I'm Right Here

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"I'm Right Here"
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Single by Samantha Mumba
Released12 August 2002 (2002-08-12)
Studio
Length3:20
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Bloodshy & Avant
Samantha Mumba singles chronology
"Lately"
(2001)
"I'm Right Here"
(2002)
"Stay in the Middle"
(2009)

"I'm Right Here" is a song by Irish singer Samantha Mumba, the lead single released from her aborted second studio album, Woman (2002). The single was released on 12 August 2002 in the United States and on 14 October 2002 in the United Kingdom. The song reached number three in Ireland and number five in the United Kingdom. It also reached number 32 in Australia and number 51 in Germany.

Contents

Music video

The video for "I'm Right Here" (directed by Darren Grant), features Samantha Mumba and a group of girls in fireman-type outfits hosing down unfaithful men with a fire hose riding in a firetruck. Jamaican deejay Damian Marley, son of reggae singer Bob Marley, and dancer Cris Judd are featured in the video.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes. [1]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States12 August 2002 Contemporary hit radio A&M [21]
United Kingdom14 October 2002
  • CD
  • cassette
[22]
Belgium4 December 2002CDPolydor [23]
Australia12 January 2003
  • Polydor
  • Wildcard
[24]

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