"Here in Your Bedroom" is a song by the American punk rock band Goldfinger. It was the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album in 1996, released on

Mojo Records Mojo Records was a California-based record label founded in 1995 by producer Jay Rifkin. It became a joint venture with Universal Records in 1996 and then sold to the Zomba Group in 2001, who placed it under their subsidiary Jive Records.

. The song is based on the band's frontman,

John Feldmann John Feldmann (born June 29, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He serves as the lead singer/guitarist of the band Goldfinger. Early life Feldmann grew up in Saratoga, California. He started writing song ...

, and a brief relationship he had with a woman. The song was the band's biggest chart success, peaking at number five on '' Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks in the United States. It also peaked at number 11 on ''

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'' Alternative 30 in

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, and at number 47 on ''Billboard''

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chart.

Background

"Here in Your Bedroom" was based on Goldfinger frontman

's personal experiences. He was working at a store selling shoes, and he had a crush on a woman working in the dress department for over eight months. "'Here in Your Bedroom' is all about those wacky emotions that a sensitive guy like me gets at a time like that. When we were in her room, there was nothing else going on in the world but me and her," he told ''Billboard'' when the song achieved success. He noted that the experience was beneficial as a

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, as he gained three new songs from it. They first got together on New Year's 1995: In addition, Feldmann was inspired by his visiting sister, whom he had not seen in a year. As for the girl, she quickly broke up with Feldmann and moved to

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. Upon the song's twentieth anniversary in 2016, Feldmann called it his favorite song on the band's self-titled debut album, ''Goldfinger''. In 2022, the song was re-recorded for the deluxe version of Never Look Back, featuring Avril Lavigne.

Formats and track listing

All songs written by John Feldmann, except where noted. ;CD maxi single (UND 56010) #"Here in Your Bedroom" – 3:12 #"Nothing to Prove" (Feldmann, Charlie Paulson) – 2:33 #"Pictures (Live Version)" – 2:20

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 1996 singles 1996 songs Songs written by John Feldmann Song recordings produced by Jay Rifkin Goldfinger (band) songs American alternative rock songs