"Sorry (I Didn't Know)" is a song by

UK garage UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house and jungle production methods, but also incorporates elements from ...

duo

Monsta Boy Monsta Boy are a UK garage duo consisting of David Edwards and Steve Heyliger. Active since 1998, they are best known for the 2000 hit, " Sorry (I Didn't Know)" featuring singer Denzie. "Sorry (I Didn't Know)" reached No. 25 on the UK Single ...

featuring Denzie on vocals. It was first released in 1999 on

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, then officially released as a single the following year via

Locked On Records Locked On Records is a British record label, concentrating on UK garage and grime music. Founded in 1996 in London by Tarik Nashnush who was working at the record shop Pure Groove at the time, it is a subsidiary of XL Recordings. Among the arti ...

and

XL Recordings XL Recordings is a British independent record label founded in 1989 by Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes. It has been run and co-owned by Richard Russell since 1996. It forms part of the Beggars Group. It releases an average of six albums a year. T ...

. The song reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart, and number one on the

UK Dance Singles Chart The Dance Singles Chart and the Dance Albums Chart are music charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company from sales of songs in the dance music genre (e.g. house, trance, drum and bass, garage, synth-pop) in record stores ...

in October 2000.

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included the song in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time".

Certifications

Joel Corry version

"Sorry (I Didn't Know)" was covered by English DJ and producer

Joel Corry Joel Corry (born 10 June 1989) is an English DJ, producer and television personality. He came to prominence in 2019 with the release of his single " Sorry", featuring vocals from Hayley May, which reached number six in the UK Singles Chart. In ...

, retitled "Sorry", and was released on 4 April 2019 through Perfect Havoc and

Asylum Records Asylum Records is an American record label, founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts. It was taken over by Warner Communications (now the Warner Music Group) in 1972, and later merged with Elektra Records to become Elektra/As ...

. It features uncredited vocals by Hayley May. The song broke the record for the most Shazamed track in one day, with 41,000 Shazams on 24 July. It further ascended the UK Singles Chart after being featured on British reality TV series '' Love Island'', reaching the top 10 in August 2019.

Background

Corry stated that he was influenced by

growing up, and that it played a "huge role in isdevelopment as a DJ and a producer".

Commercial performance

"Sorry" reached number six on the UK Singles Chart in August 2019.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Other versions

In 2006, Dutch group

the Partysquad The Partysquad is a Dutch DJ production team. It consists of Jerry Leembruggen, Ruben Fernhout and Lorenzo Biemans. Since the early 2000s they have had 12 singles charting on the Dutch Top 40. They produced part of British rapper M.I.A.'s four ...

with RMXCRW and Gio released their version titled "I'm Sorry", from the album ''De Bazen Van De Club'', which also contains samples from the David Howard remix of Monsta Boy's "Sorry (I Didn't Know)". "I'm Sorry" reached No. 14 on the

Dutch Single Top 100 The Dutch Single Top 100 or Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales, legal downloads and since July 2013 streaming and composed by Dutch Charts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Du ...

. In 2018, the House & Garage Orchestra together with Denzee recorded an orchestral version of the song for the UK garage covers album '' Garage Classics''.

References

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