Right Here (SWV song)

"Right Here"
Single by SWV
from the album It's About Time
ReleasedAugust 20, 1992 (1992-08-20)[1]
GenreNew jack swing[2]
Length4:38
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Brian Alexander Morgan
Producer(s)Brian Alexander Morgan
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
A-side"Downtown"
ReleasedJuly 9, 1993 (1993-07-09)[3]
Genre
Length3:47
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Teddy Riley
SWV singles chronology
"Downtown"
(1993)
"Right Here (Human Nature Remix)"
(1993)
"You're Always On My Mind"
(1993)
Music video
"Right Here (Human Nature Remix)" on YouTube

"Right Here" is the debut single of American R&B girl group SWV, released on August 20, 1992 by RCA Records, as the lead single from their debut album, It's About Time (1992). The song was written by Brian Alexander Morgan, who also produced it. A remixed version, referred to as "Right Here (Human Nature Remix)" and based around a feature of Michael Jackson's 1982 song "Human Nature", was released in July 1993, and charted on the US Billboard charts as a double-A-side with "Downtown". This version, produced by Teddy Riley, became a number-one R&B single, selling 1,000,000 copies and earning a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was also a number-one hit in Zimbabwe. The music video for the song was directed by Lionel C. Martin, featuring SWV riding horses and fishing.

In 2003, Q Magazine ranked the Human Nature Remix of the song at number 651 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever"[4] and in 2017, Billboard named it number 17 on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference riaa1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Greene, Andy (February 20, 2014). "The WTF Comeback of SWV". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference riaa2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Q - 1001 best songs ever (2003)".
  5. ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.