"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" | ||||
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Single by The Impalas | ||||
from the album Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) | ||||
B-side | "Fool, Fool, Fool" | |||
Released | January 1959 | |||
Genre | Doo-wop [1] | |||
Length | 2:33 | |||
Label | Cub | |||
Songwriter(s) | Artie Zwirn, Harry Giosasi | |||
Producer(s) | LeRoy Holmes | |||
The Impalas singles chronology | ||||
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"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" is a song written by Artie Zwirn and Harry Giosasi and produced and arranged by LeRoy Holmes. The single was performed by New York-based doo-wop group The Impalas. It reached #2 on the U.S. pop chart, behind both The Happy Organ by Dave "Baby" Cortez and Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison. [2] It also went to #14 on the U.S. R&B chart. Overseas, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" went to #28 on the UK Singles Chart in 1959. [3] The song was featured on The Impalas' 1959 album, Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home). [4]
The song ranked #24 on Billboard's Year-End top 100 singles of 1959. [5]
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