Right Now (Atomic Kitten song)
"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.
Release
[edit]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]
Music video
[edit]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.
Track listings
[edit]
UK CD1[7]
UK CD2[8]
UK cassette single[9]
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European CD single[10]
Japanese CD single[11]
Australian CD single (2001)[12]
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Credits and personnel
[edit]Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes and the Right Now album booklet.[7][13]
Studios
- Recorded at Motor Museum Studios (Liverpool, England) and Olympic Studios (London, England)
- Original version mastered at The Town House (London, England)
- 2001 version mastered at Whitfield St Studios (London, England)
Personnel
- Stuart Kershaw – writing
- Andy McCluskey – writing
- Atomic Kitten – vocals
- Tracy Ackerman – backing vocals
- Tracy Carmen – backing vocals
- Engine – all instruments, vocal production
- Milton McDonald – additional guitar
- Isobel Griffiths – strings
- Nick Ingman – string arrangement and conductor
- Absolute – production
- Steven Fitzmaurice – mixing
- Pete Craigie – vocal mixing
- Pat O'Shaughnessy – vocal engineering
- John Davis – mastering (2001)
- Form – artwork design
- Rankin – photohgraphy
- Graham Rounthwaite – illustration
Charts
[edit]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 |
Release history
[edit]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] |
2004 version
[edit]"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]
Chart performance
[edit]"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]
Music video
[edit]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.
Track listings
[edit]
UK CD1[25]
UK CD2[26]
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European CD single[27]
European maxi-single[28]
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Personnel
[edit]- Natasha Hamilton – co-lead vocals
- Liz McClarnon – co-lead vocals
- Jenny Frost – co-lead vocals
Charts
[edit]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 (GfK)[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 |
References
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- ^ a b c d "Atomic Kitten: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Atomic Kitten – Right Now" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Atomic Kitten – Right Now". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b "ariaNET The Singles Chart! – Week Commencing 27th March 2000". ARIA. Retrieved 18 December 2017 – via Imgur. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- ^ a b Right Now (UK CD1 liner notes). Atomic Kitten. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 1999. SINCD15, 7243 8 96408 0 9.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Atomic Kitten – Eternal Flame / Right Now". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Atomic Kitten". EMI Music Australia. Archived from the original on 8 July 2000. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "ライト・ナウ | アトミック・キトゥン" [Right Now | Atomic Kitten] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "New Releases". netcd.co.nz. 6 March 2000. Archived from the original on 11 March 2000. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 17th September 2001" (PDF). ARIA. 17 September 2001. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 27 March 2004. p. 39.
- ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Someone Like Me / Right Now 2004". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Atomic Kitten – Right Now 2004" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Atomic Kitten – Right Now 2004 / Someone Like Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Atomic Kitten – Right Now 2004 / Someone Like Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ Someone like Me / Right Now 2004 (UK CD1 liner notes). Atomic Kitten. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. SINCD60.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b "Atomic Kitten – Right Now 2004 / Someone Like Me" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2020.