Right Here, Right Now (Fatboy Slim song)

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"Right Here, Right Now"
Single by Fatboy Slim
from the album You've Come a Long Way, Baby
B-side"Don't Forget Your Teeth"
Released19 April 1999 (1999-04-19)[1]
Length
  • 6:27 (album version)
  • 5:58 (single version)
  • 3:56 (radio edit)
LabelSkint
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim singles chronology
"Praise You"
(1999)
"Right Here, Right Now"
(1999)
"Build It Up – Tear It Down"
(1999)
Music video
"Right Here, Right Now" on YouTube

"Right Here, Right Now" is a song by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released on 19 April 1999 as the fourth single from his second studio album, You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998). The song samples "Ashes, the Rain & I" by James Gang and an Angela Bassett quote from American science fiction thriller film Strange Days (1995).[2] "Right Here, Right Now" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and became a top-40 hit in Australia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, and the Walloon region of Belgium. It was voted by Mixmag readers as the 10th-greatest dance record of all time.[3]

Critical reception[edit]

The Scottish newspaper Daily Record called the song "brilliant".[4] Its popularity was further spread across Europe through viral use in advertisements by companies such as Adidas.[5]

Music video[edit]

The music video for the song, created by Hammer & Tongs, is an elaborate homage to the famous opening sequence of the French educational series Once Upon a Time... Man. It shows a timeline depicting the entire process of human evolution condensed into three and a half minutes.

Track listings[edit]

UK and Australian CD single; UK 12-inch single[6][7]

  1. "Right Here, Right Now"
  2. "Don't Forget Your Teeth"
  3. "Praise You" (original version)

UK cassette single and European CD single[8][9]

  1. "Right Here, Right Now"
  2. "Don't Forget Your Teeth"

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[28] Gold 30,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] Platinum 600,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

In popular culture[edit]

In 2004, then–Leader of the Labour Party Tony Blair used the song during a Labour Party conference without Cook's permission, just one year after the start of the Iraq War. Cook openly opposed its usage, claiming that the usage "implies that I support Blair. Nothing could be further from the truth."[30]

On 8 October 2019, Fatboy Slim made a remix of the song using environmental activist Greta Thunberg's United Nations speech.[31] The song was used for the opening sequence of the pilot episode for the television series Third Watch.[32]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 19 April, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 April 1999. p. 27. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ https://www.indy100.com/showbiz/fatboy-slim-strange-days-angela-bassett
  3. ^ What is the Greatest Dance Track of All Time? Mixmag (15 February 2013).
  4. ^ "Chart Slot". Daily Record. 7 May 1999. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ^ Shepherd, John; Horn, David; Laing, Dave; Oliver, Paul; Wicke, Peter (6 March 2003). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 1: Media, Industry, Society. A&C Black. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-84714-473-7.
  6. ^ Right Here, Right Now (UK & Australian CD single liner notes). Fatboy Slim. Skint Records. 1999. SKINT 46CD, 667149 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Right Here, Right Now (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Fatboy Slim. Skint Records. 1999. SKINT 46.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Right Here, Right Now (UK cassette single sleeve). Fatboy Slim. Skint Records. 1999. SKINT 46MC.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Right Here, Right Now (European CD single liner notes). Fatboy Slim. Skint Records. 1999. SKI 667149 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ "Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  11. ^ "Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  12. ^ "Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  13. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 19. 8 May 1999. p. 8. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now" (in French). Les classement single.
  15. ^ "Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 24. 12 June 1999. p. 10. Retrieved 8 June 2020. See LW column.
  17. ^ "Íslenski Listinn (3.6–10.6. 1999)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 4 June 1999. p. 10. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  18. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Right Here Right Now". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  20. ^ "Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now". Top 40 Singles.
  21. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  22. ^ "Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now". Singles Top 100.
  23. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  24. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  25. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  26. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  27. ^ "Best Sellers of 1999: Singles Top 100". Music Week. 22 January 2000. p. 27.
  28. ^ "Brazilian single certifications – Fatboy Slim – Right Here Right Now" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  29. ^ "British single certifications – Fatboy Slim – Right Here Right Now". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  30. ^ NME (25 October 2004). "FATBOY FURY AT BLAIR-FACED CHEEK!". NME. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  31. ^ Kaufman, Gil (8 October 2019). "Watch Fatboy Slim Play the Greta Thunberg 'Right Here, Right Now' Remix Live". Billboard. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  32. ^ ""Third Watch" Welcome to Camelot (TV Episode 1999)". IMDb.

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