Song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Marty, Ricky and Kim Wilde performed this song at the Action for AIDS concert at Wembley Stadium in London, April 1987. A video recording of this song was released on a video called ‘Stand by me’.
In 2007, Marty Wilde released a career-spanning compilation album to celebrate his 50 years in the music business. The cd, Born to Rock ‘n’ Roll, featured a new recording of Kim and himself singing ‘Sorry Seems to Be he Hardest Word’, which was released as a promotional CD-single only.
Kim about ‘Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word’
It was nice to be able to sing with [Marty] at last. I know if I’d done it earlier in my career I’d have been flogged mercilessly, even more so than I have been. I’m not saying I want to be taken seriously, I don’t want that at all, but I do love being in music and I’d like people to believe that. Whatever you lot think about me, I’m still around.
Lyrics
What have I got to do to make you love me
What have I got to do to make you care
What do I do when lightning strikes me
And I wake to find that you’re not there
What do I do to make you want me
What have I got to do to be heard
What do I say when it’s all over
And sorry seems to be the hardest word
It’s sad, so sad
It’s a sad, sad situation
And it’s getting more and more absurd
It’s sad, so sad
Why can’t we talk it over
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word
What do I do to make you love me
What have I got to do to be heard
What do I do when lightning strikes me
What have I got to do
What have I got to do
When sorry seems to be the hardest word