"I'm So Sorry" is a song by American
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band
Imagine Dragons. The song serves as the second promotional single and fourth track from the band's second studio album ''
Smoke + Mirrors
''Smoke + Mirrors'' is the second studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. The album was recorded during 2014 at the band's home studio in Las Vegas, Nevada. Self-produced by members of the band along with English hip-hop producer ...
''. Along with the songs "Hopeless Opus" and "
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" on ''Smoke + Mirrors'', the song touches upon lead-singer
Dan Reynolds
Daniel Coulter Reynolds (born July 14, 1987) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Reynolds also released an EP in 2011, titled ''Egyptian – EP,'' as a duo with his former wife A ...
' depression struggles.
The song has peaked at number 14 on the ''
Billboard''
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chart.
Critical reception
The song has been compared to the work of
the Black Keys
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by music critics, with Mikael Wood of the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' comparing the song to the Black Keys' "fuzzy
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blues" sound,
Jon Dolan of ''
Rolling Stone
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'' describing the song as a "Black Keys-indebted garage-blues grinder",
and
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
AllMusic
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calling the song "a Black Keys number stripped of any sense of R&B groove".
Track listing
Chart performance
Peak positions
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2014 songs
Imagine Dragons songs
Interscope Records singles
Songs written by Wayne Sermon
Songs written by Dan Reynolds (musician)
Songs written by Daniel Platzman
Songs written by Ben McKee