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Kon Kan – I Beg Your Pardon (US 12″ Single)

“I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)“, was the first single from Kon Kan‘s 1989 debut album, Move to Move. The song sampled Lynn Anderson‘s 1971 hit, “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden“, Silver Convention‘s 1976 hit, “Get Up And Boogie (That’s Right)”, Spagna‘s 1987 hit, “Call Me” as well as the opening bars from the theme music from “The Magnificent Seven“, composed by the late Elmer Bernstein (it was also well-known as the theme to a commercial for Marlboro cigarettes in the 1960s).

“I Beg Your Pardon” reached number fifteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of March 11, 1989.

Artist Bio:

Kon Kan was a Canadian synthpop band which consisted of Barry Harris (vocals, keyboard, guitar) and Kevin Wynne (vocals), formed in the late 1980s in Toronto. The band’s name is a parody of the Canadian content regulation (often referred to as “Can Con”), which mandates that thirty percent of songs played on commercial radio stations in Canada must be Canadian in origin.

They had a second single, another original/cover combination, “Puss ‘n Boots“. The track included samples of Led Zeppelin‘s “Immigrant Song” and Nancy Sinatra‘s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’“. Another single, “Harry Houdini“, failed to chart in the United States, but managed a Top 40 placing in Canada.

Wynne, who sang on all but two tracks from Move to Move, left in 1989 and is currently a semi-pro video golfer. Harris released two more albums under the band’s original name. Whilst 1990′s “Syntonic” couldn’t boast a big hit single like its predecessor, it did once again cleverly fuse catchy dance tracks with original songs such as Jimmy Soul’s “If You Wanna Be Happy” on “(Could’ve Said) I Told you So” and Canadian band Trooper’s “We’re Here For A Good Time” on “Time”.

Barry Harris gained post-Kon Kan popularity as half of Thunderpuss (sometimes credited as Thunderpuss 2000), collaborating with DJ Chris Cox, producing and remixing dozens of dance hits for many major music artists in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Single Information:

This 12″ single came in a generic but pretty cool Atlantic company sleeve from the time.

Label:

Atlantic

Catalog Number:

0-86467

Track Listing and Details:

Side One

1. I Beg Your Pardon (Club Mix) (6:39)

2. I Beg Your Pardon (Radio Mix) (3:59)

Side Two

3. I Beg Your House (6:16)

4. I Beg Your Pardon (Instrumental) (7:12)

Credits:

Engineer Tom Gerencser
Mixed by Barry Harris , Men From VLEV, The
Produced and written by Barry Harris
Vocals Kevin Wynne

Rip Information:

Source: US 12″ single

Format: mp3

Bitrate: 320 kbps

Password: steptothebeat

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