Right About Now (song)

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"Right About Now"
Right About Now (Mousse T single - cover art).jpg
Single by Mousse T. featuring Emma Lanford
from the album All Nite Madness
Released6 December 2004 (2004-12-06)
Length3:16
Label
  • Peppermint Jam
  • free2air
Songwriter(s)
  • Oliver Dommaschk
  • Stavros Ioannou
  • Mousse T.
  • Errol Rennalls
Producer(s) Mousse T.
Mousse T. singles chronology
"Pop Muzak"
(2004)
"Right About Now"
(2004)
"Horny as a Dandy"
(2006)
Emma Lanfordsingles chronology
"Is It 'Cos I'm Cool?"
(2004)
"Right About Now"
(2004)
"Horny as a Dandy"
(2006)

"Right About Now" is a single by German disc jockey Mousse T. It was released as the final single released from his second studio album, All Nite Madness (2004), on 6 December 2004. The song peaked at number 28 on the UK Singles Chart, number 19 in Italy, and number six in Finland. In 2005, the song represented Lower Saxony in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005, placing fourth with 85 points. [1]

Contents

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom6 December 2004
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
free2air [17]
Germany28 January 2005CDPeppermint Jam [7]

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