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Right Here (SWV song)

"Right Here"
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Single by SWV
from the album It's About Time
Released August 20, 1992 (1992-08-20) (radio)
September 11, 1992 (1992-09-11) (cassette)
September 14, 1992 (1992-09-14) (CD)
Format
Recorded 1991
Genre R&B, new jack swing
Length 4:36
Label RCA
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Brian Alexander Morgan (original version)
  • Teddy Riley (remix)
SWV singles chronology
"Right Here"
(1992)
"I'm So into You"
(1992)
"Right Here (Human Nature Remix)"
Single by SWV
from the album It's About Time and Free Willy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side Downtown
Released July 10, 1993 (1993-07-10)
Format
Recorded 1992
Genre R&B, new jack swing, hip hop soul, dance-pop
Length 3:49
Label RCA
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Brian Alexander Morgan (original version)
  • Teddy Riley (remix)
SWV singles chronology
"Downtown"
(1993)
"Right Here [Human Nature Remix]"
(1993)
"You're Always On My Mind"
(1993)

"Right Here" is the title of the debut single released by the group SWV. It charted on the Billboard charts as a double-A-side with "Downtown". A remixed version, commonly referred to as "Right Here (Human Nature Remix)", became a number-one R&B single, selling 500,000 copies and earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. According to Billboard, the song spent 54 weeks on the R&B chart, which is one of the longest chart runs of all time.

Despite the huge success of the single, the group admitted in early 2014 that they didn't really like Teddy Riley's remix of the song.

The original version of "Right Here" was released in the third quarter of 1992. It peaked at number 13 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. Tamara "Taj" Johnson wrote and performed the bridge to the original song, which would result in her first (of many) co-writing credits on SWV songs.

The "Human Nature" remix by Teddy Riley samples Michael Jackson's 1983 hit "Human Nature". One of their best known hits, it spent seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, as well as three weeks atop the Rhythmic Top 40 chart. It became one of the longest running number-one R&B singles of 1993. It also peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, held from the top spot by Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover." It also reached the top ten in Europe, including the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number three in September 1993.

"Right Here [Human Nature Remix]" appears on the soundtrack and in the film Free Willy. The first verse of the Human Nature remix varies slightly from the original version, and the rapped bridge is omitted. The remix also features a young Pharrell Williams chanting "S...The double...The U...The V!" during the song. This became a common "call" during the group's concerts. "Right Here [Human Nature Remix]" was later remixed for SWV's Remixes EP as a mash-up duet with the song's sample, "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson, who is featured in the duet.


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