Hoobastank is formally a member of the Billion Views Membership, because the band’s music video for its 2004 observe “The Motive” simply reached the milestone Monday (Aug. 21) on YouTube.
The visible for the observe, which options present members Doug Robb, Chris Hesse, Dan Estrin in addition to authentic bassist Markku Lappalainen, facilities on a lady who regularly will get hit by a automotive. Every time the lady will get hit, the members of the group strive varied techniques to stop the traumatic occasion from taking place over and over, till in the end she’s in a position to stand up and stroll away unscathed by the incident.
“Once we wrote this tune, and later shot the video, by no means in our wildest goals may now we have predicted the attain, longevity and connection it will have with you, our followers and listeners all over the world,” the group captioned a video of them pretending to be unimpressed by the milestone. “We hope it continues to succeed in folks, outdated and new, for years to come back. A billion views is unimaginable. On to the following billion. Thanks all. Each single one among you.”
“The Motive” was launched in 2004 because the second single from Hoobastank’s sophomore album of the identical identify. The observe grew to become the group’s first and solely high 5 hit on the Billboard Sizzling 100. It spent a complete of 38 weeks on the chart peaked at No. 2 on the all-genre tally. The observe moreover hit No. 1 on Various Airplay.
Revisit the video for “The Motive” above, and see Hoobastank’s celebratory submit beneath.
