 his poor treatment in a song , the speaker uses what power he has to tell both southern African Americans and northern whites that the status quo is deeply flawed and that something needs to change .   " The Bourgeois Blues " follows a traditional twelve @-@ bar blues format . It is written in 44 time but annotated to note that the song rhythmically should swing at medium shuffle . The song was written in B ♭ . It uses twelve measures with verses one to four repeating , followed by the final two verses and a coda .   = = Recordings and adaptions = =   Lead Belly first recorded " The Bourgeois Blues " in December 1938 in New York City , for donation to the Library of Congress . He re @-@ recorded the song in April 1939 for Musicraft Records , for release the same year as a 78 rpm record . The version that was commercially released features Lead Belly singing and playing the twelve @-@ string guitar without any other accompaniment .   The song has been covered and reinterpreted by a variety of artists including Pete Seeger and Hans Theessink . Seeger recorded and released both live and studio versions of the song on several of his albums . In Australia , the song was reworked as " Canberra Blues " by The Bitter Lemons , an R & B band . The lyrics speak of the problems faced by young Australians in the Australian Capital Territory in the 1960s . Theessink adapted the song to his style of European blues for the album Journey On in 1997 .   In 2006 , Billy Bragg reworked the song as " Bush War Blues " . Bragg 's cover is a topical protest song about the Iraq War . In one verse , Bragg claims that the Iraq War was not for democracy but instead was to " make the world safe for Halliburton " . In another , he takes on the Christian right , asking where the moderates are . Finally , Bragg chides the United States government for not dealing with poverty at home before going to war .   = = Legacy = =   " The Bourgeois Blues " is one of Lead Belly 's most famous songs and is remembered as his most " heartfelt protest song " . There is disagreement among music scholars as to its importance . Robert Springer claims that the song is " peripheral " to the wider study of the blues , while Lawson points to it as a watershed in the way African Americans see themselves in the fabric of the United States . There is debate over the relationship between the song and radical politics . After its release , it became popular with left @-@ wing political groups . Lead Belly was invited to perform at Camp Unity , the Communist Party USA 's summer retreat , and the FBI subsequently opened a file on him in the 1940s . This led to the accusations that the Communists were taking advantage of him and using him as a platform . The party claims , to the contrary , that they were some of the few people who respected him and gave him a chance to perform .   