Question: when did the song american pie come out
Answer: Single by Don McLean from the album American Pie B - side `` Empty Chairs '' ( promo ) `` American Pie part 2 '' ( first release ) Released November 1971 ( original ) November 1991 ( re-release ) Format Vinyl ( original ) CD , cassette , vinyl ( reissue ) Recorded May 26 , 1971 Genre Folk rock Length 8 : 33 ( LP ) 4 : 11 ( single part 1 ) 4 : 31 ( single part 2 ) Label United Artists Songwriter ( s ) Don McLean Producer ( s ) Ed Freeman for The Rainbow Collection , Ltd .