Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word est une chanson écrite par Ray Charles et interprétée par Elton John, parue en 1976 pour son album Blue Moves.
Elle a notamment été reprise par Joe Cocker et le guitariste Francis Goya. De même, l'artiste jazz québécoise Térez Montcalm, sur l'album Voodoo (2006), parmi d'autres reprises (Sweet dreams de Eurythmics, Voodoo Child de Jimi Hendrix entre autres), interprète avec brio cette chanson. Elle a été reprise 26 ans plus tard en duo avec le Genius Ray Charles (ce dernier se serait éteint un mois après son dernier enregistrement), pour son tout dernier album Genius Loves Company en 2004. Une version en allemand a été réalisée par Anne Haigis (Nacht aus Glas) en 1994.

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 have I got to 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 (so sad)
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
It's sad, so sad (so sad)
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word
It's sad, so sad (so sad)
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
It's sad, so sad (so sad)
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word
What have I do to make you love me, oh
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