Right Now (Van Halen song)
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Right Now was a hit single in 1991 from American hard rock group Van Halen, and is still today considered one of Van Halen's most defining hits with frontman Sammy Hagar. It also further underlined the difference in sound and style between Hagar and the DLR Era of Van Halen, this one focusing more on darker self-examination other than Roth's populist party appeal, which opened doors to more fans and closed some for other fans. The song reflects mostly on living for the moment and not being afraid of making a change.
The music video reflected on events that were occurring at the time, both within the band and social issues in the world around them. The song was featured in the Crystal Pepsi commercials running in 1992 and 1993.
The beginning of "Right Now" was also played at the beginning of every Chicago Bulls home game at tip-off during the team's period of immense success in the 1990s.
The music video for "Right Now" won three awards at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, including the award for Video of the Year. Producer Carolyn Beug was killed on September 11, 2001 as a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 en route to Los Angeles from Boston.
In the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election, the song was used by the George W. Bush campaign as one of its theme songs, often played at rallies.
During the 2004 reunion tour, the band revived the Van Halen "Right Now" video with a few extra modern scenes, to project on a large screen behind them while the song was performed. Ironically, one of the additions was an image of George W. Bush with the caption "right now nothing is more expensive than regret."[1]
"Right Now" was also used at the end of the Indianapolis Colts' Super Bowl XLI Celebration Rally.
"Right Now" is sometimes used as background music during sports team introductions; the Des Moines Buccaneers hockey team used the song for player introductions during their string of Junior-A hockey titles in the 1990s.
There is a recording of Eddie playing a jam version of this song in 1983 on a Kramer Ripley Guitar.
