I Beg Your Pardon

"I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)"
Single by Kon Kan
from the album Move to Move
Released
  • 1988 (1988) (Canada)
  • February 20, 1989 (1989-02-20) (UK)
Genre
Length3:59
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Barry Harris
  • Tom Gerencser
Kon Kan singles chronology
"I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)"
(1988) 		"Harry Houdini"
(1988)

"I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)" is the debut single by Canadian duo Kon Kan, from their 1989 debut album Move to Move. It was written and produced by Barry Harris. American musician Joe South also received a songwriting credit, due to the song's sampling of Lynn Anderson's 1970 hit "Rose Garden", which South wrote.

Harris said that the song was "the question to Lynn Anderson's 'Rose Garden' answer." It was Harris's first studio project, and was initially released on an unknown independent record label in Toronto.[4]

The song was a hit, reaching the top twenty in a number of countries including the UK and U.S., where it peaked at numbers 5 and 15, respectively.[5]

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  2. ^ Lost Albums : KON KAN Move To Move | The Electricity Club Archived 21 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Cooper, William. "Move to Move Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ Richliano, James (August 12, 1989). "Kon Kan Is On The 'Move' With New Album" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ "KON KAN | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-23.