
Taylor Swift sends flowers to Don McLean after song breaks record held by 'American Pie'
CNN
Taylor Swift's rerelease of her hit song "All Too Well" has broken the record for the longest song to take the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart -- and Swift has handled the win with grace.
The songstress sent flowers to Don McLean, whose song "American Pie" first set the record when it hit No. 1 in 1972, with a runtime of around 8 minutes and 37 seconds. The new version of "All Too Well," a part of Swift's rerelease of her 2012 album "Red," clocks in at just over 10 minutes.
"What a class act!" Mclean said of Swift in an Instagram post thanking the artist for the flowers.

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