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1976 single by Elton John

"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin. It was recorded by John and released in 1976, both as a single and as part of the Blue Moves album. It was John's second single released by The Rocket Record Company. The song is a mournful ballad about a romantic relationship which is falling apart.

The song also appeared the following year on Greatest Hits Volume II, though for copyright reasons it no longer appears on the current version of that album. It now appears on Greatest Hits 1976–1986, The Very Best of Elton John, Greatest Hits 1970–2002 and Diamonds as well as a number of other compilations.

In 2004, Elton John and Ray Charles performed the song on Charles' duet album, Genius Loves Company. It would turn out to be the last recording Charles made before his death that June. The duet was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

Background and composition

"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a mournful ballad about a romantic relationship that is falling apart. Bernie Taupin said: "It's a pretty simple idea, but one that I think everyone can relate to at one point or another in their life. That whole idealistic feeling people get when they want to save something from dying when they basically know deep down inside that it's already dead. It's that heartbreaking, sickening part of love that you wouldn't wish on anyone if you didn't know that it's inevitable that they're going to experience it one day."

Elton John began writing the song in 1975 in Los Angeles. Whilst many of his songs involved Taupin writing lyrics first, then John writing the music later, John wrote the melody and most of the lyrics for "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", and Taupin completed it afterwards. John explained: "I was sitting there and out it came, 'What have I got

I used lots of open intervals throughout the song -- particularly open fifths -- to reinforce the “hero” theme, but I also had some wonderfully tortured dissonances while the protagonist was singing about the pain and suffering in the world.  As much as I tease woodwind players about their “kindling” instruments, I really love the musical color of the oboe, which (along with the English Horn) provided for some beautiful moments in the orchestration.  And it was the woodwinds and the strings that carried a lot of this song.  The brass only comes in for about 20 seconds after we first hear the word “hero,” and then not again until the very end of the song.  The piano does sort of take over a third of the way into the song, but it’s mostly there for continuity -- its not a terribly exciting part.  (Although the orchestration does drop down to just the piano and the cellos when the protagonist is singing “And before long, greet the new world...” just before the big build to the end.)

Something that’s REALLY cool?  If you listen to this song through headphones, it’s almost like you’re inside the orchestra!  I wasn’t initially aware that Finale moved the different instruments around between the left and right playback channels -- but it does, and I discovered this when I decided to put my earbuds in and hear how my work-in-progress sounded through different speakers.  It was awesome!  (I did switch a couple of the instruments to the “other side” of the orchestra from their default settings, to help emphasize some of the musical interplay.  But thanks, Finale, for doing that!  I never would have thought of that on my own . . .)

By the way -- if you'd like sheet music for this, or any of my other songs, you can visit this page.  I can actually send you both an orchestral score and a piano arrangement for this song!

THE LYRIC:

Every bit of this lyric (with the aid of the music that underpins it) is carefully designed to “set up” the audience.  My hope was that no

2015 single by Justin Bieber

"Sorry" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album, Purpose (2015). Written by Bieber, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Skrillex, and BloodPop; the song was produced by the latter two. It was released on October 22, 2015, as the second single from the album. A dancehall pop, tropical house and moombahton song, "Sorry" contains in its instrumentation "brassy horn bleats", warm island rhythms and a bouncy dembow riddim drum beat. Lyrically, "Sorry" is a plea for a chance to apologize to a lover, with Bieber asking forgiveness and a second chance to redeem himself. Bieber has since said that the lover was Selena Gomez.

Commercially, the song topped the charts of thirteen countries. It spent seven weeks at number one on the Canadian Hot 100 and three weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100; "Sorry" was replaced by third single "Love Yourself" on the chart dated February 13, 2016, making Bieber the 12th act in the Hot 100's history to succeed himself at number one. He also accomplished the same feat in the United Kingdom, becoming the third act ever to self-replace at the top of the UK Singles Chart. Globally, the song became one of the best selling digital music releases with over 10 million in sales in 2016 alone. It is certified Diamond in Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Poland, and the United States.

Background

While working on his then-upcoming fourth studio album, Justin Bieber enlisted American DJ Skrillex to produce songs for the record after successfully working with him on "Where Are Ü Now", which he sent to Skrillex and Diplo for their project Jack Ü and that became a worldwide hit and helped to revamp his career. Regarding his will to work with the producer, Bieber commented: "Skrillex is a genius. He’s super futuristic and I just love his sounds. I think being able to incorporate that sound with what