
The Reason
Hoobastank
"The Reason" by Hoobastank has charted in 32 markets across 5 platforms, peaking at #5 (TN) on the Rotation chart.
- Markets
- 32
- First seen
- 2026-07-20
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-05
- Peak
- #5 tn
Started in 17 markets, now in 32.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
"The Reason" is Hoobastank's biggest hit, peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 2004 and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and it was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 2005 Grammy Awards. [1] Its ongoing use in short-form video dates to a 2021 TikTok confessional format under the hashtag #NotAPerfectPerson, in which users set admissions of past mistakes to the song's opening line "I'm not a perfect person"; Hoobastank posted their own entry on January 27, 2021. [2] The band continues to perform the song on the road, with Hoobastank booked on 2026 festival and touring dates including the Summer of '99 and Beyond Festival on July 18-19, 2026. [3]
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- New Zealandnz · shazam#150#26#150
- Argentinaar · deezer shazam · 1 city#57#27#57
- Spaines · shazam · 3 cities#43#27#43
- United Statesus · shazam · 14 cities#143#28#143
- Uruguayuy · shazam#153#29#153
- Chilecl · shazam · 1 city#80#31#80
- Mexicomx · shazam · 1 city#110#35#110
- Perupe · deezer shazam · 1 city#45#42#45
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#17#14#17
- Global feedglobal · youtube#481#427#481
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 14 cities · best #28 corpus christi
- es 3 cities · best #27 sevilla
- ar 1 city · best #27 buenos aires
- cl 1 city · best #31 santiago
- mx 1 city · best #35 monterrey
- pe 1 city · best #46 lima
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- USIR20300704
- Slug
- hoobastank__the-reason
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify, youtube
The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.
Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
A new pressing every week.
The records moving and what moved them, plus the occasional note about something we have built.
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