The band achieved its first commercial success on Myspace as an unsigned act. In late 2002, after OneRepublic played shows throughout the Los Angeles area, several record labels approached the band with interest, but the band signed with Velvet Hammer, an imprint of Columbia Records. They made their first album with producer Greg Wells during the summer and fall of 2005 at his studio, Rocket Carousel, in Culver City, California. The album was scheduled for release on June 6, 2006, but the group was dropped by Columbia two months before the album was released. The lead single of that album, "Apologize", was released on April 30, 2006, on Myspace, eventually reaching number one on the Myspace charts.
In 2007, OneRepublic released their debut album, Dreaming Out Loud. Their lead single, "Apologize", was remixed by Timbaland, becoming a huge international success, reaching number one in sixteen countries and subsequently earning them a Grammy Award nomination. The second single, "Stop and Stare", mirrored its predecessor's success. The album was later certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The band's second album, Waking Up (2009), produced the singles "All the Right Moves", "Secrets", "Marchin On", and "Good Life", with the last reaching the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100.
OneRepublic's third album, Native (2013), became the band's first top ten album on the Billboard 200, and highest-charting album to date, charting at number four. The lead single, "If I Lose Myself", charted within the top ten in several countries, while the album's third single, "Counting Stars", became the band's most successful single in recent years, obtaining top-five placements in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, the US, and the UK. This marks their highest-charting single in the United Kingdom to date. It also peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, matching the group's highest peak of "Apologize" in 2007.
On October 7, 2016, OneRepublic released Oh My My, their fourth studio album, featuring several collaborators, including Cassius, Peter Gabriel, and Santigold. Preceded by the singles "Wherever I Go", released on May 13, 2016, and "Kids", released on August 12, 2016, it was recognized as a change in their sound from previous albums by critics and by the band. In 2017, the band released the singles "No Vacancy", "Truth to Power", "Stranger Things" with Kygo and "Rich Love" with Seeb. Their fifth studio album, Human, was released in 2021. The band has sold approximately over 16 million records worldwide.
On November 1, 2021, OneRepublic released the song "Sunshine". The song is used as the theme song to the 2021 film Clifford the Big Red Dog.
In February 2022, OneRepublic released the song "West Coast". The song is the lead single from OneRepublic’s upcoming sixth studio album. The song is an ode to the American state of California and evokes classic 1960s California sounds, stemming from groups such as The Beach Boys and The Mamas and the Papas, along with inspiration from Gorillaz. It has been both a band favorite and a fan favorite for a long time, and it ultimately became a tone-setter for their sixth studio effort. They first started working on “West Coast” during the production process of their 2016 album, Oh My My, but ended up shelving it for later. An earlier version of the song was used for U2’s 2017 hit, “Summer of Love,” which actually turned the original demo into an anti-war track.
After years of anticipation and re-tooling, the final version of “West Coast” was officially made public on February 25, 2022.
On April 1, 2022, OneRepublic released "You Were Loved" as a single with DJ and producer Gryffin. On May 13, 2022, the band released "I Ain't Worried", the second single from the soundtrack for the film Top Gun: Maverick. It will also be featured on their upcoming sixth studio album which is rumored to be released by the end of the summer. On January 31, 2023, Ryan Tedder confirmed in The Great Creators with Guy Raz that he will upload song teasers on social media, and let the public choose the next single.
OneRepublic's varied style of music has been described by Ryan Tedder: "We're no respecter of genre. If it's a good song or a good artist whether rock, pop, indie or hip hop, they've probably influenced us on some level... nothing's new under the sun, we're a sum of a bunch of parts." Specific artists whom OneRepublic has cited as influences include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Beatles, U2, M83, and Prince.
OneRepublic has won several music awards and landed many nominations, including for American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, World Music Awards, and Grammy Awards. Separately, lead singer Ryan Tedder has won three Grammy Awards due to his songwriting credits for Adele and Taylor Swift.
