Here (Alessia Cara song)

"Here"
A polaroid of Alessia Cara. The artist's name and song title are written in black on the polaroid.
Single by Alessia Cara
from the EP Four Pink Walls and the album Know-It-All
ReleasedApril 30, 2015
Recorded2014
Genre
Length3:19
LabelDef Jam
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Alessia Cara singles chronology
"Here"
(2015) 		"Wild Things"
(2016)
Music video
"Here" on YouTube

"Here" is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara, released on April 30, 2015 as lead single from her EP Four Pink Walls and her album Know-It-All, both debuting in the same year. Created around a sample of "Ike's Rap II" by Isaac Hayes from his album Black Moses, "Here" is a pop and R&B song about people who secretly hate parties.[1][2]

The song was a sleeper hit, debuting at number 95 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week of August 22, 2015, becoming Cara's first entry on the chart.[3] It later became her first top five single on the chart and reached the top of the US Pop Songs chart after a historic 26-week climb which broke a record held by Cee Lo Green's "F**k You!" and Demi Lovato's "Give Your Heart a Break".[4] "Here" has charted in the top three in Iceland and the 40 in Australia, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. An official remix EP was released with Logic, Jaden Smith, Chris Lorenzo, and Imanos & Gramercy. The song was featured on the third season of the comedy-drama television series Younger.

  1. ^ "New Songs: Alessia Cara - Here". Cut from Steel. May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  2. ^ Zeichner, Naomi (April 27, 2015). "Every Introvert Needs To Hear This Song". The Fader. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  3. ^ Trust, Gary (August 13, 2015). "Hot 100 Chart Moves: Drake Ties James Brown's Record". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  4. ^ Trust, Gary (January 25, 2016). "Alessia Cara's 'Here' Completes Record Climb to No. 1 on Pop Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2021.