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 lyrics, music, arrangements and production was made by Dieter Bohlen, and the co-production by Luis Rodríguez. This song has a strong bossa nova influence.

"Sorry, Little Sarah"
Single by Blue System
from the album Walking on a Rainbow
B-side"'Big Boys Don't Cry'"
Released1987
GenreSynthpop
Length3:35 (radio version)
LabelBMG Ariola
Songwriter(s)Dieter Bohlen
Producer(s)Dieter Bohlen
Blue System singles chronology
"Sorry, Little Sarah"
(1987)
"Big Boys Don't Cry"
(1988)

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 edit

7" Single Hansa 109 469 año 1987

  • Sorry Little Sarah 3:35
  • Big Boys Don't Cry 3:11

12" Maxi Hansa 609 469 año 1987

  • Sorry Little Sarah (Long Version) 5:12
  • Big Boys Don't Cry (Long Version) 5:24

12" Maxi Hansa 609 640 año 1987

  • Sorry Little Sarah (New York Dance Mix) 5:58
  • Big Boys Don't Cry (Long Version) 5:24

Charts edit

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Germany 14
Austria 10
Spain (AFYVE)[2] 6
South Africa 19

References edit

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.