Apologize (song)

"Apologize"
iTunes cover
Single by OneRepublic
from the album Dreaming Out Loud
Released	2006 (original release) November 6, 2007 (digital re-release)
Recorded	2006
Genre	Alternative rock, cello rock, R&B
Length	3:07
Label	Mosley, Interscope
Writer(s)	Ryan Tedder
Producer	Greg Wells
OneRepublic singles chronology
"Apologize" (2006) "Stop and Stare" (2007) Audio sample file info · help

"Apologize" is a song written by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder and was to be part of Britney Spears's album Blackout but only a demo was recorded and the music was not used. A few months later, Tedder recorded and used the music in the band's debut album Dreaming Out Loud. A remix version was included on the Timbaland album, Shock Value and on the deluxe version of Dreaming Out Loud. Luke Bryan also covered this song on his new album, Doin' My Thing.

The song was the biggest radio airplay hit in the history of the Top 40 radio in North America, with 10,331 plays in one week, until its record was broken by Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love," which was also co-written by Tedder.^[1]

The song was a major hit internationally, reaching number-one in 16 countries, including Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, Egypt, Turkey, and the Netherlands, as well as staying at number-one for eight consecutive weeks on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. The song charted in the top three on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent thirteen weeks at number-one in Canada. The song has sold over 4,747,000 digital downloads in the United States to date.^[2]

"Apologize" was ranked #50 on the definitive list of the Billboard Hot 100's All-Time Top Songs list from the chart's first 50 years. It spent 25 consecutive weeks in the top 10, the longest stay there for any song since "Smooth," by Santana which spent 30 weeks in 1999.^[3] It was also ranked #10 on Billboard's Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.^[4] It remains OneRepublic's biggest hit single in the USA to date, and their only one to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents 1 Music video 2 Remix version 2.1 Music video 3 Chart performance 4 Tracks listing 4.1 CD single 4.2 European CD single 4.3 UK CD single 4.4 Australian CD single 5 Release history 6 Charts and certifications 6.1 Charts 6.2 Certifications 6.3 Year-end charts 6.3.1 End of decade positions 7 Precession and succession 8 Covers 9 References 10 External links

Music video

The original music video for the song, which was not officially released, features sepia-toned, grainy footage of Tedder playing the piano and singing.

Remix version

"Apologize"
Single by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic
from the album Timbaland Presents Shock Value, Keinohrhasen and Dreaming Out Loud
Released	September 17, 2007 (see release history)
Recorded	2006–2007
Genre	Pop, R&B, alternative rock
Length	3:08
Label	Interscope
Writer(s)	Tim Mosley, Ryan Tedder
Producer	Greg Wells, Ryan Tedder, Timbaland
Certification	3x Platinum (RIAA)[5] 2x Platinum (ARIA, IFPI SWE) Gold (IFPI Belgium)
Timbaland singles chronology
"Ayo Technology" (2007) "Apologize (Remix)" (2007) "Scream" (2008)
Music video "Apologize" at YouTube

The remix included an extra line of percussion and added sound samples, in addition to auto-tune sound mixing and various other minor changes.

Music video

An official video associated with the remix was filmed on September 19, 2007 and released in early October.^[6] The video premiered on VH1's Top 20 Countdown on October 27, 2007. The video, directed by Robert Hales, was shot in a recording studio and shows Ryan Tedder and the other band members performing the song. The video also includes scenes from a New Year's Eve countdown party.^[7] In a third version of the video, also directed by Robert Hales and associated with the remix, Timbaland is shown remixing the song while the camera circles OneRepublic as they perform.^[8]

A European version of the video features clips of the film Keinohrhasen, starring Til Schweiger.

A Japanese version of the video was also made available for a short time. It features the same footage as the original but has more scenes from different angles of the camera. It also features footage of people falling and floating in the air in slow motion.

Chart performance

"Apologize" proved successful as OneRepublic's breakout hit and first number-one hit. In the United States, "Apologize" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for four non-consecutive weeks. It spent eleven weeks at number three and twenty-five weeks inside the top ten and peaked at number three for ten weeks on the Hot 100 Airplay. It also topped the Billboard Pop 100 and became the third single from Shock Value to have topped the chart. It also became the album's first number-one single on the Billboard Adult Top 40. It is also the second consecutive single from Shock Value to reach number one on the US Mainstream Top 40 radio.

In the United Kingdom, "Apologize" climbed to number thirty two on the strength of digital downloads alone, and peaked at number three. The song spent 28 consecutive weeks in the Top 40 and 13 weeks in the Top 10. The song ended 2007 as the year's sixteenth biggest selling single in the UK.^[9]

In Australia, the single debuted at number ten on the ARIA Singles Chart, and peaked at number one. It stayed at the top for eight consecutive weeks, and was certified 4x Platinum by ARIA.^[10][11] The song reached number one on both the Canadian Hot 100 and New Zealand RIANZ Chart. It is the most downloaded single of all time in Australia and New Zealand.

On Billboard's official European Hot 100 Singles chart, the song debuted at number sixteen, making it the highest debut chart position of any new act in the history of the chart. It later entered the top ten.

