I Beg Your Pardon


"I Beg Your Pardon" is the debut single by Canadian synthpop duo Kon Kan, from their 1988 debut album Move to Move. It was written by Kon Kan member Barry Harris, and American musician Joe South, who is credited due to the song's heavy sampling of "Rose Garden", which he wrote.
As well as Lynn Anderson's 1970 hit "Rose Garden", "I Beg Your Pardon" also contains samples of other songs, including GQ's "Disco Nights ", 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 and U.S., where it peaked at numbers 5 and 15, respectively.
Barry Harris said that the song was "the question to Lynn Anderson's 'Rose Garden' answer." It was Harris' first studio project, and was initially released on an unknown independent record label in Toronto.

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