""Yi hakuri" waka ce da Ryan Tedder ya rubuta, wacce ya fara fitowa a kundi na biyu na Timbaland Shock Value (2007). Daga nan aka sake shi a matsayin na uku na kundi (na hudu a Ostiraliya), tare da ainihin rikodin ta OneRepublic. Haka kuma ya zama na farko na farko don kundi na farko na OneRepublic Dreaming Out Loud (2007), wanda Greg Wells ya samar. Sigar Timbaland ta tsallake solo na guitar bayan aya ta biyu a cikin asali, kuma ya haɗa da ƙarin layin kaɗa, sabbin muryoyin goyan baya, da ƙarin samfuran sauti, ban da haɗar sauti da wasu ƙananan canje-canje. Waƙar ita ce mafi girman wasan kwaikwayo na rediyo da aka buga a tarihin Mainstream Top 40 Chart a Amurka, tare da wasan kwaikwayo 10,394 a cikin mako guda, har sai da Leona Lewis ta "Bleeding Love" ta karya rikodin ta, wanda kuma Tedder ya rubuta.. Waƙar ta kasance babbar nasara a duniya, ta kai lamba ɗaya a cikin ƙasashe 16, gami da Ostiraliya, Austria, Kanada, Jamus, Italiya, New Zealand, Sweden, Turkiyya, da Netherlands, tare da kasancewa a lamba ɗaya na makonni takwas a jere a kan jadawalin <i id="mwKg">Billboard</i> Pop 100. Waƙar ta kai lamba ta biyu a kan <i id="mwLA">Billboard</i> Hot 100, ta kasance a saman 10 na makonni 25, kuma ta kwashe makonni 13 a lamba daya a Kanada.
"Gafara" sun sami band ɗin kyautar kyautar Grammy Award don Mafi kyawun Ayyukan Pop ta Duo ko Ƙungiya tare da Vocals kuma an sanya shi lambar 50 a jerin jerin waƙoƙin Billboard Hot 100 na All-Time Top Songs daga ginshiƙi na farko na shekaru 50. Ya shafe makonni 25 a jere a saman 10, mafi tsayin daka a can don kowane waƙa ta hanyar "Sta3" Manyan goma daga 1999 zuwa 2000. [1] Hakanan an sanya shi lamba 10 akan Waƙoƙin Goma 100 na Billboard
An yi fim din bidiyo na hukuma da ke da alaƙa da remix a ranar 19 ga Satumba, 2007, kuma an sake shi a farkon Oktoba. [3] An fara bidiyon ne a kan VH1's Top 20 Countdown a ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 2007. Robert Hales ne ya ba da umarnin bidiyon kuma an harbe shi a cikin ɗakin rikodin da ke nuna OneRepublic yana yin waƙar. Bidiyo ya kuma haɗa da al'amuran daga wani biki na Sabuwar Shekara ta Hauwa'u, wanda ya hada da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Brian A. Pollack.[4] A cikin sigar ta uku ta bidiyon, wanda Robert Hales ya ba da umarni kuma ya haɗa da remix ɗin, an nuna Timbaland yana sake maimaita waƙar da kansa.[5] Wani bidiyon Turai yana nuna shirye-shiryen bidiyo na fim din Keinohrhasen, tare da Til Schweiger . An kuma samar da bidiyon Jafananci na ɗan gajeren lokaci. Yana da nau'ikan fim iri ɗaya kamar na asali amma yana da ƙarin al'amuran daga kusurwoyi daban-daban na kyamara. Har ila yau, yana nuna hotunan mutane suna fadowa da iyo a cikin iska a hankali. Bidiyo na kiɗa a halin yanzu yana da ra'ayoyi miliyan 758.[6]
"Apologize" shi ne fashewar OneRepublic. A Amurka, "Apologize" ya kai lamba ta biyu a kan Billboard Hot 100 na makonni huɗu da ba a jere ba. Ya shafe makonni 11 a lamba uku da makonni 25 a cikin saman 10 kuma ya kai lamba uku na makonni 10 a kan Hot 100 Airplay. Har ila yau, ya hau kan Billboard Pop 100 kuma ya zama na uku daga Shock Value don ya hau kan ginshiƙi. Har ila yau, ya zama kundi na farko na farko a kan Billboard Adult Top 40. Har ila yau, ita ce ta biyu a jere daga Shock Value don kaiwa lamba ɗaya a rediyo na Amurka Mainstream Top 40. Ya zama waƙar goma kawai don sayar da sama da miliyan 5 a watan Mayu 2011 a Amurka. Ya zuwa watan Fabrairun 2014, ya sayar da 5,819,000. A ƙarshen shekara ta 2009, an sanya waƙar a matsayi na goma a kan jadawalin Billboard Hot 100 Decade-End, yana mai da shi waƙar da ta fi girma kuma kawai waƙar da ke saman 10 a can ba don a saman jadawalin mako-mako na Billboard Hot 100 ba.
