Song:Apologize (Remix)
Album:Dreaming Out Loud
There is always going to be a market for R&B influenced soft rock like OneRepublic. Apologize was their 2007 debut single and their biggest hit to date. The leader of OneRepublic is lead singer and songwriter Ryan Tedder. He formed a band with Zach Filkins while attending high school in Colorado Springs, CO. They played local clubs as This Beautiful Mess. After winning an MTV songwriting contest, Tedder moved to Los Angeles and signed a development deal with producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosely. While writing and producing for other artists, Tedder got Filkins to join him and form a new band. They were called Republic and they signed with Columbia. They were told to change the name as it was too similar to existing bands. It was changed to OneRepublic. They recorded an album but Columbia dropped them and it wasn't released. OneRepublic turned to MySpace to keep their music out there. This led to Mosely signing them to his label. Dreaming Out Loud was released Nov. 2007. Reviews were lukewarm at best. There are two versions of Apologize. The first version was on Dreaming Out Loud. But Mosely remixed it for his own album Shock Value. That's the version that reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Mosely rearranged the song to give it a more R&B feel. Both versions are on the Dreaming Out Loud CD. OneRepublic's other big hit was the top five hit Counting Stars in 2013. They haven't been as successful recently. Tedder has been suffering from anxiety attacks but he has recovered sufficiently to start working on a new OneRepublic album for 2018 release. Tedder also continues a very successful career writing and producing for others including U2, Leona Lewis, Maroon 5 and many others. He could disband OneRepublic and just do that stuff. But he's not ready to do that yet. Here's the video for Apologize by OneRepublic featuring Timbaland.
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