Jeff Todd Titon and several other writers have suggested that Lead Belly had significant help with its authorship and claim it is not a genuine protest song . This theory stems from the idea that Lead Belly did not have a history of protest music before he was discovered by Lomax . Since the music that Lomax recorded was sold to northerners sympathetic to Civil Rights , it has been suggested that Lomax helped him write a song attractive to a white audience . Lead Belly admitted that the term " bourgeois " was unfamiliar to him , and it seems out of place compared to the vocabulary of his past work .   = Sorry ( Madonna song ) =   " Sorry " is a song by American singer Madonna from her tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor ( 2005 ) . It was written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price , and released as the second single from the album on February 7 , 2006 . It later appeared on Celebration , her 2009 greatest hits album . An uptempo dance song , " Sorry " was one of the first tracks developed for the album and had numerous remix treatments before the ultimate version of the track was finalized . One of the remixes was done by the Pet Shop Boys , featuring added lyrics by the band . The actual song features a dance groove tempo . It talks about personal empowerment and self @-@ sufficiency .   " Sorry " received positive reviews from contemporary critics , who declared the track the strongest song on Confessions on a Dance Floor . Some critics also commented on the song 's disco @-@ influenced beats while comparing it to Madonna 's older dance songs . It achieved commercial success , topping the singles charts in Italy , Spain , Romania and the United Kingdom , where it became Madonna 's twelfth number one single . Elsewhere , the song was a top ten hit . However , in the United States , the song did not perform well due to an underplay on radio but was able to reach the top of Billboard 's dance charts and
Ġhis Ġpoor Ġtreatment Ġin Ġa Ġsong Ġ, Ġthe Ġspeaker Ġuses Ġwhat Ġpower Ġhe Ġhas Ġto Ġtell Ġboth Ġsouthern ĠAfrican ĠAmericans Ġand Ġnorthern Ġwhites Ġthat Ġthe Ġstatus Ġquo Ġis Ġdeeply Ġflawed Ġand Ġthat Ġsomething Ġneeds Ġto Ġchange Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠThe ĠB ourgeois ĠBlues Ġ" Ġfollows Ġa Ġtraditional Ġtwelve Ġ@ - @ Ġbar Ġblues Ġformat Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġwritten Ġin Ġ44 Ġtime Ġbut Ġannot ated Ġto Ġnote Ġthat Ġthe Ġsong Ġrhythm ically Ġshould Ġswing Ġat Ġmedium Ġshuffle Ġ. ĠThe Ġsong Ġwas Ġwritten Ġin ĠB ĠâĻ Ń Ġ. ĠIt Ġuses Ġtwelve Ġmeasures Ġwith Ġverses Ġone Ġto Ġfour Ġrepeating Ġ, Ġfollowed Ġby Ġthe Ġfinal Ġtwo Ġverses Ġand Ġa Ġc oda Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠRecord ings Ġand Ġadapt ions Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠLead ĠB elly Ġfirst