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The Reason by Hoobastank

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]

stapleDrafted 2026-09-01Confidence 0.45

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).

  1. MarketFirst seenPeak
  2. New Zealandnz · shazam#26
  3. Argentinaar · deezer shazam · 1 city#27
  4. Spaines · shazam · 3 cities#27
  5. United Statesus · shazam · 14 cities#28
  6. Uruguayuy · shazam#29
  7. Chilecl · shazam · 1 city#31
  8. Mexicomx · shazam · 1 city#35
  9. Perupe · deezer shazam · 1 city#42

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.

  1. MarketFirst seenPeak
  2. World feedworld · shazam#14
  3. Global feedglobal · youtube#427

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.

  1. us 14 cities · best #28 corpus christi
  2. es 3 cities · best #27 sevilla
  3. ar 1 city · best #27 buenos aires
  4. cl 1 city · best #31 santiago
  5. mx 1 city · best #35 monterrey
  6. 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

The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.

Slug
hoobastank__the-reason

Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).

Sources
applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify, youtube

Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.

The weekly pressing

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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Ranks and positions only. We hold no licensed stream counts and never imply one. Every date on this page is the date the source chart covers.

Data: Spotify, Shazam, Apple Music, YouTube · Chart: Rotation