Sorry, Little Sarah

{{Refimprove|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox song | name = Sorry, Little Sarah | cover = Sorry Little Sarah.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Blue System]] | album = [[Walking on a Rainbow]] | B-side = Big Boys Don't Cry | released = {{start date|1987}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Synth-pop]] | length = 3:35 (radio version) | label = [[BMG Ariola]] | writer = [[Dieter Bohlen]] | producer = Dieter Bohlen | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Big Boys Don't Cry | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|fxCeAj6stf4|"Sorry, Little Sarah"}}}} }}

"'''Sorry, Little Sarah'''" is the first single from [[Blue System]]'s debut album, ''[[Walking on a Rainbow]]''. It was published in 1987 by Hanseatic M.V. and was distributed by BMG. The song was written, arranged and produced by [[Dieter Bohlen]], and co-produced by [[Luis Rodríguez (producer)|Luis Rodríguez]]. This song has a strong [[bossa nova]] influence.

What Dieter Bohlen has said about this song, "After Modern Talking, I thought for a long time what I could do now, and we never had a Samba hit in Germany. So it was, for me, a big challenge to write a Samba title."<ref>{{cite web |author=PopGuru |url=https://simplypopmusic.com/sorry-little-sarah-blue-system/ |title=Sorry, Little Sarah Blue System |website=Simply Pop Music |date=21 July 2017 |access-date=21 May 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801102412/https://simplypopmusic.com/sorry-little-sarah-blue-system/ |archive-date=1 August 2017}}</ref>

== Track listing == * '''7″ single (Hansa 109 469)''' # "Sorry Little Sarah" – 3:35 # "Big Boys Don't Cry" – 3:11

* '''12″ maxi (Hansa 609 469)''' # "Sorry Little Sarah" (long version) – 5:12 # "Big Boys Don't Cry" (long version) – 5:24

* '''12″ maxi (Hansa 609 640)''' # "Sorry Little Sarah" (New York dance mix) – 5:58 # "Big Boys Don't Cry" (long version) – 5:24

== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1987–1988) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Austria|10|artist=Blue System|song=Sorry Little Sarah|rowheader=true|access-date=21 May 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(B).html |title=SA Charts 1969–1989 (As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion) – Acts B |website=The South African Rock Encyclopedia |access-date=21 May 2024}}</ref> | 19 |- ! scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> | 6 |- {{single chart|West Germany|14|artist=Blue System|song=Sorry Little Sarah|songid=8741|rowheader=true|access-date=21 May 2024}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Blue System songs]] [[Category:1987 debut singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Dieter Bohlen]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Dieter Bohlen]] [[Category:Ariola Records singles]] [[Category:1987 songs]]