12/31/2022 0 Comments One republic apologize remix tiesto"I always knew Apologize should be a hit, but I had no idea it would be this big a hit.'' "I've gone full circle back to Timbaland,'' Tedder jokes. "But in the end I decided it was probably a good thing, I thought I'd just sit back and see what happened.''Ī global No.1 later and two million copies of the song sold in the US alone, Tedder is not only "vindicated'', he's signed the band to Timbaland's record label. When Timbaland was compiling his Shock Value album - collaborations with a range of artists - he called Tedder, wanting to remix Apologize for the record. The label said 'You have to get rid of him' - it was the hardest thing we've ever had to do.'' "He was covered in tattoos, he looked like he should be in Blink 182. "He went nuts.''Ĭolumbia didn't go quite so nuts, shelving their album in 2006 and insisting the band sack their original drummer. "He called me straight away and went `Oh my God, this song's a hit','' Tedder says. One of the songs he had used to land the deal was Apologize, written at his father's house in Colorado.Įven though he'd left Timbaland's shadow, Tedder still sent a copy of the song to the producer. He had also assembled a band - OneRepublic - and scored a deal with Columbia Records. Tedder decided it was time to leave Timbaland and started a career writing songs for other artists. I watched him working on Justin Timberlake's first album Justified, watched him with Missy Elliott, Ludacris, Bubba Sparxxx, Lil' Kim. "He'd wanted to collaborate with me but he just got so busy I ended up being an observer. "I was a young producer learning my chops and even at that time, five years ago, he was the best in the world,'' Tedder says. But Timbaland's work schedule saw Tedder bumped to the back of the queue.īetween 20 Tedder was fast-tracked into the inner sanctum of Timbaland's studio. Once it expired, Tedder took Timbaland up on his collaboration offer. Timbaland called Tedder, who was tied to the Bass contract for a year. Luckily for Tedder, one person watching MTV that day was producer Timbaland. Tedder's song The Look was a hit with viewers and he was signed to Bass's management company and there was talk of a record deal. His first taste of the music business came with an internship for Dreamworks' Nashville arm.Īt 21, Tedder thought his big break had come when 'N Sync's Lance Bass chose him from a new talent showcase on MTV. "Any time you mix Christianity, money and business, things get mucked up.'' "There's always some kind of scandal happening at that place,'' Tedder jokes. He started his songwriting career while studying at infamous preacher Oral Roberts' university. His musical CV is littered with disappointment and heartbreak. Ironically, Tedder saw both songs rejected by record companies over the past three years. ![]() In Australia, Apologize was finally dethroned by Leona Lewis's Bleeding Love, a song Tedder His band's debut single Apologize was the unavoidable song of the summer, topping charts around the globe. Ryan Tedder, frontman of US band OneRepublic, is on top of the world this year.
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