[4] According to the Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson, Brenda Lee recorded the song early in 1960, but her label, Decca Records, held it from release for several months out of concern that a 15-year-old girl was not mature enough to sing about unrequited love.
When the song finally was released, it was considered to be the flip side of the more uptempo "That's All You Gotta Do".
[citation needed] A remake of "I'm Sorry" was a minor hit for Joey Heatherton in 1972 reaching No.
[19] on July 26, 1972, and issued that November as the second single to the follow-up to Heatherton's sole Top 40 hit "Gone".
Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for their TV series episode "The Secret Life of Dave Seville".
It is playing in the background in the movie Tommy Boy when David Spade and Chris Farley are sitting in a rural diner, after Spade hits Farley across the face with a large piece of wood.