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"Sorry" is a song by The Residents, first released as the opening track of the album The Big Bubble (the "fourth" entry in their epic - and unfinished - Mole Trilogy) on September 30th 1985 by Ralph Records.

Within the context of the Mole Trilogy, the song (and the album as a whole) was written and recorded by a fictional garage band, also named The Big Bubble, who were known for performing songs in the outlawed Mohelmot language (although "Sorry" is performed entirely in English).

In 1986, the song was featured on the compilation album Hell!, and in 2019 it was remastered by engineer Scott Colburn and released as part of the nine disc pREServed CD box set Mole Box. To date it has never been performed live by The Residents.

Lyrics[]

Sorry, I'm sorry
Sorry, I'm sorry
Sorry, I'm sorry
Sorry that it worked out this way

Sorry, I'm sorry
Sorry that it worked out this way

Sorry, I'm sorry
Sorry that it worked out this way

Sorry, I'm sorry
Sorry that it worked out this way

Sorry, I'm sorry
I'm sorry
Sorry
Sorry
Sorry

Sorry, I'm sorry
Sorry, I'm sorry
Sorry, I'm sorry
Sorry that it worked out this way

List of releases[]

List of versions[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Clementina Street studio recording, October 1983-July 1985 (3:37)

See also[]

Buy Or Die![]

Listen online[]

External links and references[]

The Mole Trilogy
(1981-1985)

Cast of Characters
Mohelmot · Chubs (Innisfree · The Scientist) · The Observer
Darkness · The Evil Disposer
Cross (Zinkenites · Kula Bocca · The Big Bubble · Frankie DuVall)

Part One: Mark of the Mole (1981)
(video game · novel)
Side A: Hole-Workers at the Mercy of Nature
"Voices of the Air" · "The Ultimate Disaster" · "Migration"
Side B: Hole-Workers vs. Man and Machine
"Another Land" · "The New Machine" · "Final Confrontation"

Part Two: The Tunes of Two Cities (1982)
(The Comix of Two Cities)
Side A: "Serenade For Missy" · "A Maze Of Jigsaws" · "Mousetrap" · "God Of Darkness" · "Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)" · "Praise For The Curse"
Side B: "The Secret Seed" · "Smokebeams" · "Mourning The Undead" · "Song Of The Wild" · "The Evil Disposer" · "Happy Home (Excerpt From Act II of "Innisfree")"

Intermission: Extraneous Music From The Residents' Mole Show (1982)
Side A: "Lights Out (Prelude)" · "Shorty's Lament (Intermission)"
Side B: "The Moles Are Coming (Intermission)" · "Would We Be Alive? (Intermission)" · "The New Hymn (Recessional)"

The Mole Show (1982-1983)
(Mole Dance 82 · Live At The Roxy · La Edad de Oro · Uncle Sam Mole Show · VHS · Live In Holland · DVD bag set)

Part Three: ???
"Now It Is Too Late" · "Going Nowhere" · "Tired Old Man" · "Marching To The We" · Mole Suite

Part Four: The Big Bubble (1985)
(fictional band · Black Shroud Records)
Side A: "Sorry" · "Hop A Little" · "Go Where Ya Wanna Go" · "Gotta Gotta Get" · "Cry For The Fire"
Side B: "Die-Stay-Go" · "Vinegar" · "Firefly" · "The Big Bubble" · "Fear for the Future" · "Kula Bocca Says So"

Part Five: ???
Part Six: ???

Related works
"Open Up" · "Anvil Forest" · The 10th Anniversary Show (Assorted Secrets) · PAL TV LP · The 13th Anniversary Show · Mole Box: The Complete Mole Trilogy pREServed ("From MOM1" · "Untitled" · "Jingle Bell" · "Another Another Land")

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Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Grove St. studio · Minna St. studio · Porno Graphics · Penn Jillette · Nessie Lessons · Snakefinger · Matt Howarth · Greg Easter · T.D. Wade

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