Back Then Right Now

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"Back Then Right Now"
Tyler Hubbard - Back Then Right Now.png
Single by Tyler Hubbard
from the album Strong
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2023 (2023-09-08)
Genre Country
Length3:24
Label EMI Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tyler Hubbard singles chronology
"Dancin' in the Country"
(2023)
"Back Then Right Now"
(2023)

"Back Then Right Now" is a song by American country music singer Tyler Hubbard, written by him along with David Garcia, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Geoff Warburton. It was released on September 8, 2023, as the lead single from Hubbard's second solo studio album Strong .

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History

Tyler Hubbard wrote "Back Then Right Now" in 2023 during a writing session with David Garcia, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Geoff Warburton at Garcia's studio. Warburton began playing a riff on one of Garcia's guitars which was in an alternate tuning, creating a two-chord pattern to which the others added. Dillon provided the lyric "back then, right now", which she said came from a comment her uncle made about a truck he owned. The four of them decided on making a song with a theme of nostalgia, about which Garcia stated, "Turns out that if you slow down a little bit, you might enjoy this gift of life we have a little bit more." After completing a demo track, Hubbard took it to producer Jordan Schmidt. The final recording includes a number of guitar tracks and a Dobro, all played by session musician Jonny Fung. [1]

Chart performance

Weekly chart performance for "Back Then Right Now"
Chart (2023–2024)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [2] 94
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [3] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 62
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [5]
[6]
1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 9

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