Somebody To Love
OneRepublic Lyrics
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You with someone new
Used to be your focus, now you don't even notice
When I leave the room
You weren't even tryin' to make me jealous
But you can't help it, you can't help it
Somebody to love, somebody to love
Tell me how can I go on without
Somebody to love, somebody to love
Somebody to love
Somebody to love
Somebody to
They say that love comes easy
Whenever it comes easy and I see it on your face
I don't want you to be lonely
But right now, I'm the only one who feels this way
And I ain't even tryin' to make you miss me, make you miss me
I know we're history
But it kills me to know that you found
Somebody to love, somebody to love
Tell me how can I go on without
Somebody to love, somebody to love
Somebody to love
Somebody to love
Somebody to
(Somebody to love somebody)
Somebody to
(Woo)
You weren't even tryin' to make me jealous
But you can't help it, you can't help it
And it kills me to know that you found
Somebody to love, somebody to love
Tell me how can I go on without
Somebody to love, somebody to love
Somebody to love
Somebody to love
Used to be your focus, now you don't even notice
When I leave the room
The lyrics in OneRepublic's song "Somebody to Love" speak to a universal feeling of heartbreak and longing for a lost love. The song is about the pain of seeing someone you once loved move on with someone else while you are left alone. The opening lines - "Never could imagine the way the story happened / You with someone new" - convey this sense of surprise and devastation at the turn of events. The singer knows that they have lost the person they loved and that this person has found someone new to love.
As the song progresses, the singer expresses their feelings of jealousy and despair. They acknowledge that the other person is not trying to hurt them intentionally, but they can't help feeling hurt nonetheless. The line "But you can't help it, you can't help it" speaks to this idea. The chorus is a plea for the other person to come back to the singer and for them to find somebody to love once more. The repeated line "Somebody to love, somebody to love" emphasizes the singer's loneliness and their desire for companionship.
The final lines of the song - "Used to be your focus, now you don't even notice / When I leave the room" - bring the song full circle. The singer reflects on how their relationship used to be and how it has now crumbled away. They are no longer the center of the other person's attention and have become invisible in their eyes. Ultimately, the song conveys a sense of sadness and longing for what once was.
Line by Line Meaning
Never could imagine the way the story happened
The singer could not have predicted how the events in the story would unfold.
You with someone new
The person the singer was once in a relationship with is now with someone else.
Used to be your focus, now you don't even notice
When I leave the room
The singer was once the center of the other person's attention, but now they are ignored and forgotten.
You weren't even tryin' to make me jealous
But you can't help it, you can't help it
The other person's actions are causing the artist to feel jealous, even though the other person is not intentionally trying to make them feel that way.
And it kills me to know that you found
Somebody to love, somebody to love
Tell me how can I go on without
Somebody to love, somebody to love
Somebody to love
Somebody to love
The artist is heartbroken that the other person has found love with someone else, and they are struggling to move on without someone to love.
They say that love comes easy
Whenever it comes easy and I see it on your face
Love is said to be easy, and the singer can see that the other person is experiencing this type of love right now.
I don't want you to be lonely
But right now, I'm the only one who feels this way
The singer does not want the other person to be alone, but they are the only one feeling the way they do at the moment.
And I ain't even tryin' to make you miss me, make you miss me
I know we're history
The artist is not intentionally trying to make the other person miss them, because they know their relationship is over and in the past.
Somebody to
(Somebody to love somebody)
Somebody to
(Woo)
The artist is still yearning for somebody to love, and this phrase emphasizes that desire.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Andrew DeRoberts, Andrew Wells, Brent Kutzle, Ester Dean, Jintae Ko, JT Roach, Ryan Tedder, Shane McAnally
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@po8605
My high school crush just got married a few days ago.
And I felt something unsettling after the wedding.
It's not that I still like him that much or something.
I know it's something else.
Then I came across this song.
Thank you Onerepublic.
This is exactly how I feel.
Thank you.
@ronaldraphel
0% sex
0% nudity
0% violence
100% flowers
@clarissamassey8939
Yeah, haha
@dilsam1476
Yeah man... with out markting the boddies you can do a masterpiece . Example : #OneRepublic
@seleatineorhan8603
😂
@nighthaste4311
That's One Republic for you
@juliandanielbeltran9853
No flowers
Flowers exploding
@mysweetthorne7846
I can cry now i have never seen a lyric video more beautiful than this like how can this happen ? OneRepublic killed it
@spesifikpsikopat
Türk
@anmoltrivedi8886
The feels you get when he is singing the high note and the rose literally explodes! The feeeeelsss!!!! 😭
@milire2668
@@anmoltrivedi8886 tHe fEeLS !! :D