"Here" is the debut single by Canadian singer Alessia Cara and the lead single for her extended play (EP) Four Pink Walls (2015), and her debut album Know-It-All (2015). The song was released on April 30, 2015. According to the artist, the song is about everyone who secretly hates parties. "Here" slowly gained popularity, and became Cara's first US Billboard Hot 100 chart entry debuting at number 95 for the week of August 22, 2015, later becoming her first top 5 single on the chart and reached the top of the Billboard Pop Songs chart after a historic 26-week climb. Meanwhile, "Here" has charted in the top 40 in Australia, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The official remix features American rapper Logic. The song was featured on the third season of the TV Show Younger.

Musically it is an alternative R&B, soul and indie pop song. The main body of the song is a flip of the musicality behind "Hell is around the Corner" by Tricky.

The song samples "Ike's Rap II" by Isaac Hayes from the album Black Moses, which also samples the bassline of Wallace Collection's "Daydream". The main repeating melody of the song is sampled from the 1960s TV series The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

"Here" was met with critical acclaim by music critics, who praised the song's concept and lyrics. Rolling Stone ranked "Here" at number 21 on its year-end list of the 50 best songs of 2015.Billboard ranked "Here" at number six on its year-end list: "If Lorde's 'Royals' was a rallying cry for those who felt isolated by the rampart materialism in pop culture, then Alessia Cara's 'Here' is the anthem for those fed up with the glut of pop songs about partying and drinking. Thanks to the teenage R&B singer, being an introvert is finally cool again." The prestigious Village Voice voted "Here" the 18th-best single released in 2015 on their annual year-end critics' poll, Pazz & Jop; the song is tied with Courtney Barnett's "Depreston".

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