Ġrecorded Ġ" ĠThe ĠB ourgeois ĠBlues Ġ" Ġin ĠDecember Ġ1938 Ġin ĠNew ĠYork ĠCity Ġ, Ġfor Ġdonation Ġto Ġthe ĠLibrary Ġof ĠCongress Ġ. ĠHe Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġrecorded Ġthe Ġsong Ġin ĠApril Ġ1939 Ġfor ĠMusic raft ĠRecords Ġ, Ġfor Ġrelease Ġthe Ġsame Ġyear Ġas Ġa Ġ78 Ġrpm Ġrecord Ġ. ĠThe Ġversion Ġthat Ġwas Ġcommercially Ġreleased Ġfeatures ĠLead ĠB elly Ġsinging Ġand Ġplaying Ġthe Ġtwelve Ġ@ - @ Ġstring Ġguitar Ġwithout Ġany Ġother Ġaccompan iment Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġsong Ġhas Ġbeen Ġcovered Ġand Ġre interpret ed Ġby Ġa Ġvariety Ġof Ġartists Ġincluding ĠPete ĠSee ger Ġand ĠHans ĠThe ess ink Ġ. ĠSee ger Ġrecorded Ġand Ġreleased Ġboth Ġlive Ġand Ġstudio Ġversions Ġof Ġthe Ġsong Ġon Ġseveral Ġof Ġhis Ġalbums Ġ. ĠIn ĠAustralia Ġ, Ġthe Ġsong Ġwas Ġre worked Ġas Ġ" ĠCanberra ĠBlues Ġ" Ġby ĠThe ĠB itter ĠLem ons Ġ, Ġan ĠR Ġ& ĠB Ġband Ġ. ĠThe Ġlyrics Ġspeak Ġof Ġthe Ġproblems Ġfaced Ġby Ġyoung ĠAustralians Ġin Ġthe ĠAustralian ĠCapital ĠTerritory Ġin Ġthe Ġ1960 s Ġ. ĠThe ess ink Ġadapted Ġthe Ġsong Ġto Ġhis Ġstyle Ġof ĠEuropean Ġblues Ġfor Ġthe Ġalbum ĠJourney ĠOn Ġin Ġ1997 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġ2006 Ġ, ĠBilly ĠBr agg Ġre worked Ġthe Ġsong Ġas Ġ" ĠBush ĠWar ĠBlues Ġ" Ġ. ĠBr agg Ġ' s Ġcover Ġis Ġa Ġtopical Ġprotest Ġsong Ġabout Ġthe ĠIraq ĠWar Ġ. ĠIn Ġone Ġverse Ġ, ĠBr agg Ġclaims Ġthat Ġthe ĠIraq ĠWar Ġwas Ġnot Ġfor Ġdemocracy Ġbut Ġinstead Ġwas Ġto Ġ" Ġmake Ġthe Ġworld Ġsafe Ġfor ĠHall ibur ton Ġ" Ġ. ĠIn Ġanother Ġ, Ġhe Ġtakes Ġon Ġthe ĠChristian Ġright Ġ, Ġasking Ġwhere Ġthe Ġmoderates Ġare Ġ. ĠFinally Ġ, ĠBr agg Ġch ides Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġgovernment Ġfor Ġnot Ġdealing Ġwith Ġpoverty Ġat Ġhome Ġbefore Ġgoing Ġto Ġwar Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠLegacy Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠThe ĠB ourgeois ĠBlues Ġ" Ġis Ġone Ġof ĠLead ĠB elly Ġ' s Ġmost Ġfamous Ġsongs Ġand Ġis Ġremembered Ġas Ġhis Ġmost Ġ" Ġheartfelt Ġprotest Ġsong Ġ" Ġ. ĠThere Ġis Ġdisagreement Ġamong Ġmusic Ġscholars Ġas Ġto Ġits Ġimportance Ġ. ĠRobert ĠSpringer Ġclaims Ġthat Ġthe Ġsong Ġis Ġ" Ġperipheral Ġ" Ġto Ġthe Ġwider Ġstudy Ġof Ġthe Ġblues Ġ, Ġwhile ĠLawson Ġpoints Ġto Ġit Ġas Ġa Ġwatershed Ġin Ġthe Ġway ĠAfrican ĠAmericans Ġsee Ġthemselves Ġin Ġthe Ġfabric Ġof Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ. ĠThere Ġis Ġdebate Ġover Ġthe Ġrelationship Ġbetween Ġthe Ġsong Ġand Ġradical Ġpolitics Ġ. ĠAfter Ġits Ġrelease Ġ, Ġit Ġbecame Ġpopular Ġwith Ġleft Ġ@ - @ Ġwing Ġpolitical Ġgroups Ġ. ĠLead ĠB elly Ġwas Ġinvited Ġto Ġperform Ġat ĠCamp ĠUnity Ġ, Ġthe ĠCommunist ĠParty ĠUSA Ġ' s Ġsummer Ġretreat Ġ, Ġand Ġthe ĠFBI Ġsubsequently Ġopened Ġa Ġfile Ġon Ġhim Ġin Ġthe Ġ1940 s Ġ. ĠThis Ġled Ġto Ġthe Ġaccusations Ġthat Ġthe ĠCommunists Ġwere Ġtaking Ġadvantage Ġof Ġhim Ġand Ġusing