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American pop star Madonna released a cover version of the song in March 2000 to promote the soundtrack to her film The Next Best Thing (2000). Her cover is much shorter than the original (it contains only the beginning of the first verse and all of the second and sixth verses) and was recorded as a pop-dance song. Don McLean himself praised the cover, saying it was “a gift from a goddess”, and that her version is “mystical and sensual.”

Due to the success of the single, it was included as a bonus track on her 2000 studio album Music, however this was not available on the North American version. Madonna explained in a 2001 interview on BBC Radio 1 with Jo Whiley, the reason that the song was omitted from her 2001 greatest hits compilation GHV2: “It was something a certain record company executive twisted my arm into doing, but it didn’t belong on the (Music) album so now it’s being punished”.

Cover history::

The cover was produced by Madonna and William Orbit, who had previously worked with her on the 1998 studio album Ray of Light and 1999 single “Beautiful Stranger”. Released in March 2000, the song was a big worldwide hit, reaching number one in many countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany (her first since “La Isla Bonita”, in 1987), Switzerland, Austria and Finland. The song was the 19th best selling of 2000 in the UK. There was no commercial single release in the US, but the single still reached the number twenty-nine spot on Billboard’s Hot 100, based on airplay alone.
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  • A Tribute to the Greatest Hits
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  • What It Feels Like for a Girl
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  • American Pie
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  • Promotional (disc 2)
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  • EricValeev

    One of the worst cover versions I've ever heard.

    Sunday afternoon

  • leandro_xoxo

    <3

    Tuesday afternoon

  • bolex_paillard

    I heard this song today after ten years or so. I remember it sounding much more sensitive than it is :/

    last month

  • ruanLastfm

    This song makes me very nostalgic :-)

    last month

  • Luke_RB

    And the 3 men I admire most: The father, son and holy ghost, they caught the last train for the coast in the day the music die...

    last month

  • liquiddatura

    It doesn't sound like a cover, which means it accomplished what it should have.

    last month

  • patie94

    This cover is a piece of shit. (2) sorry but i hate it

    March 2012

  • sunheadbowed

    "personally, i quite like bubbly, trashy electro covers of folk classics. vivien vee's italo-disco version of dylan's eve of destruction is a corker!" *snort..Eve of Destruction was not by Dylan. Barry McGuire's version is the famous one. It was written by P. F. Sloan.

    March 2012

  • sunheadbowed

    Horrendous.

    March 2012

  • Robs21

    517.896 scrobbles 102.488 ouvintes

    March 2012

  • android1985

    "This cover is 1000x better than the original. The original is just one of those overrated songs that everyone's expected to like, but you just think, is it really that good? It's whiny, boring, and it just goes on forever. Madonna actually gave it some life. U mad? Stay mad <3 " YES!

    February 2012

  • danielxdarko

    Don't get why people hate on this, even Don McLean said he loved it. One of my favorites from Madonna. <3

    February 2012

  • Gaeet

    emotional.

    January 2012

  • digiroro

    503.453 scrobblings 100.354 oyentes ♥

    January 2012

  • meadow_boy

    I love this cover. It makes me nostalgic and happy ♥ [2]

    December 2011

  • niqart

    This cover is 1000x better than the original ♥

    December 2011

  • ArturFabio

    ♥

    December 2011

  • MadDennis

    I love this cover. It makes me nostalgic and happy ♥

    December 2011

  • rainy-dog

    personally, i quite like bubbly, trashy electro covers of folk classics. vivien vee's italo-disco version of dylan's eve of destruction is a corker!

    November 2011

  • Who_Scared_You

    really, really shitty cover

    November 2011
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