Apologize (OneRepublic song)

"Apologize"
Single by Timbaland and OneRepublic
from the album Shock Value
B-side	"Give It to Me (Laugh at Em) (Remix)"
Released	September 17, 2007
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	3:04
Label	Mosley Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Ryan Tedder
Producer(s)	Greg Wells Ryan Tedder Timbaland
Timbaland singles chronology
"The Way I Are" (2007) "Apologize" (2007) "Scream" (2007)
Music video
"Apologize" on YouTube

"Apologize"
Single by OneRepublic
from the album Dreaming Out Loud
Released	September 17, 2007 (single) November 20, 2007 (album)
Genre	Pop rock[1] soft rock[2]
Length	3:28
Label	Mosley Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Ryan Tedder
Producer(s)	Greg Wells
OneRepublic singles chronology
"Apologize" (2007) "Stop and Stare" (2007)
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"Apologize" is a song written by Ryan Tedder, which first appeared on Timbaland's second studio album Shock Value (2007). It was then released as the third single from that album (fourth in Australia), along with the original recording by OneRepublic. It accordingly also served as the debut single for OneRepublic's debut album Dreaming Out Loud (2007), produced by Greg Wells. Timbaland's version omits the guitar solo after the second verse in the original, and includes an extra line of percussion, new backing vocals, and added sound samples, in addition to sound mixing and a few other minor changes. The song was the biggest radio airplay hit in the history of the Mainstream Top 40 chart in the United States, with 10,394 plays in one week, until its record was broken by Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love", which was also co-written by Tedder.^[3] The song was a major hit internationally, reaching number one in 16 countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, Turkey, and the Netherlands, as well as staying at number one for eight consecutive weeks on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, staying in the top-10 for 25 weeks, and spent 13 weeks at number one in Canada.^[4]

"Apologize" earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and was ranked number 50 on the 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 featuring Rob Thomas, which spent 30 weeks in 1999.^[5] It was also ranked number 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.^[6]