| "I'm Sorry" | ||||
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| Single by Brenda Lee | ||||
| from the album Brenda Lee | ||||
| A-side | "That's All You Gotta Do" | |||
| Released | 16 May 1960 | |||
| Recorded | 28 March 1960 | |||
| Studio | Bradley Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Countrypolitan[1] | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Decca Records 9-31093 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dub Allbritten, Ronnie Self | |||
| Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
| Brenda Lee singles chronology | ||||
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"I'm Sorry" is a 1960 hit song by 15-year-old American singer Brenda Lee. The song was written by Dub Allbritten[2] and Ronnie Self.[3] It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in July 1960. On the UK Singles Chart, the song peaked at No.12. AllMusic guide wrote that it is the pop star's "definitive song", and one of the "finest teen pop songs of its era". In 1999, the 1960 recording by Lee on Decca Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[4]
"I'm Sorry" is an early example of the Nashville countrypolitan style...