Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
As of 2026-09-20, "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" by Elton John has charted in 8 markets across 1 platform, peaking at #1 (AE) on the Rotation chart.
- Markets
- 8
- First seen
- 2026-07-27
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-20
- Peak
- #1 ae
Started in 1 market, now in 8.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" was released on 1 November 1976 as the lead single from Elton John's album Blue Moves and reached No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 11 in the UK, making it a long-standing catalogue radio staple. [1] The song was revived commercially in 2002 when boy band Blue re-recorded it as a duet with Elton John and took it to No. 1 on the UK Official Singles Chart, which is the version most commonly playlisted on adult-contemporary radio outside the US. [2]
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Jordanjo · deezer#87#87—
- Ecuadorec · deezer#62#62—
- Jamaicajm · deezer#58#58—
- United Arab Emiratesae · deezer#3#1#3
- Lithuanialt · deezer#70#70—
- South Koreakr · deezer#21#21—
- Malaysiamy · deezer#63#63—
- Saudi Arabiasa · deezer#60#60—
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Identity
- ISRC
- GBALX7600002
- Slug
- elton-john__sorry-seems-to-be-the-hardest-word
- Sources
- deezer
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