Right_Now_(SR-71_song)

Right Now (SR-71 song)

Right Now (SR-71 song)

2000 single by pop punk group SR-71


"Right Now" is the debut single by American pop punk group SR-71 from their debut studio album, Now You See Inside. The song reached number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It remained in the top 10 in on the chart for 11 consecutive weeks and became the biggest hit of the band's career, leading to many critics labeling the band as a one-hit wonder.

Quick Facts Single by SR-71, from the album Now You See Inside ...

Meaning

Mitch Allan explained what "Right Now" is about in a 2000 interview:

"It's about when you meet a girl and you like her and she's a great lay, and she wants more than just sex out of the relationship and you don't. You end up fighting and arguing all the time about the same thing, but also you don't want to break up with her."[1]

Appearances in other media

  • The band performed the song on the second episode of the short-lived 2000 NBC primetime soap opera Titans.

Music videos

Two music videos for "Right Now" were shot. Version 1 features the band performing the song on a live setlist.

The second music video for "Right Now" features SR-71 playing the song in front of fans, intercut with scenes of the band running from a mob of fangirls. The second video ends as it is revealed that it was all a dream. Version 2 of the video got more heavy airplay on MTV than Version 1.

Charts

More information Chart (2000โ€“2001), Peak position ...

References

  1. Trawinski, Jennifer (October 17, 2000). "Soaring to the top while redefining rock". The McGill Tribune. Vol. 20, no. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2021 โ€“ via Issuu.
  2. "Chart Search". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2017.



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