In the United States, “Apologize” peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for four non-consecutive weeks, first blocked from the top spot for two weeks by Chris Brown’s “Kiss Kiss” and then for two weeks by Alicia Keys’ “No One”.
“ Apologize” was OneRepublic’s breakout hit. The music video currently has 294.31 million views.(The Video must be on the account of OneRepublic channel but it is on Timbaland’s channel) It also features footage of people falling and floating in the air in slow motion. It features the same footage as the original but has more scenes from different camera angles.
A Japanese version of the video was also made available for a short time. A European version of the video features clips of the film Keinohrhasen, starring Til Schweiger. In a third version of the video, also directed by Robert Hales and associated with the remix, Timbaland is portrayed remixing the song himself. The video also includes scenes from a New Year’s Eve countdown party, starring actor Brian A. The video was directed by Robert Hales and was shot in a recording studio showing OneRepublic performing the song. The video premiered on VH1’s Top 20 Countdown on October 27, 2007. As the song gained popularity, it was changed to “Timbaland Presents OneRepublic”.Īn official video associated with the remix was filmed on September 19, 2007, and released in early October. When the remix debuted, on the back of the strong Timbaland name, radio outlets announced the artist for the song as “Timbaland” or “Timbaland with OneRepublic”. The guitar solo after the second verse was omitted, completing its transformation to a more R&B style to fit with Shock Value. This version, also produced by Greg Wells, included an extra line of percussion, new backing vocals, and added sound samples, in addition to sound mixing and various other minor changes. Timbaland remixed the song for his second studio album, Shock Value (2007). It was OneRepublic’s biggest hit single in the United States until “Counting Stars” was released in 2013. It was also ranked number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. 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. “ 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. 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. 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 was the biggest radio airplay hit in the history of the Mainstream Top 40 chart in North America, 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.
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