The song went gold in Russia with 100,000 copies sold. ^[12]

Tracks listing

CD single

1. "Apologize (Remix)" (Radio edit)
2. "Apologize (Remix)" (Album version)
3. "Give It to Me" (Laugh at 'Em Remix)

European CD single

1. "Apologize (Remix)" (Radio edit)
2. "Apologize" (Album version)
3. "The Way I Are" (OneRepublic remix)
4. "Apologize (Remix)" (Video)

UK CD single

1. "Apologize (Remix)" (Album version)
2. "Give It to Me" (Laugh at 'Em Remix) (Radio edit)

Australian CD single

1. "Apologize" (Timbaland presents OneRepublic) - 3:06
2. "Apologize" (OneRepublic Version) - 3:27

Release history

Region	Date
United States	September 17, 2007
Netherlands	October 20 2007
United Kingdom	October 29, 2007
Europe	November 9, 2007
Australia	November 19, 2007

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2007/2008) Peak position Australian Singles Chart[13] 1 Austrian Singles Chart[13] 1 Belgian Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders)[13] 2 Belgian Ultratop 40 Singles (Wallonia)[14] 2 Canadian Hot 100[13] 1 Danish Singles Chart[13] 2 Dutch Top 40[13] 1 Finnish Singles Chart[13] 4 French Singles Chart[15] 7 German Singles Chart[13] 1 Irish Singles Chart 2 Italian Singles Chart[16] 1 New Zealand Singles Chart[13] 1 Norwegian Singles Chart[13] 2 Romanian Top 100[17] 2 Romanian Download Chart[18] 1 Russian Singles Chart[19] 2 Spanish Singles Chart[13] 1 Swedish Singles Chart[13] 1 Swiss Singles Chart[13] 1 Turkey Top 20 Chart[20] 2 UK Singles Chart[13] 3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 1

Certifications Country Certifications (sales thresholds) Sales or Shipments Australia 4x Platinum[21] 280,000 Belgium Platinum[22] 20,000 Canada Platinum[23] 80,000 Denmark Platinum[24] 60,000 Finland Platinum[25] 20,000 Germany 2x Platinum[26] 600,000 New Zealand Platinum[27] 15,000 Russia Gold( Ring-back tone)[28] 100,000 Sweden 2x Platinum[29] 40,000 Switzerland 4x Platinum[30] 120,000 United States 3× Platinum[31] 3,000,000 Year-end charts Chart (2007) Rank German Singles Chart [32] 32 Chart (2008) Rank German Singles Chart [33] 1 End of decade positions Chart (2000–2009) Position UK Singles Chart[34] 90 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[35] 10 U.S. Billboard Pop 100[36] 1 U.S. Billboard Radio Songs[37] 10 U.S. Billboard Digital Songs[38] 10 U.S. Billboard Ringtones[39] 33

Precession and succession

Preceded by "Stronger" by Kanye West	Canadian Hot 100 number-one single November 3, 2007 - January 26, 2008	Succeeded by "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
	Turkish Singles Chart number-one single October 25, 2007	Succeeded by "No One" by Alicia Keys
	Billboard Pop 100 number-one single (first run) November 3, 2007 - November 24, 2007
Preceded by Västerbron & Vampires EP by Laakso	Swedish Singles Chart number-one single November 8, 2007 - November 21, 2007 (first run)	Succeeded by S.O.S. by Ola Svensson
Preceded by S.O.S. by Ola Svensson	Swedish Singles Chart number-one single November 29, 2007 - December 12, 2007 (second run)	Succeeded by This Moment by Marie Picasso
Preceded by "2 Hearts" by Kylie Minogue	Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single November 26, 2007 - January 13, 2008	Succeeded by "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis
Preceded by "Kiss Kiss" by Chris Brown featuring T-Pain	New Zealand RIANZ number-one single October 29, 2007 - December 17, 2007
Preceded by "No One" by Alicia Keys	Billboard Pop 100 number-one single (second run) December 8, 2007 - December 29, 2007	Succeeded by "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
Preceded by "Eén wereld" by Jeroen van der Boom	Dutch Top 40 number-one single December 29, 2007 - January 25, 2008	Succeeded by "Valerie" by Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse
Preceded by "Baby Let's Play House" by Elvis Presley	Italian FIMI Singles Chart number-one single first run February 14–21, 2008	Succeeded by "Baby Let's Play House" by Elvis Presley
	Italian FIMI Singles Chart number-one single second run February 28, 2008 - March 5, 2008	Succeeded by "Estupido" by Cinema2
Preceded by "1973" by James Blunt	Slovak Airplay Chart number-one single November 8, 2007 - February 21, 2008	Succeeded by "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis
Preceded by "Eres Tonto" by El Canto Del Loco	Los 40 Principales Spain May 17, 2008	Succeeded by "Eres Tonto" by El Canto Del Loco

Covers

• In 2007, the alternative metal band All Ends covered the song on their debut self-titled album.
• In 2009, the post-hardcore band Silverstein covered the song on Fearless Records compilation album Punk Goes Pop 2.
• In 2009, Corrin Campbell covered the song on her debut album Game Night.
• In 2009, David Archuleta performed the song on tour with Demi Lovato.
• Luke Bryan has recorded a cover for his album Doin' My Thing.
• Vocaloid2 singer Hatsune Miku covered the song produced by TzenSen.
• District 78 mixed a version of this song for America's Best Dance Crew champions the Jabbawockeez for their first week performance for the first season of the show. This dance routine has since become one of the most popular ones for fans to cover.
• Pixie Lott has done a cover of "Apologize".
• Hardstyle group Showtek has done a cover using remixed segments of "Apologize".

References

External links

• Official Website
• Dreaming Out Loud UK Website
• Apologize (song) at MySpace
• Apologize (song) on Twitter
• Official music video for "Apologize" at YouTube
• Official music video for "Apologize" International version at YouTube
• Unofficial original music video for "Apologize" at YouTube

v • d • e OneRepublic Ryan Tedder  · Zach Filkins  · Eddie Fisher  · Brent Kutzle  · Drew Brown Studio albums Dreaming Out Loud  · Waking Up Singles "Apologize"  · "Stop and Stare"  · "Say (All I Need)"  · "Mercy"  · "Come Home"  · "All the Right Moves"  · "Secrets"  · "Marchin On" Related Discography  · Mosley Music Group

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