Sorry (Grace Jones song) explained

Sorry" / "That's the Trouble
Cover:Grace Jones - Sorry.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Grace Jones
Album:Portfolio
B-Side:That's the Trouble
Released:1976
Length:
  • 3:58 ("Sorry" album version)
  • 3:36 ("That's the Trouble" single version)
  • 3:56 ("That's the Trouble" album version)
Producer:Tom Moulton
Prev Title:I Need a Man
Prev Year:1975
Next Title:La Vie en rose
Next Year:1977

"Sorry" is a song by Jamaican singer and actress Grace Jones, released in 1976 with "That's the Trouble" as a Double A-Side single.

Background

"Sorry"/"That's the Trouble" was Jones' second single, released before her international breakthrough, on the Orfeus label in France and Beam Junction in the US. Both songs later appeared on Jones' debut album Portfolio; 7" version of "Sorry" and an alternate mix of "That's the Trouble" were placed there. Both the original single version and the instrumental of "That's the Trouble" remain unreleased on CD. The extended 12" mixes of both tracks were released on Grace's box set Disco.

Grace Jones explained in her 2015 memoir that "Sorry" and "That's the Trouble" were issued as a double A-side because she didn't want either song "to be a mere B-side", which were often seen as "throwaway" tracks.[1]

Track listing

French 7" single (1976)[2] / U.S. 7" single (1976)[3] / U.K. 7" single (1977)[4]

A. "Sorry" – 3:58

B. "That's the Trouble" – 3:36German 7" single (1976)[5] / Dutch 7" single (1977)[6]

A. "That's the Trouble" – 3:36

B. "Sorry" – 3:58U.S. 12" single (1976)[7]

A. "Sorry" – 6:42

B. "That's the Trouble" – 7:02French 12" single (1976)[8] / Dutch 12" single (1977)[9]

A. "That's the Trouble" – 7:02

B. "Sorry" – 6:42

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jones, Grace . I'll Never Write My Memoirs . . 2015 . 978-1-4711-3523-1 . London . 143.
  2. Grace Jones . Sorry / That's the Trouble . 1976 . liner notes . Orfeus . 990.141.
  3. Grace Jones . Sorry / That's the Trouble . 1976 . liner notes . Beam Junction . 45-BJ 102.
  4. Grace Jones . That's the Trouble / Sorry . 1977 . liner notes . . 2058 856.
  5. Grace Jones . That's the Trouble / Sorry . 1976 . liner notes . Ariola . 17 465 AT.
  6. Grace Jones . That's the Trouble / Sorry . 1977 . liner notes . Scramble . SRS 510.006.
  7. Grace Jones . Sorry / That's the Trouble . 1976 . liner notes . Beam Junction . 12-BJ 1001.
  8. Grace Jones . That's the Trouble / Sorry . 1976 . liner notes . Orfeus . 900.071.
  9. Grace Jones . That's the Trouble / Sorry . 1977 . liner notes . Scramble . MS 40.12.