Ġhim Ġas Ġa Ġplatform Ġ. ĠThe Ġparty Ġclaims Ġ, Ġto Ġthe Ġcontrary Ġ, Ġthat Ġthey Ġwere Ġsome Ġof Ġthe Ġfew Ġpeople Ġwho Ġrespected Ġhim Ġand Ġgave Ġhim Ġa Ġchance Ġto Ġperform Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠJeff ĠTodd ĠTit on Ġand Ġseveral Ġother Ġwriters Ġhave Ġsuggested Ġthat ĠLead ĠB elly Ġhad Ġsignificant Ġhelp Ġwith Ġits Ġauthors hip Ġand Ġclaim Ġit Ġis Ġnot Ġa Ġgenuine Ġprotest Ġsong Ġ. ĠThis Ġtheory Ġstems Ġfrom Ġthe Ġidea Ġthat ĠLead ĠB elly Ġdid Ġnot Ġhave Ġa Ġhistory Ġof Ġprotest Ġmusic Ġbefore Ġhe Ġwas Ġdiscovered Ġby ĠL om ax Ġ. ĠSince Ġthe Ġmusic Ġthat ĠL om ax Ġrecorded Ġwas Ġsold Ġto Ġnort her ners Ġsympathetic Ġto ĠCivil ĠRights Ġ, Ġit Ġhas Ġbeen Ġsuggested Ġthat ĠL om ax Ġhelped Ġhim Ġwrite Ġa Ġsong Ġattractive Ġto Ġa Ġwhite Ġaudience Ġ. ĠLead ĠB elly Ġadmitted Ġthat Ġthe Ġterm Ġ" Ġbourgeois Ġ" Ġwas Ġunfamiliar Ġto Ġhim Ġ, Ġand Ġit Ġseems Ġout Ġof Ġplace Ġcompared Ġto Ġthe Ġvocabulary Ġof Ġhis Ġpast Ġwork Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠSorry Ġ( ĠMadonna Ġsong Ġ) Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠSorry Ġ" Ġis Ġa Ġsong Ġby ĠAmerican Ġsinger ĠMadonna Ġfrom Ġher Ġtenth Ġstudio Ġalbum ĠConf essions Ġon Ġa ĠDance ĠFloor Ġ( Ġ2005 Ġ) Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġwritten Ġand Ġproduced Ġby ĠMadonna Ġand ĠStuart ĠPrice Ġ, Ġand Ġreleased Ġas Ġthe Ġsecond Ġsingle Ġfrom Ġthe Ġalbum Ġon ĠFebruary Ġ7 Ġ, Ġ2006 Ġ. ĠIt Ġlater Ġappeared Ġon ĠCelebration Ġ, Ġher Ġ2009 Ġgreatest Ġhits Ġalbum Ġ. ĠAn Ġupt em po Ġdance Ġsong Ġ, Ġ" ĠSorry Ġ" Ġwas Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġfirst Ġtracks Ġdeveloped Ġfor Ġthe Ġalbum Ġand Ġhad Ġnumerous Ġremix Ġtreatments Ġbefore Ġthe Ġultimate Ġversion Ġof Ġthe Ġtrack Ġwas Ġfinalized Ġ. ĠOne Ġof Ġthe Ġremix es Ġwas Ġdone Ġby Ġthe ĠPet ĠShop ĠBoys Ġ, Ġfeaturing Ġadded Ġlyrics Ġby Ġthe Ġband Ġ. ĠThe Ġactual Ġsong Ġfeatures Ġa Ġdance Ġgroove Ġtempo Ġ. ĠIt Ġtalks Ġabout Ġpersonal Ġempowerment Ġand Ġself Ġ@ - @ Ġsu fficiency Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠSorry Ġ" Ġreceived Ġpositive Ġreviews Ġfrom Ġcontemporary Ġcritics Ġ, Ġwho Ġdeclared Ġthe Ġtrack Ġthe Ġstrongest Ġsong Ġon ĠConf essions Ġon Ġa ĠDance ĠFloor Ġ. ĠSome Ġcritics Ġalso Ġcommented Ġon Ġthe Ġsong Ġ' s Ġdisco Ġ@ - @ Ġinfluenced Ġbeats Ġwhile Ġcomparing Ġit Ġto ĠMadonna Ġ' s Ġolder Ġdance Ġsongs Ġ. ĠIt Ġachieved Ġcommercial Ġsuccess Ġ, Ġtopping Ġthe Ġsingles Ġcharts Ġin ĠItaly Ġ, ĠSpain Ġ, ĠRomania Ġand Ġthe ĠUnited ĠKingdom Ġ, Ġwhere Ġit Ġbecame ĠMadonna Ġ' s Ġtw elfth Ġnumber Ġone Ġsingle Ġ. ĠElse where Ġ, Ġthe Ġsong Ġwas Ġa Ġtop Ġten Ġhit Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġin Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ, Ġthe Ġsong Ġdid Ġnot Ġperform Ġwell Ġdue Ġto Ġan Ġunder play Ġon Ġradio Ġbut Ġwas Ġable Ġto Ġreach Ġthe Ġtop Ġof ĠBillboard Ġ' s Ġdance Ġcharts Ġand