"Right Now" | ||||
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Single by Atomic Kitten | ||||
from the album Right Now | ||||
B-side | "Something Spooky" | |||
Released | 29 November 1999 | |||
Studio | ||||
Genre | Disco [1] | |||
Length | 3:35 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Absolute | |||
Atomic Kitten singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Atomic Kitten - Right Now" on YouTube |
"Right Now" is the debut single of English girl group Atomic Kitten from their first album of the same name (2000). The song was re-recorded twice: once for the album's 2001 re-issue with new member Jenny Frost and again in 2004 for the group's Greatest Hits album. The 2004 version, titled "Right Now 2004", proved to be a greater international chart success. The song was written by Atomic Kitten founders and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark members Andy McCluskey and Stuart Kershaw.
The single was released on 29 November 1999. [2] "Right Now" stayed in the British charts for 11 weeks, reaching number 10. [3] In Belgium, the song peaked at number 17, charting for eight weeks. [4] In Oceania, "Right Now" peaked at 40 in New Zealand and 72 in Australia. [5] [6]
The video for the original 1999 release opens with workmen assembling the tiled dancefloor inside the studio. It shows Atomic Kitten walking through Liverpool wearing wet and shiny jackets, in a baker's shop, down in a lift in a department store, getting in a car, and on an open top double decker bus. This video includes the shots of Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon, and Kerry Katona in three tunnels at a time (red and blue). During the first chorus, the group members and dancers dance on the multi-coloured tiled dancefloor with holes to the tunnels, radio speakers at the side, and a green ramp.
UK CD1 [7]
UK CD2 [8]
UK cassette single [9]
| European CD single [10]
Japanese CD single [11]
Australian CD single (2001) [12]
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Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes and the Right Now album booklet. [7] [13]
Studios
Personnel
Chart (1999–2000) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [6] | 72 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] | 17 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [5] | 40 |
Scotland (OCC) [14] | 11 |
UK Singles (OCC) [3] | 10 |
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [15] with "Eternal Flame" | 47 |
Region | Version | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | "Right Now" | 29 November 1999 | CD | [2] | |
Australia | 7 February 2000 | [16] | |||
Japan | 23 February 2000 | Virgin | [17] | ||
New Zealand | 6 March 2000 |
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Australia | "Right Now" / "Eternal Flame" | 17 September 2001 | CD | [19] |
"Right Now 2004" | ||||
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Single by Atomic Kitten | ||||
from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
B-side | "Someone like Me" | |||
Released | 29 March 2004 [20] | |||
Genre | Dance-pop | |||
Length | 3:45 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | Andy McCluskey, Stuart Kershaw | |||
Producer(s) | Ash Howes, Martin Harrington | |||
Atomic Kitten singles chronology | ||||
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Audio video | ||||
"Right Now 2004" on YouTube |
In 2004, as Atomic Kitten decided to take a break, they released one more single to say goodbye. It was the double-A side "Someone like Me" / "Right Now 2004". The remix is exclusive on the group's 2004 Greatest Hits album. While the original version was a 1990s disco-pop song, the 2004 version is more in the vein of early 2000s dance songs.[ citation needed ]
"Someone like Me" / "Right Now 2004" achieved a better position on the UK Singles Chart than the original release of "Right Now", peaking at number eight, and reached the top 20 in Ireland. [3] [21] It was the group's lowest charting single in Germany, peaking at number 67, [22] and in Switzerland, reaching number 42. [23] In the Netherlands, it was their second-lowest-charting single, behind "Love Doesn't Have to Hurt". [24]
The video accompanying the 2004 re-recording shows Hamilton, McClarnon, and Jenny Frost rehearsing and performing a concert, intercut with backstage footage and glimpses of press conferences, holidays, and television appearances.
UK CD1 [25]
UK CD2 [26]
| European CD single [27]
European maxi-single [28]
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All entries charted with "Someone like Me" except where noted.
Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [28] | 8 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [22] "Right Now 2004" only | 67 |
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [29] "Right Now 2004" only | 40 |
Ireland (IRMA) [21] | 18 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [24] | 52 |
Scotland (OCC) [30] | 6 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] | 42 |
UK Singles (OCC) [3] | 8 |
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