A Burtaniya, "Apologize" ya hau zuwa lamba 32 a kan ƙarfin sauke dijital kadai, kuma ya kai lamba uku. Waƙar ta shafe makonni 28 a jere a saman 40 da makonni 13 a saman 10. Waƙar ta ƙare a shekara ta 2007 a matsayin ta goma sha shida mafi girma a Burtaniya.[7] A Ostiraliya, ɗayan ya fara ne a lamba 10 a kan ARIA Singles Chart, kuma ya kai lamba ɗaya. Ya kasance a saman makonni takwas a jere, Ruwa ARIA ta tabbatar da shi 4× Platinum.[8][9][10] Waƙar ta kai lamba ɗaya a kan Hot 100 na Kanada da New Zealand RIANZ Chart . Ita ce mafi yawan saukewa a kowane lokaci a Ostiraliya da New Zealand. A kan jadawalin Hot 100 Singles na Turai na Billboard, waƙar ta fara ne a lamba 16, yana mai da shi matsayi mafi girma na kowane sabon aiki a tarihin ginshiƙi. Daga baya ya shiga saman 10. Waƙar ta tafi zinariya a Rasha tare da 100,000 kofe sayar.[11]
A Jamus, an sauke waƙar sau 437,000, yana mai da ita ta uku mafi kyawun saukewa a kowane lokaci bayan Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" da Lena Meyer-Landrut's "Satellite".[12]
Mawallafin Australiya Natalie Gauci ta raira waƙar a cikin fitowar karshe na kakar wasa ta biyar ta Australian Idol a cikin 2007.
Luke Bryan ya rufe "Apologize" a kan Doin 'My Thing . [13]
Kris Allen ya rufe "Apologize" a karo na takwas na American Idol .
Ƙungiyar symphonic metal ta Dutch A cikin Temptation ta rufe waƙar a matsayin wani ɓangare na gabatarwar rediyo na mako-mako don bikin cika shekaru 15, Elements . Waƙar kuma an nuna ta a cikin kundin murfin su The Q-Music Sessions .
Kungiyar Sweden ta All Ends ta rufe waƙar a cikin kundin su All Ends .
Ƙungiyar post-hardcore ta Kanada Silverstein ta rufe waƙar a kan kundin tarin Punk Goes Pop 2.
A ranar 2 ga Fabrairu, 2010, Soomo Publishing ta ɗora wani nau'i na wannan waƙa, mai taken "Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration" zuwa YouTube, wanda ke da ra'ayoyi sama da miliyan 14 har zuwa ranar 21 ga Fabrairun, 2025.[14]
Dan wasan kwaikwayo da mawaƙa Willam ya fitar da murfin murya a cikin 2013 mai taken "RuPaulogize" inda ta tattauna abubuwan da ta samu da rashin cancanta a kakar wasa ta huɗu ta RuPaul's Drag Race . Wanda ya lashe kakar Sharon Needles ya buga RuPaul.
Mawakin kasar Kacey Musgraves da Pixie Lott sun kuma rufe "Apologize".
Taylor Swift ta rufe wannan waƙa a kan Speak Now World Tour a matsayin mashup tare da waƙoƙinta "Back to December" da "Ba You're Not Sorry".
↑"Video". Evertube.com. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
↑"Timbaland - Apologize ft. OneRepublic". YouTube. June 16, 2009. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved Oct 16, 2022.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
↑"Årslista Singlar – År 2008" (in Harshen Suwedan). Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2012.