Be Here Now (Basement song)

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"Be Here Now"
Single by Basement
from the album Beside Myself
ReleasedOctober 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)
Recorded2018
Genre Rock [1]
Length3:30
Label Fueled By Ramen, Warner Bros. (UK) [2]
Songwriter(s) Basement
Producer(s)
Basement singles chronology
"Stigmata"
(2018)		"Be Here Now"
(2018)

"Be Here Now" is a song by English rock band Basement. It is their single off of their fourth studio album, Beside Myself . It peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in May 2019, and stayed on the chart for 3 weeks.

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Background

The song is a single off of Basement's fourth studio album, Beside Myself , scheduled for release on October 12, 2018. [3] [4] [5] The song was premiered ahead of the album release, exclusively on Billboard's website on October 2, 2018. [1] The song was the third to be released ahead of the album, following the tracks "Disconnect" and "Stigmata". [6]

Themes and composition

Lyrically, the song has been described as a "powerful meditation on the struggle for contentment." [7] Vocalist and lyricist Andrew Fisher described the song as being about his efforts to try to do a better job of living in the moment:

'Be Here Now' is about how hard I find it to feel content with what I'm doing, when I'm doing it. I over-romanticise the past and the future, remembering what has been and looking forward to what will be, in a completely irrational and unfair way. I struggle to enjoy what I'm currently doing because I'm comparing it to a time in my past when I was 'truly' happy, or thinking about being somewhere else in the future when I believe I will be way happier than now." [8]

Musically, the song was described by Billboard as a "melodic rocker" that "strikes a cozy balance between the grunge textures that used to rule alternative radio and classic emo influences". [1] The song has a more somber and reflective sound to it, and was compared to the work of the band Jimmy Eat World. [9] [1]

Personnel

Basement
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard )38 [10]

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