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featuring American rapper

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. It was released on September 17, 2013. It is the only single to be released during Rivera's lifetime.

Background

In an interview with ''

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'', Rivera spoke about the song saying "I wrote the song at the beginning of the summer along with some other songs... and this song just felt like a really good end-of-summer song, I wanted to get a feature on it, and it just felt like Sean's swag and his vibe would just really fit this well, and I was right."

Music video

A lyrical video of "Sorry" was released on September 17. Rivera enlisted a bevy of women to strip down for her NSFW black-and-white in the video which also features light projections. Rivera talked about the lyrical video and its comparisons to

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's "

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" video:

Chart positions

The song made its debut in the ''

'' U.S. Rhythmic chart charting at number 37. The song appeared in the

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and

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charting at numbers 73 and 81, respectively. The song also charted at number 30 on ''Billboards Pop Digital Tracks.

References

{{Big Sean singles 2013 debut singles 2013 songs Big Sean songs Naya Rivera songs American contemporary R&B songs Songs written by Big Sean Columbia Records singles