Editing American Pie (song) (section)

===Background and release===
American singer [[Madonna]] recorded a cover version of "American Pie" for the soundtrack of her film ''[[The Next Best Thing]]'' (2000). Her cover is much shorter than the original, containing only the beginning of the first verse and all of the second and sixth verses. Reworked as a [[dance-pop]] track, it was produced by Madonna and [[William Orbit]]. It was recorded in September 1999 in New York City, after [[Rupert Everett]], Madonna's co-star in ''The Next Best Thing'', convinced her to cover the song for the film's soundtrack.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/517679/madonna-and-william-orbit-take-another-spin-in-studio/ |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Madonna and William Orbit take another spin in studio |date=September 24, 1999 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=December 31, 2015 |archive-date=June 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602095908/http://www.mtv.com/news/517679/madonna-and-william-orbit-take-another-spin-in-studio/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/629526.stm |title=Madonna's piece of American Pie |date=February 3, 2000 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=May 4, 2015 |archive-date=May 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505003933/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/629526.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Madonna said of her choice to cover the song: "To me, it's a real millennium song. We're going through a big change in terms of the way we view pop culture, because of the Internet. In a way, it's like saying goodbye to music as we knew it—and to pop culture as we knew it."<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Farber | first1 = Jim | date = February 27, 2000 | title = Mellow Madonna: the star reflects on playing a loser in love in 'The Next Best Thing' | url = https://www.nydailynews.com/mellow-madonna-star-reflects-playing-loser-love-best-article-1.874034 | work = Daily News | location = New York | access-date = December 10, 2022 | archive-date = December 10, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221210204802/https://www.nydailynews.com/mellow-madonna-star-reflects-playing-loser-love-best-article-1.874034 | url-status = live }}</ref> "American Pie" was released as the [[lead single]] from ''The Next Best Thing'' on February 8, 2000, by [[Maverick Records]] and [[Warner Bros. Records]].<ref name="r&r"/>

"American Pie" was later included as an international bonus track on her eighth studio album, ''[[Music (Madonna album)|Music]]'' (2000). However, it was not included on her greatest hits compilation ''[[GHV2]]'' (2001), as Madonna had regretted putting it on  ''Music'', elaborating: "It was something a certain record company executive twisted my arm into doing, but it didn't belong on the album so now it's being punished... My gut told me not to [put the song on ''Music''], but I did it and then I regretted it so just for that reason it didn't deserve a place on ''GHV2''".<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/jowhiley/interviews/madonna_1_nov2001.shtml|title=Jo Whiley Interviews Madonna|date=November 23, 2001|access-date=October 25, 2015 |publisher=BBC Radio 1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011205064123/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/jowhiley/interviews/madonna_1_nov2001.shtml |archive-date=December 5, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2001/1123/395365-madonna/ |title=Madonna rejected 'American Pie' for GHV2 |date=November 23, 2001 |access-date=February 14, 2016 |publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408205345/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2001/1123/395365-madonna/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A remix of the song was featured on her remix compilation album ''[[Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones]]'' (2022).