I'm Sorry (John Denver song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = I'm Sorry
| cover = John Denver Im Sorry Calypso.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = John Denver
| album = Windsong
| B-side = Calypso
| released = July 1975 (US)
| recorded = 1975
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= Beyond the Blue Horizon: Country and Western|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=403}}
| length = 3:32
| label = RCA Victor
| writer = John Denver
| producer = Milton Okun
| prev_title = Thank God I'm a Country Boy
| prev_year = 1975
| title =
| title2 = Calypso
| next_title = Fly Away
| next_year = 1975
}}
"I'm Sorry" is a song written and recorded by American country-folk singer-songwriter John Denver and released in 1975. It was the final number-one pop hit released during his career. The flip side of "I'm Sorry" was "Calypso", and, like its A-side, enjoyed substantial radio airplay on Top 40 stations.
"I'm Sorry" is an apology for forsaken love.Heibutzki, Ralph. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r5465|pure_url=yes}} Review of Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 by John Denver]. Allmusic.com. In the lyrics, the singer's love interest has left him and he's still broken up about it weeks later. Even though he tells them he's doing fine, their mutual friends know he's not. The singer confesses "I can't believe you went away."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkHoGuuYpCA YouTube.com "I'm Sorry" by John Denver. Retrieved Oct. 11, 2024.] Cash Box said it "is replete with the classic Denver touches: sweet arrangement by Lee Holdridge, and emotive lyrics."{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=August 9, 1975|page=17|accessdate=2021-12-11|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1975/CB-1975-08-09.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}}
Chart performance
"I'm Sorry" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 27, 1975, and scored number one on the Easy Listening chart.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=76}} In Canada, it also reached number one.
Six weeks after topping the U.S. pop charts, the song was Denver's third and final number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=103}} Billboard ranked it at number 77 on its Hot 100 singles of 1975.
=Weekly charts=
=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1975)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/8a2fnGs|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1975|publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 79 |via= Imgur |date= December 29, 1975 |access-date= January 15, 2022 }}
| 60 |
=All-time charts=
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| Chart (1958–2018)
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| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2018}}
| style="text-align:center;"|242 |
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Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
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Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles
Category:Songs written by John Denver
Category:Song recordings produced by Milt Okun
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