High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Forgive Me" is a song by British singer Leona Lewis featured on the North American version of her debut album Spirit (2008). It was released as the fourth single of the album in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2008. The song was written by Aliaune "Akon" Thiam, Claude Kelly and Giorgio Tuinfort, and produced by Akon. Lyrically, "Forgive Me" is a R&B, dance-pop and soul written in A minor. Its lyrics reference about a girl who has found a new love and she is asking forgiveness to her old love.