Song:Right Here, Right Now
Album:Doubt
Right Here, Right Now was a #2 hit for the British group Jesus Jones. The song became popular again through its use in a K-Mart ad campaign and more recently in Hilary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign but I'm sure most folks have forgotten who recorded it. The lead singer and songwriter of Jesus Jones is Mike Edwards (born June 22, 1964 in London, England). The formation of the group came out of the British techno and house scene. Edwards took the electronic beats and tempered it with and indie rock sound. Other members were guitarist Jerry De Borg, bassist Al Doughty, keyboardist Iain Baker and drummer Gen. Jesus Jones signed with the British label Food Records and their debut Liquidizer was released in 1989. Doubt was their 1991 follow up. Their albums were released in the US by Capitol-EMI. Right Here, Right Now is about the end of the Cold War. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album reached #25 on the Bollboard Hot 200. Doubt was rereleased by EMI in 2002 but Right Here, Right Now is one of those songs you can get on plenty of various artists comps. Jesus Jones 1993 album Perverse didn't do as well and they left EMI in 1997 but resurfaced in 2001 with Mi5 Records. They're still around but haven't recorded lately. Right Here, Right Now is still memorable because it was recently used as the theme for Hilary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign. I don't think Jesus Jones other music is anywhere near as memorable. Here's the video for Right Here, Right Now by Jesus Jones.
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