Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) explained

Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
Type:	single
Artist:	The Impalas
Album:	Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
B-Side:	Fool, Fool, Fool
Genre:	Doo-wop
Label:	Cub
Producer:	LeRoy Holmes
Next Title:	Oh, What a Fool
Next Year:	1959

"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.^[1] 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.^[2] The song was featured on The Impalas' 1959 album, Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home).^[3]

The song ranked #24 on Billboard's Year-End top 100 singles of 1959.^[4]

Other versions

Guy Darrell and The Midniters, as a single in 1964, but it did not chart.^[5]
Heinz, on his 1964 album, Tribute to Eddie.^[6]
The Royal Showband Waterford, as the B-side to their 1964 single "Huckle Buck".^[7]
Phil Orsi and The Little Kings, as a single in 1966, but it did not chart.^[8]

Notes and References

Web site: The Hot 100 Chart. Billboard.com. 26 April 2021.
Web site: The Impalas, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" Chart Positions. Musicvf.com. August 14, 2018.
Web site: The Impalas, Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home). Discogs.com. August 14, 2018.
Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1959. August 14, 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102011043/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1959.php. January 2, 2014.
Web site: Guy Darrell and The Midniters, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" Single Release. Discogs.com. August 14, 2018.
Web site: Heinz, Tribute to Eddie. AllMusic. August 14, 2018.
Web site: The Royal Showband Waterford, "Huckle Buck" Single Release. Discogs.com. August 14, 2018.
Web site: Phil Orsi and The Little Kings, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" Single Release. 45cat.com. August 14, 2018.