Don McClean on his hit American Pie, touring and intending to die on stage
Atlantic has, in just the last few years, soundtracked important moments in TV series Stranger Things and Hollywood blockbuster Black Widow and become boxer Tyson Fury’s victory tune. Despite its very specific cultural references, it remains ubiquitous. “It’s used in a million different ways because it is non-specific – because it is eternal in that way,” the New York State-born troubadour says over the phone of the 1971 song.