"Sorry" is a song by American rock band

Buckcherry Buckcherry is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1995. The band released two albums, '' Buckcherry'' (1999) and ''Time Bomb'' (2001), before dissolving in 2002. Buckcherry's first album ''Buckcherry'' was DreamWorks first ...

. It is their fifth and final single from their third album, '' 15''. It was not originally planned to be a single, but after increasing popularity on mainstream radio, the band made a video and officially released the song in November 2007.

Chart performance

"Sorry" was highly successful on mainstream radio and in digital sales, reaching the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number nine and ranked number 44 on the ''Billboard'' Year-End chart of 2008, becoming only the second song of the band's career to chart on the Hot 100, and besting the number 59 peak of their first Hot 100 charter " Crazy Bitch". It is their first Hot 100 top 10 hit. It is their first top 10 hit on the

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as well, reaching number eight. In addition, it has reached number two on the

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, becoming the first

single to register on that chart. It is the second Buckcherry song to enter the Canadian Hot 100 chart, where it debuted at number 97 and climbed to number seven, their first top 10 single there. It debuted on

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at number 39 and climbed to number 32, and on

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at number 37, where it climbed to number 31. It is Buckcherry's first song to reach the

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charts, peaking at number 26.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Buckcherry songs 2007 singles 2007 songs Atlantic Records singles Eleven Seven Label Group singles Songs written by Josh Todd Songs written by Keith Nelson (musician) Songs written by Marti Frederiksen