Sorry, Blame It on Me
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| Single by Akon from the album Konvicted (Deluxe Edition) |
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| Released |  US July 17, 2007 [Digital] US July 24, 2007 [Radio] UK October 8, 2007 [Digital] UK October 29, 2007 [CD] |
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| Format | Digital download, CD single | ||||
| Genre | R&B | ||||
| Length | 4:57 | ||||
| Label | Universal | ||||
| Writer(s) | Aliaune Thiam Clinton Sparks |
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| Producer | Clinton Sparks | ||||
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"Sorry, Blame It on Me" is an R&B song written by Akon for the re-release of his second studio album Konvicted, which was released on August 28, 2007. The song was co-written and produced by Clinton Sparks and released as the album's fifth single in 2007. A demo of the song leaked in February, 2007, several months before the official version became available on Akon's Myspace. The song was put on iTunes on July 17, 2007. [1] The song attained the number one position of iTunes on July 21, 2007 and July 23, 2007 on separate occasions. The song was released to radio on July 24, 2007. The song debuted on the August 4, 2007 issue of the Billboard Hot 100 at number seven.[2]
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[edit] Lyrical Content
The song deals with Akon apologizing for the various events in 2006 that led him to be dropped by his sponsors Verizon. In it he apologizes to the singer Gwen Stefani, whom he toured with in the Summer of 2006 on The Sweet Escape Tour, for Verizon pulling out of funding for the tour.
"I’m sorry that it took so long to speak, But I was on tour with Gwen Stefani"
[edit] Music video
The song's music video premiered on Lusiano's phone August 8, 2007 and had been added to Radio Playlist A1 on August 15, 2007. It had been posted on YouTube on August 10, 2007 after it had been premiered on Yahoo! Music.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| ARC Weekly Top 40 [3] | 23 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart [4] | 26 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 17 |
| Euro 200 (European Union) [1] | 22 |
| France Singles Top 100 [5] | 10 |
| Greek Singles Chart [6] | 19 |
| Ireland Singles Chart [7] | 10 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart [8] | 2 |
| Polish National Top 50[9] | 10 |
| Swedish Singles Chart [10] | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart | 22 |
| United World Chart [11] | 26 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [11] | 7 |
[edit] References
- ^ Akon: Humpty Dumping - TMZ.com - Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip and Hollywood Rumors
- ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Plain White T's Hold Atop Hot 100 Amid High Debuts", Billboard.com, July 26, 2007.
- ^ ARC Weekly Top 40
- ^ Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Recording Industry Association
- ^ Akon - Sorry, Blame It On Me - Music Charts
- ^ Ελληνικό Chart
- ^ Ireland IRMA Singles Char
- ^ RIANZ
- ^ Polish National Top 50
- ^ Swedish Singles Chart
- ^ a b "Akon - Sorry, Blame It On Me global chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
| Preceded by "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston |
Hot100Brasil - Brazil number one single November 3, 2007 - 17 November 2007 |
Succeeded by "Wall to Wall" by Chris Brown |
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