Apologize

Apologize (song)
"Apologize" (marketed in many countries using the British English spelling "Apologise") is a song written by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder for OneRepublic'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. This remix version contributed greatly to the success of the song.
The song was the biggest radio airplay hit in the history of the Pop Songs radio 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. 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 100chart. The song charted in the Top Three on
the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 13 weeks at number one in Canada. "Apologize" 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, which spent 30 weeks in 1999. It was also ranked number 10 on
the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. It is OneRepublic's biggest hit single in the United States to date.
The original music video for the song, which was not officially released, features sepia-toned, grainy footage of Tedder playing the piano and singing.
Music video
An official video associated with the remix was filmed on September 19, 2007 and released in early October. The video premiered on VH1's Top 20 Countdown on October 27, 2007. The video was directed by Robert Hales and was shot in a recording studio showing Ryan Tedder and the other
band members performing the song. The video also includes scenes from a New Year's
Eve countdown party, starring actor Brian A. Pollack. 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. A European version of the video features clips of the film Keinohrhasen, starring TilSchweiger. 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.
There is also a cover version by T.J. & the Revos entitled "To Late to Apologize: A Declaration", and a video versonwhich uses the tune and altered lyrics in the vein of the American Revolution, was produced in 2010 by Soomo Publishing.
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Too Late To Apologize: a Declaration" is Soomo's first satirical and parody video project and is part of an ongoing effort to facilitate learning in creative, innovative ways. Soomo Publishing creates online assignments that bring the best web resources to the college classroom. Music and video based on "Apologize" by One Republic, featuring Timbaland, 2007.
DIRECTED BY
TIM ALDEN GRANT
WRITTEN BY
EMILIA GRANT
BASED ON AN IDEA BYJOCELYN EVANS and KRISTY MICHAUD
PRODUCED BY
TIM ALDEN GRANT, EMILIA GRANT and ZARA ELIZABETH RICKS
MUSIC PRODUCED BY
MACK BROCK and AARON ROBERTSON
LYRICS BY
EMILIA GRANT (ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BY ONEREPUBLIC)
CAST
THOMAS JEFFERSON - R. KEITH HARRIS
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - BILL GRANT
JOHN HANCOCK - PATRICK GREEN
JOHN ADAMS - KEVIN COYLE
SAM ADAMS - NATHAN SWIFT
KING GEORGE III - TRENT PCENICNI。