Sorry (Madonna song)

"**Sorry**" is a song by American singer Madonna from her tenth studio album, *Confessions on a Dance Floor* (2005). The song was written and produced by both Madonna and Stuart Price. It was released on February 6, 2006, by Warner Bros. Records. The song was later added on Madonna's compilation album, *Celebration* (2009). One of the first songs developed for the album, it is a dance-pop and disco song

In the United States, the song only managed to reach number 58 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 chart due to it not being played enough on radio; it reached the top of the dance charts.

The music video for the song was directed by Jamie King and was a sequel to the "Hung Up" music video. It features Madonna and her dancers roaming around a city in a van, dancing on roller skates, and the singer fighting with a group of men in a cage. She performed the song on her 2006 Confessions Tour in a similar theme to that shown in the video.

## Background and release
In 2004, after the release of her ninth studio album *American Life* (2003), Madonna began working on two different musicals: one called *Hello Suckers* and the other with Luc Besson, Madonna worked with Patrick Leonard, Mirwais Ahmadzaï, and Stuart Price to write new songs, and told Price to write songs that sounded like "ABBA on drugs". Madonna found herself unhappy with the script written by Besson and threw it away.

"Sorry" was one of the first songs developed for *Confessions on a Dance Floor*, together with lead single "Hung Up" and "Future Lovers". She promoted the album at the dance party named "Misshapes", held at Luke & Leroy's nightclub in Greenwich Village.

The single cover was taken by Marcin Kokowski, a fan who photographed the singer during her concert at G-A-Y in 2005. She chose the picture among 80 pictures by several other photographers. Madonna later defined "Sorry" as one of her "most retarded songs" during an interview with *Rolling Stone* in 2009. It was later included on her compilation album, *Celebration* (2009).

## Composition
Musically, the song mixes dance-pop and disco in its composition. The song is set in common time with a moderately fast dance groove tempo of 132 beats per minute. Composed in the key of C minor, Madonna's vocal range spans from F3 to G4. While all other sentences were referring to someone saying sorry, the Dutch sentence used - "Ik ben droevig" - roughly translates to "I am sad" and is a mistranslation, as it is not used to say sorry.

## Recognition
"Sorry" was nominated in the categories of PRS Most Performed Work and International Hit of the Year at the 2007 Ivor Novello Awards, eventually winning the latter.

## Commercial performance
In the United States, "Sorry" first appeared at number 70 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 chart for the issue dated March 11, 2006. The following week, it reached a peak position of number 58 on the Hot 100 and number 46 on the Pop 100 chart. "Sorry" also topped on both the Hot Dance Airplay and Hot Dance Club Play charts. It was the last song to top all the three dance charts in a single week before Lady Gaga's Poker Face. 

In the United Kingdom, "Sorry" first appeared at the top of the UK Singles Chart on February 26, 2006 – for the week ending date March 4, 2006 – passing Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On" by 10,000 units. The song became Madonna's 12th number one on the UK Singles Chart, as well as the second song from *Confessions on a Dance Floor* to reach the top of the chart, after "Hung Up". This made Madonna the female artist with most number one songs in Britain, while placing her in fifth place overall.

## Music video
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The music video for "Sorry" was directed by Jamie King. It was shot over two days, from January 17–18, 2006, in London. "Sorry" was shown by Channel 4 on February 8, 2006.  On March 3, 2006, the music video was digitally released through the iTunes Store, and was later included on Madonna's compilation *Celebration: The Video Collection* (2009).

The music video features a white van, which was customized on MTV UK's television show *Pimp My Ride*. The work had a total cost of £21,000. The special episode titled ''Pimp Madonna's Ride'' that chronicled the van from the video aired on February 19, 2006.

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