"Right Now (Na Na Na)" is the lead single from

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's third studio album, ''

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.'' The song contains elements from "Remember" by Summer Love. 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

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that day. The song was intended to have a Euro-club feel.

History

In 2009 dutch producers d
Maurice Huismans
and Jorrit ter Braak started a lawsuit agains Akon and his co-writer Giorgio Tuinfort because they claimed this song was stolen from them. Their song Remember (na na hey) by the act Summerlove 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.

Official versions

Several remixes of the track exist. The official remix of the track features additional vocals by

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. Further remixes include "Mañana (Na Na Na)", featuring vocals from Jayko, and an International Remix, featuring Canadian singer

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Music video

The official music video for the track was directed by

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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 "Don't Matter" is a reggae fusion– R&B song by American singer Akon from his second studio album, ''Konvicted'' (2006). The song was released as the album's third single in January 2007. In April of that year, it became Akon's first solo U.S. n ...

") 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.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

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covered the track for the

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'', which was released on November 2, 2010. It was available for digital download on September 29, 2010.

Other versions

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

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References

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