And then one time about a month later I just woke up and wrote the other five verses. I came up with this chorus, crazy chorus. And then I thought, I can't have another slow song on this record. And I said, Oh, that is such a great idea. I thought, Whoa, what's that? And then the day the music died, it just came out. "As I was fiddling around, I started singing this thing about the Buddy Holly crash, the thing that came out (singing), 'Long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.'
"For some reason I wanted to write a big song about America and about politics, but I wanted to do it in a different way," he said. When Erik Stifler gets a free pass from his girlfriend to do whatever he wants, he and his two best friends head to his cousin Dwight’s house for the Naked Mile and a weekend they’ll never forget.When he was a guest on the UK show Songbook, McLean talked about how he composed this song. Timestamp: 1:36 | Scene: 2nd song in end credits. Timestamp: 1:34 | Scene: 1st song in end credits. We're At The Top Of The World - The Juliana Theory Timestamp: 1:33 | Scene: The midgets get a DVD from Dwight.
Timestamp: 1:33 | Scene: Eric, Ryan and Cooze leave campus in the car to go home. Ryan lies with his girl, Cooze sleeps tied to a chair. Timestamp: 1:30 | Scene: Eric and Tracy kiss on the bed. Timestamp: 1:24 | Scene: Tracy explains the guilt free pass to a guy at the party after he asks about Eric. Timestamp: 1:21 | Scene: Dwight chats to a midget girl dancing. Timestamp: 1:19 | Scene: Back at a party at home, Tracy's friends tell her to sleep with somebody. On the dancefloor a circle is formed and the guys take it in turn to dance in the middle. Timestamp: 1:17 | Scene: After Cooze and Ryan tie in the games everyone parties. Timestamp: 1:16 | Scene: Penis baseball or golf or something. Timestamp: 1:15 | Scene: Penis ring toss. Timestamp: 1:14 | Scene: The buckets are hung and beer is poured in. Cooze, Ryan and Eric get offers to dance. Dwight crowd surfs as Eric, Ryan and Cooze arrive. Timestamp: 1:10 | Scene: Party after the naked mile.
Eric kisses the blonde girl and Tracy sees it on her TV at home. Timestamp: 1:09 | Scene: Naked mile finish. Timestamp: 1:06 | Scene: The naked mile begins. The DJ introduces Dwight as a drinking champion. Timestamp: 0:44 | Scene: The guys in the college bar. Timestamp: 0:29 | Scene: The guys arrive on campus and go inside the frat house. Eric tries to find his phone in his bag but can't. Timestamp: 0:27 | Scene: The guys driving to Michigan. Eric swerves around a chicken that isn't there. Timestamp: 0:22 | Scene: Cooze, Eric and Ryan set off on the trip. She hears someone coming, tells Eric to hide and turns off the music. Timestamp: 0:14 | Scene: Tracy puts on the song as she and Eric get down to business.
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