Vincent (Starry Starry Night) by Don McLean
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) by Don McLean

Vincent (Starry Starry Night)

Don McLean * Track #3 On American Pie

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Vincent (Starry Starry Night) by Don McLean

Release Date
Sat Jun 26 1971
Performed by
Don McLean
Produced by
Ed Freeman
Writed by
Don McLean
About

Don McLean’s “other” big hit (after American Pie) written about the tragic life and death of Dutch impressionist Vincent van Gogh.

The lyrics show Don McLean’s admiration for both the artist and his artwork. It was written after he read a book about Van Gogh’s life.

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Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

[Chorus]
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

[Verse 2]
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

[Chorus]
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

[Bridge]
For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you

[Verse 3]
Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn; a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

[Outro]
Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will

Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Q&A

Who wrote Vincent (Starry Starry Night)'s ?

Vincent (Starry Starry Night) was written by Don McLean.

Who produced Vincent (Starry Starry Night)'s ?

Vincent (Starry Starry Night) was produced by Ed Freeman.

When did Don McLean release Vincent (Starry Starry Night)?

Don McLean released Vincent (Starry Starry Night) on Sat Jun 26 1971.

What did Don McLean say about "Vincent (Starry Starry Night)"?

According to Don McLean in a 2010 Telegraph interview:

“In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms. I was sitting on the veranda one morning, reading a biography of van Gogh, and suddenly I knew I had to write a song arguing that he wasn’t crazy....

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