"Sorry (I Didn't Know)" | |
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Single by Monsta Boy featuring Denzie | |
Released | 25 September 2000 |
Recorded | 1999 |
Genre | UK garage |
Length | 5:50 |
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Producer(s) | David Edwards |
"Sorry (I Didn't Know)" is a song by UK garage duo Monsta Boy featuring Denzie on vocals. It was first released in 1999 on white label, then officially released as a single the following year via Locked On Records and XL Recordings. The song reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart, [1] and number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart in October 2000. [2]
Capital Xtra included the song in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time". [3]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [4] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
"Sorry" | ||||
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Single by Joel Corry | ||||
from the album Another Friday Night | ||||
Released | 5 April 2019 | |||
Genre | Tropical house [5] | |||
Length | 3:08 | |||
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Joel Corry singles chronology | ||||
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"Sorry" on YouTube |
"Sorry (I Didn't Know)" was covered by English DJ and producer Joel Corry, retitled "Sorry", and was released on 4 April 2019 through Perfect Havoc and Asylum Records. It features uncredited vocals by Hayley May. [5] The song broke the record for the most Shazamed track in one day, with 41,000 Shazams on 24 July. [5] It further ascended the UK Singles Chart after being featured on British reality TV series Love Island , reaching the top 10 in August 2019. [5]
Corry stated that he was influenced by UK garage growing up, and that it played a "huge role in [his] development as a DJ and a producer". [6]
"Sorry" reached number six on the UK Singles Chart in August 2019. [7]
Chart (2019–2020) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [8] | 40 |
Ireland (IRMA) [9] | 3 |
Mexico Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] | 38 |
Scotland (OCC) [11] | 5 |
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [12] | 42 |
UK Singles (OCC) [7] | 6 |
UK Dance (OCC) [13] | 1 |
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard ) [14] | 44 |
Chart (2019) | Position |
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Ireland (IRMA) [15] | 34 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [16] | 41 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [8] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] | 2× Platinum | 1,200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
In 2006, Dutch group the Partysquad with RMXCRW and Gio released their version titled "I'm Sorry", from the album De Bazen Van De Club, which also contains samples from the David Howard remix of Monsta Boy's "Sorry (I Didn't Know)". [18] "I'm Sorry" reached No. 14 on the Dutch Single Top 100. [19]
In 2018, the House & Garage Orchestra together with Denzee recorded an orchestral version of the song for the UK garage covers album Garage Classics .
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered " is a soul song, by American musician Stevie Wonder, released in June 1970 as a single on Motown's Tamla label. It spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number three on the U.S. Pop chart. In the same year, the song was also released on the album Signed, Sealed & Delivered.
"Movin' Too Fast" is a song by UK garage duo Artful Dodger, released on 26 July 1999. The song features Romina Johnson and was included on the duo's debut studio album, It's All About the Stragglers (2000). "Movin' Too Fast" was originally recorded by Johnson as a solo artist and appears on her 1998 debut album, Simply Passion, produced by Rolando Bacci Hardage, Marco Petriaggi and Alessandro Barocchi. The Artful Dodger remix version of the track was first distributed as a white label vinyl release. After it was picked up by DJs, it was licensed to Locked On for mainstream distribution.
"Woman Trouble" is a song by Artful Dodger and Robbie Craig featuring British singer Craig David. It reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and peaked within the top 50 in Iceland, Ireland, and New Zealand. In 2015, it earned a silver certification for selling over 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Capital Xtra included the song in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time".
"A Little Bit of Luck" is a song by English UK garage duo DJ Luck & MC Neat. The song contains samples of "Unity", a 1991 breakbeat hardcore track by Timebase featuring Kromozone, interpolated vocals from Yami Bolo's "When a Man in Love", and uses the drums from an earlier garage track, "Hyperfunk" by Antonio. The song reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number nine. It was the first of three consecutive top-10 hit singles for the duo.
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"Boom Selection" is a song by UK garage crew Genius Cru. The single reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart in January 2001. The song samples "Gravedigger" by the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, to which Martin Fulterman and Michael Kamen are credited as songwriters.
Joel Corry is an English DJ, producer and television personality. He came to prominence in 2019 with the release of his single "Sorry", featuring vocals from Hayley May, which reached number six in the UK Singles Chart. In 2020, Corry released the singles "Lonely" and "Head & Heart". The latter, which features MNEK on vocals, spent six weeks at number one in the UK Top Singles Chart and also became Corry's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100.
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