![]() "I'm Sorry" has also been recorded by Bobby Vee (album Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites/ 1960), Jane Morgan (album In My Style/ 1965), Dottie West (album Feminine Fancy/ 1968), Allison Durbin (album Are You Lonesome Tonight/ 1977), Billy Joe Royal (album Billy Joe Royal/ 1980) and Roch Voisine (album AmerIIcana/ 2009). on July 26, 1972, and issued that November as the second single to the follow-up to Heatherton's sole Top 40 hit " Gone". It was recorded as a track on The Joey Heatherton Album. West Germany ( Official German Charts) Īll-time charts Chart (1958-2018)Ī remake of "I'm Sorry" was a minor hit for Joey Heatherton in 1972 reaching No. ![]() The song-a fixture on many " country oldies" programs-was an early example of the new " Nashville sound", a style that emphasized a stringed-instrumental sound and background vocals. "I'm Sorry" was not one of Lee's more successful singles in the UK, where Lee's previous single, " Sweet Nothin's", and several later releases (notably " Speak to Me Pretty", " All Alone Am I" and " As Usual") were substantially bigger hits.Īlthough "I'm Sorry" was never released to country radio in the United States as a single, it would in time become accepted by American country fans as a standard of the genre. "I'm Sorry" was released as the A-side (with "That's All You Gotta Do" as the B-side) when the single was released in the UK in July 1960. On other charts, "I'm Sorry" peaked at number four on the R&B chart and "That's All You Gotta Do" peaked at number nineteen on the R&B charts. 6 on the Hot 100, it was "I'm Sorry" that became the smash hit and the standard. Although "That's All You Gotta Do" was a chart success in its own right, reaching No. When the song finally was released, it was considered to be the flip side of the more uptempo " That's All You Gotta Do". AllMusic guide wrote that it is the pop star's "definitive song", and one of the "finest teen pop songs of its era".Īccording to the Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson, Brenda Lee recorded the song early in 1960, but her label, Decca Records, held it from release for several months out of concern that a 15-year-old girl was not mature enough to sing about unrequited love. On the UK Singles Chart, the song peaked at No.12. ![]() 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in July 1960. The song was written by Dub Allbritten and Ronnie Self. " I'm Sorry" is a 1960 hit song by 15-year-old American singer Brenda Lee. ![]()
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