Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
1959 single by The Impalas
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"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.[2] 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.[3] The song was featured on The Impalas' 1959 album, Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home).[4]
| "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Impalas | ||||
| from the album Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) | ||||
| B-side | "Fool, Fool, Fool" | |||
| Released | January 1959 | |||
| Genre | Doo-wop[1] | |||
| Length | 2:33 | |||
| Label | Cub | |||
| Songwriters | Artie Zwirn, Harry Giosasi | |||
| Producer | LeRoy Holmes | |||
| The Impalas singles chronology | ||||
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The song ranked #24 on Billboard's Year-End top 100 singles of 1959.[5]
Other versions
- Guy Darrell and The Midniters, as a single in 1964, but it did not chart.[6]
- Heinz, on his 1964 album, Tribute to Eddie.[7]
- The Royal Showband Waterford, as the B-side to their 1964 single "Huckle Buck".[8]
- Phil Orsi and The Little Kings, as a single in 1966, but it did not chart.[9]
