"Please Forgive Me" is a song by singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 David Gray

David Gray (musician)

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, from his fourth album White Ladder

White Ladder

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. The song was released as the third single on 12" vinyl on 22 November 1999, then re-issued as the fifth single on CD and 10" vinyl on 16 October 2000. On its first release in November 1999, it reached #72 on the UK Singles Chart

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, while the 2000 re-issue peaked at #18.

Gray said in an interview that the inspiration of the song came from "nowhere." Paul Hartnoll

Paul Hartnoll

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 of Orbital

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 was commissioned to remix the song. The remix was pressed as 10" and 12" promos, and was featured as the "record of the week" on Pete Tong

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's Essential Selection

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, gaining massive airplay in Ibiza

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"Please Forgive Me" was featured in the 2001 Irish film On the Edge and also briefly featured in the pilot of the US TV show Scrubs

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Track listings

UK CD single

1. "Please Forgive Me" (Radio Edit) – 3:31
2. "Please Forgive Me" (Paul Hartnoll Remix) – 6:27
3. "Babylon" (Live at The Point, Dublin, 22 December 1999) – 8:37
4. "Please Forgive Me" (Enhanced Video)

UK 10" promo vinyl

1. "Please Forgive Me" (Paul Hartnoll Remix) – 6:27
2. "Please Forgive Me" (Paul Hartnoll Remix II) – 6:27

UK 12" promo vinyl

1. "Please Forgive Me" (Paul Hartnoll Remix) – 6:27
2. "Please Forgive Me" (Original 12" Version) – 5:35

US promo CD single

1. "Please Forgive Me" (Single Mix) – 3:59
2. "Please Forgive Me" (UK Mix) – 3:45