Sorry Not Sorry (Demi Lovato song)

"Sorry Not Sorry"
Single by Demi Lovato
from the album Tell Me You Love Me
ReleasedJuly 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)
Recorded2017
StudioWestlake Recording Studios and SuCasa Recording
(Los Angeles)
Genre
Length3:23
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Oak Felder
  • "Downtown" Trevor Brown
  • Zaire Koalo
Demi Lovato singles chronology
"Instruction"
(2017)
"Sorry Not Sorry"
(2017)
"Tell Me You Love Me"
(2017)
Music video
"Sorry Not Sorry" on YouTube

"Sorry Not Sorry" is a song by American singer Demi Lovato and the lead single from her sixth studio album, Tell Me You Love Me (2017). Island, Hollywood, and Safehouse Records released the song on July 11, 2017. Written by Lovato alongside Sean Douglas, Trevor Brown, William Zaire Simmons and its producer Oak Felder, it is a pop and R&B track. An acoustic version of the song was present on the deluxe edition of the album. Years later, a re-recorded version featuring British-American guitarist Slash was released as a promotional single and included on Lovato's first remix album, Revamped (2023).

A music video for "Sorry Not Sorry" was directed by Hannah Lux Davis and premiered on July 19, 2017, through the singer's Vevo channel. Commercially, the song reached number six in the United States, becoming Lovato's highest-peaking single in the country. It earned a 7× Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Internationally, it peaked within the top ten in six other nations, and was certified platinum or higher in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

To promote the song, Lovato performed it at house parties upon its release. She also promoted the song on several television programs such as Good Morning America, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, also at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards and 2017 American Music Awards. It received a nomination for the former in the Song of Summer category[1] and again at the 2018 ceremony in the Best Pop category.[2] "Sorry Not Sorry" was included on the regular set list of the Tell Me You Love Me World Tour (2018) and the Holy Fvck Tour (2022).

  1. ^ Tingley, Anna (August 22, 2017). "'Despacito' & Other VMA Song of the Summer Nominees Announced". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  2. ^ Kim, Michelle (August 20, 2018). "MTV VMAs 2018: See The Full List of Nominees Here". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved January 26, 2020.