So Do I Say Sorry First?

Infobox Single
Name = So Do I Say Sorry First?


Caption =
Artist = Stephanie McIntosh
from Album = Tightrope
A-side =
B-side =
Released = Start date|2007|3|3 (Australia)
Format = CD (Australia), digital download
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 3:01
Label = Universal
Writer = Klaus Derendorf, Stephanie McIntosh, Tom Nichols
Producer = Klaus Derendorf, Tom Nichols
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = Tightrope
Type = studio
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track_no = 1
next_track = "Mistake"
next_no = 2
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Stephanie McIntosh
Type = Australia singles
Last single = "Tightrope" (2006)
This single = "So Do I Say Sorry First?"
(2007)
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Artist = Stephanie McIntosh
Type = UK singles
Last single = "Mistake" (2007)
This single = "So Do I Say Sorry First?"
(2007)
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Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = So Do I Say Sorry First?
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"So Do I Say Sorry First?" is a pop rock song written by Klaus Derendorf, Stephanie McIntosh and Tom Nichols, produced by Derendorf and Nichols for McIntosh's debut album "Tightrope". It was released as the album's third single on March 3, 2007 (see 2007 in music) in Australia. The track was co-written by McIntosh herself and it is the only track on her album written by her.

McIntosh performed the song live on stage in the Australia MTV Music Awards. The performance was received poorly by the audience which resulted in McIntosh running off stage straight after the performance. On the June 20, 2007 it was announced that the song will be the second UK single and was released on August 13, 2007 [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000SQKZ6K] . It was then announced several days after the release date that the song would be released as a download only single to be released the week before, on August 6, 2007. Inevitably, due to a deficiency in promotion "So Do I Say Sorry First?" charted at #258 on the UK Singles Chart, although it managed a peak of #98 on the UK iTunes chart.

Music video

The music video for "So Do I Say Sorry First?" was directed by Anthony Rose and was released on January 15, 2007. It features McIntosh sitting a driving test with a "geeky" instructor but driving extremely fast and driving in a stunt style and knocking over cones. It also has McIntosh singing in a stage setting at various points in the video. The video ends with McIntosh crashing the car and walking away from the scene.

Track listing

;Australian CD single
# "So Do I Say Sorry First?" (vocal up version) — 2:56
# "So Do I Say Sorry First?" (Steve Mac electrik disko mix) — 6:06
# "So Do I Say Sorry First?" (Steve Mac Electrik disko instrumental dub) — 6:06

;UK digital download
# "So Do I Say Sorry First?" (vocal up version) — 2:56
# "So Do I Say Sorry First?" (Steve Mac electrik disko mix) — 6:06

Charts

In Australia "So Do I Say Sorry First?" debuted at #35, climbing to its peak of #34 a week later, spending a total of 5 weeks on the ARIA Top 50 [ [http://acharts.us/song/12278 Stephanie Mcintosh - So Do I Say Sorry First? - Music Charts ] ] . In the UK due to a severe lack of promotion, it debuted and peaked at #258. This led to the album flopping with only a few thousand copies sold over there.

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