Right Now (SR-71 song)

"Right Now"
"Right Now"
Single by SR-71
from the album Now You See Inside
Released	September 9, 2000
Genre	Pop punk; skate punk;
Length	2:47
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Mitch Allan; Butch Walker;
SR-71 singles chronology

"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.

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 song is featured on the soundtracks to the 2000 film Loser, and the 2001 video games, Splashdown and MTV Sports: T.J. Lavin's Ultimate BMX.
The song is featured in the game Major League Baseball 2K9.
The song was used in the film Dude, Where's My Car (including its trailer), and the trailer for Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
The song was used for a commercial of Fetch!.
The song is the official theme song for the nationally syndicated radio program The Schnitt Show, hosted by Todd Schnitt. Variations of the song are played at the top of each hour, and as bumper music before and after commercial breaks.

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[]

Chart (2000–2001)	Peak position
Canadian (RPM Rock Chart)^[2]	23
Germany (GfK Entertainment)^[3]	73
U.S. Billboard (Bubbling Under Hot 100)^[4]	2
U.S. Billboard (Mainstream Rock Tracks)	38
U.S. Billboard (Pop Songs)	30
U.S. Billboard (Hot 100 Airplay)	81
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[5]	2

References[]

^ "Soaring to the top while redefining rock". Retrieved May 6, 2021.
^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 71, No. 17, August 28, 2000". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
^ http://hitparade.ch/song/SR-71/Right-Now-112289
^ "Chart Search". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
^ "SR-71 Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

External links[]

"Right Now" Official music video on YouTube

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[1] "Soaring to the top while redefining rock". Retrieved May 6, 2021.

[2] "Rock/Alternative - Volume 71, No. 17, August 28, 2000". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-24.

[3] ttp://hitparade.ch/song/SR-71/Right-Now-112289

[4] "Chart Search". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2017.

[sc_Billboardalternativesongs_SR-71-5] "SR-71 Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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Mitch Allan Pat DeMent Mike Ruocco John Allen Mark Beauchemin Jeff Reid Dan Garvin
Studio albums	Now You See Inside (2000) Tomorrow (2002) Here We Go Again (2004)
Singles	"Right Now" "Politically Correct" "Tomorrow" "1985"