"Right Here, Right Now" is a song recorded by Italian producer

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, featuring the vocals of

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, for Moroder's studio album ''

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''. The song had a minor impact on singles chart in Europe and attained the top position of the US

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Composition

"Right Here, Right Now" is a dance club song that is a

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track that is influenced by funk and electronic music.

Background

"Right Here, Right Now" is served as the second single from Giorgio Moroder's studio album ''

''. Recorded in 2014, it features guest vocals from Kylie Minogue. The song was leaked on 16 January 2015 and subsequently released digitally on 20 January. "Right Here, Right Now" was produced by Moroder and Patrick Jordan-Patrikios, and written by Moroder,

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and David Etherington. The song was mixed by Mitch McCarthy at Owl Foot Ranch in Los Angeles, California. Announced in November, ''Déjà Vu'' features contributions from artists such as Minogue,

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and

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. Moroder's forthcoming album is his first studio release in over 30 years. Kylie Minogue has previously recorded a different song with the same name; her fourth studio album ''

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'' (1991) featured a song called "Right Here, Right Now".

Reception

"Right Here, Right Now" has largely accrued positive reviews from critics. ''

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'' magazine described the "pulsating pop/dance track" as part of a "renaissance" of Giorgio Moroder. Many media outlets opined that the song was a strong collaboration between Moroder and Minogue. Nolan Freeney of ''

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'' magazine stated that the collaboration worked well, noting that the song sounded like could have appeared on Minogue's last studio album ''

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'' (2014). Freeney said: "Thanks the track's deep

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-like hiccups, it's clear Moroder has no problem updating his sound after all these decades." Stefan Kyriazis of the ''

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'' described Minogue as "the perfect partner in crime" to Moroder. ''Music Times'' stated "The tune shows Moroder's ability to mold a track on which he is collaborating with. 'Right Here, Right Now' features the best of both artists, with Moroder's oscillating deep bass and disco stylings under a soulful performance from Minogue that could have been delivered 40 years prior as she croons a stunning vocal performance from start to finish." Chris Coplan of

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described Minogue's vocals as "seductive". Coplan stated and the Moroder was expert at creating a song "around a vocalist and their persona", noting his past work with

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, and that "Right Here, Right Now" exhibited this with Minogue.

Commercial performance

"Right Here, Right Now" had limited commercial success. In the United Kingdom, it failed to enter the

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as it includes streaming data since July 2014, peaking instead at number 125. The song also debuted and peaked at number 74 on the UK Singles Sales Chart on the week of February 1, 2015. It slipped to number 79 before dropping out of the chart. Elsewhere in Europe, "Right Here, Right Now" spent a sole week on the French and Spanish peaking at number 147, and 40 respectively. In Belgium, the song failed to make an appearance on the

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singles chart as it peaked on the Flanders and Wallonia

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charts at number 10 and 28 respectively. In the United States, "Right Here, Right Now" debuted at number 35 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs on the issue of 7 March 2015, and reached number one in its 18 April 2015 issue giving Moroder's first and Minogue's twelfth chart-topper on the Hot Dance Club Songs.

Live performances

"Right Here Right Now" was performed on Minogue's Australian leg of her

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with Moroder. It was part of the "Secret Kiss" segment.

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" was also performed as a cover by Minogue with Moroder.

Music video

Directed by Daniel Börjesson, the music video was filmed in December 2014.

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choreographed the filming. In January 2015, a fifteen-second teaser clip was uploaded on

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and in February, the entire music video was uploaded to Giorgio Moroder's

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account. The video currently has 6.8 million views on Moroder's official YouTube channel.

Cover version

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recorded the cover of "Right Here, Right Now" for the compilation album, ''Slenderie Ideal''.

Track listing

Digital download #"Right Here, Right Now" – 3:30 Remixes – EP #"Right Here, Right Now" – 3:30 #"Right Here, Right Now" – 5:43 #"Right Here, Right Now" – 5:27 #"Right Here, Right Now" – 5:44 #"Right Here, Right Now" – 6:28 More Remixes – EP #"Right Here, Right Now" – 6:43 #"Right Here, Right Now" – 3:59 #"Right Here, Right Now" – 4:38 #"Right Here, Right Now" – 4:33 #"Right Here, Right Now" – 8:14

Charts

Release history

References

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