One Republic Part 5

Waking Up (2009–2011)

On September 24, 2008, the band stated during a concert at the London Forum in England, they were working on new songs for a new album to be released in the summer of 2009. The band played one of the newly recorded songs titled, "All the Right Moves". The band relocated to Denver, Colorado to complete work on the album. It was mistakenly believed that the name of the album would be Today.
The album, titled Waking Up, was released on November 17, 2009. A deluxe version of the album was released with four bonus tracks. Four singles have been released from the album: "All the Right Moves", "Secrets", "Marchin On" and "Good Life".
"All The Right Moves" peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album received mixed reviews from critics. It peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold over 200,000 copies in the United States.
"Secrets" was used in a promo for the sixth and final season of Lost. It was also used in the 2010 film The Sorcerer's Apprentice and in promotional material for the TV series Pretty Little Liars and Nikita and was featured in 90210, 30 Rock and CSI Miami (Season 9 Episode 6) as well. It is also used as the music for Ralph Lauren Polo's "The Big Pony Collection" men.
Four songs were featured on The Vampire Diaries, "Say (All I Need)" and "Marchin On" in season 1, and "All This Time" and "Come Home" in season 2. Other songs have also been featured on the TV series One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, and Castle. The song "Good Life" is featured in the trailers for One Day and Eat Pray Love, as well as in the film Easy A, an episode of Cougar Town and in recent Disney Resort commercials. It has also been used in a Honda commercial.
The song "Made for You" was also featured in 2012 season promos for Starz and Encore, respectively.
OneRepublic was featured on Leona Lewis's second album Echo on the track "Lost Then Found". OneRepublic also collaborated for the second time with Timbaland on his album Shock Value II on the track "Marchin On".
In January 2010, the band performed a live set for the UK's The Sun newspaper, which included a cover version of Robbie Williams' song "Millennium". On March 31, 2010, OneRepublic performed "All The Right Moves" on The Tonight Show.
On June 5, 2010, the band supported Pink on her Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour at Innsbruck.
OneRepublic supported Bon Jovi at The O2 Arena on June 17, 19, and 20, 2010.
The band also went on to perform at The Today Show in April during the second half of the program. They were again featured as the guest for the show's Summer Concert Series on May 28, 2010. On September 12, 2010, they played at the Help for Heroes gig in Twickenham Stadium, London.The band supported Maroon 5 for a fall 2010 tour. Google used the song "Good Life" in its 2010 in review video, introducing the band to thousands of new fans. The song is also currently used as the theme to the DisneyParks campaign "Let the Memories Begin". A music video for the song was filmed in front of Cinderella's Castle at Disney World and the song was performed in front of Sleeping Beauty castle in Disneyland for the 2011/2012 New Years Rockin Eve airing. The band also was on Dancing With the Stars as a musical guest. Rumors have been spreading amongst fans that OneRepublic has been working on a third album while touring. Excitement grew when guitarist, Zach Filkins, announced on YouTube that the band was on the set of its music video "Good Life" and that a third album was coming soon. A recent interview with Filkins by Alternative Addiction states that the album will further exemplify the band's sound and evolution: "We've been playing the songs on Waking Up for a while, and I think we are all beginning to feel like we are ready to have something new coming up." Eddie Fisher, drummer, told fans on Twitter that the band will continue touring with songs from Waking Up and will then move on to the third album in the fall of 2011. OneRepublic confirmed via official Twitter on 18 April 2011 that the album will be released sometime in 2012. Also on April 18, 2011, the band performed a new song that it wrote in New York for the third album called "Life in Color" live for the first time in Vienna. The band announced on Twitter that the first single from its third album would be released in Spring 2012. On January 19, 2012, OneRepublic released a video of them recording a song called "Burning Bridges" that included heavy strings instruments, and stated that they were recording the album "one song at a time".
Faith Hill covered "Come Home" for her upcoming album. "It's such a great song," Hill said. "So well-written -- a beautiful lyric and sentiment combined with a driving musical undertone and instrumentation. I'm really excited for fans of country radio to hear the song." Tedder responded with a positive reaction, saying, "Just heard Faith Hill's 'Come Home' finally. LOVE IT. It's not a cover- it's hers- she took it to another level. She owned it & beat it."
OneRepublic announced that they would be releasing its first Christmas single called "Christmas Without You". The band wrote on Twitter: "Putting final touches on our Christmas song- we went old school, doesnt sound like ANYTHING we've done. We want it timeless. Crosby, Sinatra." The single was released via iTunes on November 21, 2011. It was performed at the national Christmas tree lighting ceremony.