Right Now (Psy song)

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"Right Now"
Single by Psy
from the album PsyFive
ReleasedOctober 20, 2010
Genre
Length3:25
Label YG Entertainment
Songwriter(s) PSY, Yang Hyun-suk
Producer(s) Yang Hyun-suk
Psy singles chronology
"Thank You"
(2010)
"Right Now"
(2010)
"It's Art"
(2011)
Music video
"Right Now" on YouTube

"Right Now" is the third single from Psy's 2010 album PsyFive . It was released on October 20, 2010 by YG Entertainment. In September 2011, The single was banned from under-19 audiences by South Korea's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family for what it deemed an "obscene" lyric, "Life is like toxic alcohol". [1] Despite the ban, Psy received awards during the 2011 Melon Music Awards and Mnet Asian Music Awards. [2]

Contents

Music video

There are two music videos for this song, the "PSY version" and the "Seo Woo version".

Accolades

Music program wins
ProgramDate
Mnet's M Countdown November 11, 2010

Charts

Chart (2010–12)Peak
position
Korea Digital (Gaon Chart) [3]
4
Korea Download (Gaon Chart) [4]
3
US World Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [5]
5

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