Right Now (Van Halen song)
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| “Right Now” | |||||
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| Single by Van Halen from the album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge |
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| Released | February 15, 1992 | ||||
| Length | 5:21 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | ||||
| Writer(s) | Van Halen | ||||
| Producer | Van Halen Ted Templeman Andy Johns |
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"Right Now" is a rock song written by the group Van Halen for their 1991 album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. The song reflects on living for the moment and not being afraid of making a change. The music video won several awards and reflected on events that were occurring at the time, both within the band and social issues in the world around them. Vocalist Sammy Hagar has said that he was writing the lyrics to this song at the studio very late one night, and he heard Eddie Van Halen in an adjacent room working on a piano melody. Hagar said he suddenly realized that "we were writing the same song," so he walked into the room and began singing his words over Van Halen's music.
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[edit] Awards
The music video for "Right Now" won three awards at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, including the award for Video of the Year.
[edit] Commercial use
"Right Now" has been in various kinds of commercial usage since its release. For example, it was in Crystal Pepsi commercials between 1992 and 1993. The song has been used as theme music by a number of collegiate and professional sports teams such as the UCLA Bruins, the Des Moines Buccaneers, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Indianapolis Colts. World Wrestling Entertainment has also used the song to promote live events.
[edit] Political use
In the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election, the campaign of George W. Bush used the song as one of its theme songs, often playing it at rallies.
During the 2004 reunion tour, the band projected the "Right Now" music video, with a few extra modern scenes, on a large screen behind them while they performed the song . One of the additions was an image of George W. Bush with the caption "right now nothing is more expensive than regret."[1]
Right Now was made in to a "pop-up video" still featured on Vh1 classic
