I Beg Your Pardon

"I Beg Your Pardon" (also titled as "I Beg Your Pardon [I Never Promised You a Rose Garden]") is the debut single by Canadian synthpop duo Kon Kan, from their 1988 debut album Move to Move. It was written by Kon Kan member Barry Harris, and American musician Joe South, who is credited due to the song's heavy sampling of "Rose Garden", which he wrote.

"I Beg Your Pardon"
Single by Kon Kan
from the album Move to Move
Released
  • 1988 (1988) (Canada)
  • February 20, 1989 (1989-02-20) (UK)
GenreSynthpop
Length3:59
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tom Gerencser
Kon Kan singles chronology
"I Beg Your Pardon"
(1988)		 "Harry Houdini"
(1988)

As well as Lynn Anderson's 1970 hit "Rose Garden", "I Beg Your Pardon" also contains samples of other songs, including GQ's "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)", Silver Convention's "Get Up and Boogie", and National Lampoon's "Disco Hotline" sketch from their That's Not Funny, That's Sick album. Recreated samples of Spagna's "Call Me" and the opening bars of the theme from the film The Magnificent Seven are also present in the song.[1]

The song was a hit, reaching the top twenty in a number of countries including the UK and U.S., where it peaked at numbers 5 and 15, respectively.[2]

Barry Harris said that the song was "the question to Lynn Anderson's 'Rose Garden' answer." It was Harris' first studio project, and was initially released on an unknown independent record label in Toronto.[3]

Charts
Chart (1988–89) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[4] 100
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 19
Dutch Singles Chart 3
German Singles Chart 8
New Zealand Singles Chart 7
UK Singles Chart 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play [6] 3

References
  1. https://www.whosampled.com/Kon-Kan/I-Beg-Your-Pardon/samples/
  2. "KON KAN | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  3. Richliano, James (August 12, 1989). "Kon Kan Is On The 'Move' With New Album" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  5. RPM Top Singles - March 27, 1989, p.6 RPM Magazine
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 148.


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