I Beg Your Pardon
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"I Beg Your Pardon" (also titled as "I Beg Your Pardon [I Never Promised You a Rose Garden]") is a song by Canadian synthpop band Kon Kan, released as the first single from their 1988 debut album Move to Move.
The song contains various samples of other songs, including Lynn Anderson's 1970 hit "Rose Garden", 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.
The song was a hit, reaching the top twenty in a number of countries including the UK, where it peaked at #5.[1]
Charts
| Chart (1988–89) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart[2] | 100 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 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 [3] | 3 |
References
- ^ "KON KAN | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 148.
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