Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te hoko a Don McLean i te tuhinga taketake me ngā kupu o te waiata a te iwi o Amerika, tae atu ki tētahi 'poukapa ngaro', e whakauru ana i tētahi rārangi e pā ana ki te waiata e 'whakahokia ana'. Ko te kohinga 16-whārangi o te kaiwaiata-kaiwaiata e tika ana kia tae atu ki te $1.5million (£1,006,303) i te hokomaha i tenei ra, e tuku ana i nga korero hou mo te waiata rongonui, i tukuna i te 1971. I roto i tētahi uiuinga i tāngia e te whare tārawaka o Christie's New York, kei reira te tuhinga e wātea ana i tēnei rā, e kī ana a McLean ko American Pie e pā ana ki 'te haere i te aronga hē'. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Waiata taketake: Ko te kaitiaki o Christie a Tom Lecky e mau ana i nga tuhinga 16-whārangi me te tuhinga mo te kaiwaiata a Don McLean's American Pie i te whare hokohoko a Christie i New York. <unk>Kei te iti haere te ahuareka. Kāore au i te mōhio mēnā e whakaaro ana koe he hē, he tika rānei, engari he waiata tikanga tēnei i tētahi āhuatanga.' Kua roa e mohiotia ana ko te waiata e pā ana ki 'te ra i mate ai te waiata' e pā ana ki te Hui-tanguru 3, 1959, i te wa i mate ai te tohu rock n' roll Buddy Holly me ona hoa kaiwaiata Ritchie Valens me J.P. I mate a 'Big Bopper' Richardson i roto i tētahi tukinga rererangi. Ko te waiata e waru meneti te roa i tukuna i te tau 1971 a ko te No. 1 US hit mo nga wiki e wha i te tau 1972. Ko McLean, 69, he kainoho roa o Maine, e kii ana ko te tuhi i te waiata he 'haere whakamiharo ki tona wa o mua.' Kaiwaiata pakiwaitara: Ko te tuhinga taketake e whakaatu ana hoki i tetahi irava kua mukua, i takahia, kaore ano hoki i tuhia, i reira a McLean, inaianei 69, e tuhi ana mo te waiata e 'whakaputaina ana'. Loss: American Pie mo te matenga o te mutunga o te 50s rock n 'roll icon Buddy Holly, i mate i roto i te rererangi rererangi i te Hui-tanguru 3, 1959, i te tau 22 noa iho, koinei te mea e kiia ana e McLean ko 'te ra i mate ai te puoro' Tragedy: J.P. Ko 'Big Bopper' Richardson rāua ko Ritchie Valens i mate hoki i te tūtukitanga i te taha o Buddy Holly. Ka whakaaturia hoki e te tuhinga taketake he irava kua mukua, i takahia, kaore ano hoki i tuhia, mo te waiata e 'whakaputaina ana'. Kei roto ko nga rārangi 'I hinga ahau ki runga ki oku turi, a ka inoi ahau, ka oati ahau ki a ia nga mea katoa e taea e ahau. 'Mehemea ka ora tonu tana waiata,' e ai ki te Telegraph....
Ko ngā kupu taketake o te waiata U.S. Pop American Pie mō te hokonga i te rā nei. Ko ngā tuhipānui mō te hit o ngā tau 60 a Don McLean e tūmanakohia ana kia eke ki te $1.5 miriona. Kei roto hoki i ngā whārangi 16 ngā rerenga kua mukua e pā ana ki te waiata e 'whakahōu ana'.