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Slice (song)

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"Slice"
Single by Five for Fighting
from the album Slice
ReleasedJuly 12, 2010
Recorded2009
Genre
Length3:35
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gregg Wattenberg
Five for Fighting singles chronology
"Chances"
(2009)
"Slice"
(2010)
"What If"
(2013)

"Slice" is the title track and the second single from Five for Fighting's 2009 album of the same name.

The song is a nostalgic tribute to Don McLean's "American Pie", featuring a reference to "Chevys and levees" in the first verse and the line "We were more than just a slice of American pie" in the chorus. It is performed in the key of B major with a tempo of 126 beats per minuete in common time. The song follows a chord progression of F/A–B–E6
9
, and Ondrasik's vocals span from D4 to B5.[1]

Chart performance

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"Slice" peaked at number 33 on the US Adult Pop Songs chart and number 11 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.

References

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  1. ^ Wattenberg, Gregg; Schwartz, Stephen; Ondrasik, John (2009-11-13). "Slice". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  2. ^ "Five for Fighting Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Five for Fighting Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2019.