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* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]] - Similar to the Total Perspective Vortex from ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'', "Infinity" appears to be about being confronted by the [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet|smallness of Earth in the universe]].

* [[Grief Song]] - "American Pie"

* [[I Am Great Song]] - "Everybody Loves Me, Baby"

* [["I Am Great" Song]] - "Everybody Loves Me, Baby"

* [[Last Chorus Slow-Down]] - the final verse of "American Pie"

* [[Lyrical Dissonance]] - "Primetime".

** Also "Have You Seen Me?", which is a rollicking number about...child soldiers.

* [[Morality Ballad]] - "American Pie," sort of

* [[One Hit Wonder]] - While "Vincent" and "Crying" both reached the top twenty on the American charts, "American Pie" was his only number one and the song he is most famous for.

* [[One-Hit Wonder]] - While "Vincent" and "Crying" both reached the top twenty on the American charts, "American Pie" was his only number one and the song he is most famous for.

* [[Rearrange the Song]] - Madonna's version of "American Pie" took a few liberties, to say the least.

** McLean himself did this with his own "Castles in the Air," and wound up having a much bigger hit with the remake.