Hoobastank Admit They Had A Collaboration With Rihanna — And Scrapped It

After Rihanna's epic Super Bowl halftime show over the weekend, Hoobastank decided it was time to come clean with a confession that seems to be haunting them for years. Singer Doug Robb was the first to divulge that the band recorded a song with the hip-hop icon but decided to release the version without her instead.

"True story. There is a version of a @Hoobastank song featuring @rihanna when she was a 'newer' artist," he tweeted. "Displaying a total lack of foresight, we didn’t use that version of the song for the album. We also didn’t think The Reason was a single though either so…Oops"

When asked if Hoobastank could release the song now Robb admitted he wasn't sure, writing "Possibly?" He also revealed that the track in question is "Inside of You" off Every Man For Himself.

The band also shared the "fun fact" on its official Twitter, writing: "Fun Fact: @rihanna was featured on a Hoobastank song on their 3rd Album. After hearing it, they decided to use the version WITHOUT Rihanna on it because……. well……..because……. they made a mistake."

And in an interview with ALT 98.7's Booker and Stryker, Robb elaborated, "Back when we were recording our third album, we were on island Def Jam. They approached us at one point and were like, 'Hey, would you guys be interested in putting on one of our newer artists on one of your songs?' Which is pretty common. We're like, 'Cool, sure.'" Doug continued, "We had a song that we eventually released called 'Inside of You,' and we sent it to her camp. They chopped it up and rearranged some parts cause it wasn't written as a duet or anything. So they had to extend some parts, and they sent it back and they basically put this pre-chorus where Rihanna wrote some lyrics and sang a melody. We listened to it, and honestly, I think just because we were so used to hearing it the way we had written it, nobody really loved it."

Robb added of whether or not they would ever release the song, "Don't know. We've always talked about it. Whenever we've seen Rihanna, I mean, cause we've bumped into her a few times after that, around that album cycle, and she was always super cool. And so there was never any hard feelings."

Hopefully they can find a way to release that version of "Inside of You" because WE NEED TO HEAR IT! In the meantime, check out the tweets below.