Complex sentence: The song was taken from the "American Beauty" album and edited down in length from five to three minutes for release as a single, with it reaching number 64 on January 27,1971 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart and staying there for eight weeks.
Split into simpler sentences: The song was taken from the "American Beauty" album and edited down in length from five to three minutes for release as a single. The single reached number 64 on January 27,1971 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart and stayed there for eight weeks.