| I'm Sorry | |
| Cover: | John Denver Im Sorry Calypso.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | John Denver |
| Album: | Windsong |
| B-Side: | Calypso |
| Released: | July 1975 (US) |
| Recorded: | 1975 |
| Genre: | Country[1] |
| Length: | 3:32 |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Milton Okun |
| Prev Title: | Thank God I'm a Country Boy |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Title2: | Calypso |
| Next Title: | Fly Away |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
"I'm Sorry" is a song written and recorded by American country-folk singer-songwriter John Denver and released in 1975. It was the final number-one pop hit released during his career. The flip side of "I'm Sorry" was "Calypso", and, like its A-side, enjoyed substantial radio airplay on Top 40 stations.
"I'm Sorry" is an apology for forsaken love.[2] In the lyrics, the singer's love interest has left him and he's still broken up about it weeks later. Even though he tells them he's doing fine, their mutual friends know he's not. The singer confesses "I can't believe you went away."YouTube.com "I'm Sorry" by John Denver. Retrieved Oct. 11, 2024. Cash Box said it "is replete with the classic Denver touches: sweet arrangement by Lee Holdridge, and emotive lyrics."[3]
"I'm Sorry" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 27, 1975, and scored number one on the Easy Listening chart.[4] In Canada, it also reached number one.
Six weeks after topping the U.S. pop charts, the song was Denver's third and final number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[5] Billboard ranked it at number 77 on its Hot 100 singles of 1975.
| Chart (1975) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 7 | |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[6] | 1 | |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 | |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 4 | |
| South Africa (Springbok)[7] | 8 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
