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Don McLean - American Pie ( 1972 ). |
A cultural event at the peak of its popularity, it climbed to the top of the Billboard 100 charts in only a few weeks; remained there for a significant part of that summer; and sold more than 3 million copies.
The fact that this was no ordinary song is non-debatable. For one thing, the length of this song was 8 Minutes And 33 Seconds - making it ( both ): The Longest Song Ever Recorded Up To That Time and The Longest Song Ever To Hit Number One. And, for another, it possessed certain peculiarities which set it apart from all other songs of that time.
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" Heaven Knows We All Belong Way Down Below ". |
Nor, did it help to ameliorate one's own conscience that the album was produced by Mayday Music [ The International Sign Of Distress ] and released by Yahweh Tunes Incorporated [ The True Name Of Our Own Biblical God ]... given, the thematic elements that were ( so consistently ) then being provided in this song!
In fact, its almost as if it were very clearly telling us that: " Everything Written In This Song Is Also Found Referenced In The Old Testament Of That Bible "... which, of course, It Quite Honestly Is....