"Apologize" earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and 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 was OneRepublic's biggest hit single in the United States until "Counting Stars" was released in 2013.