Song · Alessia Cara
“Here” by Alessia Cara
From the album Know‐It‐All (2015)
“Here” by Alessia Cara appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2015 and 2025. It was first released in 2015 on the album Know‐It‐All. Its best result is #46 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #115 indie & aaa song of 2015 and #5,703 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Here" was Alessia Cara's first single, arriving on Def Jam in 2015 as the lead track for both her debut EP, Four Pink Walls, and her first album, Know-It-All. It's an anthem for anyone who has ever hidden in the corner at a party wishing they were somewhere else, and it's built around a hazy sample of Isaac Hayes's "Ike's Rap II", from his 1971 album Black Moses. Pop & Oak and Sebastian Kole produced it, Phil Tan mixed, and Cara wrote it with a crowd of collaborators.
It was a slow burner. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 way down at 95 in August 2015, eventually cracked the top five, and topped the US Pop Songs chart after a record-breaking 26-week climb; it has since gone 5× Platinum in the US. Aaron A's video drops her right into the house party she can't wait to leave.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 52 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015 | 90 |
| 2015 | 46 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 530 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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