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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.[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]

"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 (1959-01)
Genre	Doo-wop
Length	2:33
Label	Cub
Songwriter(s)	Artie Zwirn, Harry Giosasi
Producer(s)	LeRoy Holmes
The Impalas singles chronology
"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" (1959) "Oh, What a Fool" (1959)

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]

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