"Sorry" is a single by the English
ska band
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, released in March 2007 as a stand-alone single, not included on any album. Unusually for Madness, it is a song that was written for them by outside writers—all previous Madness singles had been either original compositions by the band, or covers of previously existing tunes. "Sorry" was given to them by their new management group to fill the gap between
The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
''The Dangermen Sessions, Vol. 1'' is a cover album and the eighth studio album by the British ska band Madness, released in 2005. The album reached No. 11 in the UK which at the time was their highest chart position in the UK since 1984's '' ...
and
The Liberty of Norton Folgate; Madness themselves worked on the song enough to gain a co-writer credit on the finished track.
In an attempt to gain more air play from a variety of radio stations, two different versions of the song were issued. One version featured just the band, while a second featured an interlude from UK
rap artists
Sway DaSafo and
Baby Blue.
The band brought it out via their own label
Lucky 7 Records
Lucky Seven Records were founded by the British band Madness.
The launch of this new record label enabled them to release their new material. So far the label has released six Madness singles including " Sorry", "NW5", "Dust Devil", " Sugar a ...
, entering the UK chart at #23 on Sunday 11 March 2007,
their highest UK chart single entry since "
Lovestruck" in 1999. The single also went to #1 on the
UK Indie Chart
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. At the time, guitarist
Chris Foreman had left Madness, and does not feature on the single or the video. This is the only Madness track Foreman does not appear on.
Track listing
;7" vinyl single
;CD single
Use in popular culture
The version featuring Sway and Baby Blue has featured in ''
FIFA 08''.
Chart performance
References
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Madness (band) songs
2007 singles
Lucky 7 Records singles
Song recordings produced by Clive Langer
Song recordings produced by Alan Winstanley
2006 songs