# Sorry, Little Sarah

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1987 single by Blue System

"Sorry, Little Sarah" Single by Blue System from the album Walking on a Rainbow B-side "Big Boys Don't Cry" Released 1987 (1987) Genre Synth-pop Length 3:35 (radio version) Label BMG Ariola Songwriter Dieter Bohlen Producer Dieter Bohlen Blue System singles chronology "Sorry, Little Sarah" (1987) "Big Boys Don't Cry" (1988) Music video "Sorry, Little Sarah" on YouTube

"**Sorry, Little Sarah**" is the first single from [Blue System](/source/Blue_System)'s debut album, *[Walking on a Rainbow](/source/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](/source/Dieter_Bohlen), and co-produced by [Luis Rodríguez](/source/Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(producer)). This song has a strong [bossa nova](/source/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."[1]

## Track listing

- **7″ single (Hansa 109 469)**

1. "Sorry Little Sarah" – 3:35

1. "Big Boys Don't Cry" – 3:11

- **12″ maxi (Hansa 609 469)**

1. "Sorry Little Sarah" (long version) – 5:12

1. "Big Boys Don't Cry" (long version) – 5:24

- **12″ maxi (Hansa 609 640)**

1. "Sorry Little Sarah" (New York dance mix) – 5:58

1. "Big Boys Don't Cry" (long version) – 5:24

## Charts

Chart (1987–1988) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 10 South Africa (Springbok Radio)[3] 19 Spain (AFYVE)[4] 6 West Germany (GfK)[5] 14

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** PopGuru (21 July 2017). ["Sorry, Little Sarah Blue System"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170801102412/https://simplypopmusic.com/sorry-little-sarah-blue-system/). *Simply Pop Music*. Archived from [the original](https://simplypopmusic.com/sorry-little-sarah-blue-system/) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Austria_Blue_System_2-0)** "[Blue System – Sorry Little Sarah](https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Blue+System&titel=Sorry+Little+Sarah&cat=s)" (in German). [Ö3 Austria Top 40](/source/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40). Retrieved 21 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["SA Charts 1969–1989 (As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion) – Acts B"](http://rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(B).html). *The South African Rock Encyclopedia*. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). *Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002* (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [84-8048-639-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/84-8048-639-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_West_Germany_Blue_System_5-0)** "[Offizielle Deutsche Charts (West Germany)](https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-8741)" (in German). [GfK Entertainment charts](/source/GfK_Entertainment_charts). To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

v t e Blue System Dieter Bohlen Joachim Vogel Jeanne Dupuy Frank Otto Nadja Abd el Farrag Michel Rollin Achim Striben Friedrich Graner Dirk Sauer Rene Engelman Wolfgang Fritsch Studio albums Walking on a Rainbow Body Heat Twilight Obsession Seeds of Heaven Déjà vu Hello America Backstreet Dreams 21st Century X – Ten Forever Blue Body to Body Here I Am Singles "Sorry, Little Sarah" "My Bed Is Too Big" "Under My Skin" "Silent Water" "Love Suite" "Magic Symphony" "48 Hours" "Love Is Such a Lonely Sword" "Lucifer" "Déjà vu" "It's All Over" (with Dionne Warwick) "Romeo and Juliet" "History" "6 Years – 6 Nights" "Dr. Mabuse" "Laila" "Only with You" See also Modern Talking Systems in Blue

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