"Right Now (Na Na Na)" | ||||
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Single by Akon | ||||
from the album Freedom | ||||
Released | September 23, 2008 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | A. Thiam | |||
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"Right Now (Na Na Na)" on YouTube |
"Right Now (Na Na Na)" is the lead single from Akon's third studio album, Freedom. The song contains elements from "Remember" by Summer Love. [1] The song was added to the U.S. Mainstream Top 40 radio airing on September 23, 2008, and also became available for digital download on iTunes that day. [2] The song was intended to have a Euro-club feel. [3]
In 2009 Dutch producers Maurice Huismans and Jorrit ter Braak started a lawsuit against Akon and his co-writer Giorgio Tuinfort because they claimed this song was stolen from them. Their song "Remember" by the act Summer Love was a hit in Europe in 2001 and later covered by the Underdog Project and Spanish singer David Tavare as the song "Summerlove".
In 2010 the Dutch plagiarism committee approved this claim and all parties settled afterwards.
Several remixes of the track exist. The official remix of the track features additional vocals by Kat DeLuna. Further remixes include "Mañana (Na Na Na)", featuring vocals from Jayko, and an International Remix, featuring Canadian singer Danny Fernandes.
The official music video for the track was directed by Anthony Mandler and released on November 6, 2008. It premiered in Germany on the TV show Viva Live. In the video, Akon plays an agent that is on a mission, he has to find a girl (the same from his video "Don't Matter") that has secret information. He remembers the good times that he spent with his ex-girlfriend, played by Jamaican model Cindy Wright, but he sleeps with the girl from "Don't Matter", gets the information and ends the video alone. The actual track begins one minute after the video begins, making the video over 5 minutes in length.
Weekly charts
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Australia (ARIA) [48] | 4× Platinum | 280,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [49] | Diamond | 250,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [50] | Gold | 7,500^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [51] | Gold | 7,500* |
United Kingdom (BPI) [52] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [53] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
United States (RIAA) [54] Mastertone | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
"Right Now (Na Na Na)" | ||||
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Single by Asking Alexandria | ||||
from the album Punk Goes Pop 3 | ||||
Released | September 29, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Electronicore | |||
Length | 4:20 | |||
Label | Sumerian Records, distributed through Fearless Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | A. Thiam | |||
Asking Alexandria singles chronology | ||||
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British rock band Asking Alexandria covered the track for the compilation album Punk Goes Pop 3 , which was released on November 2, 2010. It was available for digital download on September 29, 2010. [55] [ non-primary source needed ]
A Tagalog parody version, entitled "Banana (Ba Na Na)", was recorded by Filipino rapper Blank Tape. Another Malaysian parody or remake was also performed by Kelantanese singers Man Khan and Rosalinda, entitled "Dok Mano" released at the near end of 2012 sung in the Kelantanese dialect of the Malaysian language.
Olivia O'Brien sampled this song on her single "Now". Released on September 18, 2020. O’Brien’s lyrics juxtaposes Akon’s from the female’s point of view. [56]
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