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“Right Now” by SR-71

From the album Now You See Inside (2000)

“Right Now” by SR-71 appears on 19 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2000 and 2020. It was first released in 2000 on the album Now You See Inside. Its best result is #5 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #36 alternative song of 2000, #3,725 alternative song of all time and #407 of the '00s.

19countdowns

17stations

#5best position

0#1 finishes

1top 10 finishes

2000–2020years charted

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"Right Now" was SR-71's first single and the calling card for their 2000 debut, Now You See Inside, on RCA. Mitch Allan and Butch Walker wrote it, David Bendeth produced, and Neal Avron engineered with Geoff Sanoff and mixed it hot: fizzy power-pop guitars, a chorus that bounces off the walls, and a snotty grin all the way through. Allan explained that it's about a guy who likes the girl and likes the physical side even more, while she wants a real relationship; they fight about it endlessly, and he still can't bring himself to walk away.

It climbed to number two on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and sat in that chart's top 10 for 11 straight weeks. It remained the band's biggest hit, enough for critics to tag them a one-hit wonder, and Hollywood leaned on it too, from Loser to Dude, Where's My Car.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2000	39	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000	107
2000	49	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000	105
2000	16	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000	101
2000	5	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000	100
2000	74	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000	93
2000	19	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000	100
2000	45	107.7 The End Seattle, WA	The End Top 107 Songs of 2000	107
2000	88	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2000	89
2000	34	The Edge Phoenix, AZ	KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001	50
2000	40	WBCN Boston, MA	WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K	102
2000	56	103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY	103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000	103
2000	91	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000	102
2000	14	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000	100
2001	51	99X Atlanta, GA	99X Top 99 Songs of 2001	99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2001	356	WBRU	WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)	500
2005	784	99X	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)	1000
2014	454	94.3 WCYY	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014)	500
2015	480	94.3 WCYY	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015)	500
2020	164	DC101	The DC101 Top 500	500

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