pie” was 8:37. The debate arises over whichversion topped the Hot 100. A nearly nine-minute song wouldn’t fit on one side of a 45-RPM vinyl single. So the retail version of “American Pie” was, with “Part I” of the song on the A side and “Part II” on the B side—and strictly speaking, this is the single that topped the Hot 100. Radio stations hardly ever play half of the song, though.
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