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Right Now (Na Na Na)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Right Now (Na Na Na)
| cover = Akon Rightnow.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Akon
| album = Freedom
| released = September 23, 2008
| recorded = 2008
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = *R&B
*dance-pop
| length =
| label =
| writer = A. Thiam
| producer =
| prev_title = Wake It Up
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = I'm So Paid
| next_year = 2008
| misc =
}}
"'Right Now (Na Na Na)'" is the lead single from Akon's third studio album, 'Freedom.' The song contains elements from "Remember" by Summer Love. The song was added to the U.S. Mainstream Top 40 radio airing on September 23, 2008, and also became available for digital download on iTunes that day. The song was intended to have a Euro-club feel.
Official versions
Several remixes of the track exist. The official remix of the track features additional vocals by Kat DeLuna. Further remixes include "Maana (Na Na Na)", featuring vocals from Jayko, and an International Remix, featuring Canadian singer Danny Fernandes.
Music video
The official music video for the track was directed by Anthony Mandler and released on November 6, 2008. It premiered in Germany on the TV show 'Viva Live'. In the video, Akon plays an agent that is on a mission, he has to find a girl (the same from his video "Don't Matter") that has secret information. He remembers the good times that he spent with his ex-girlfriend, played by Jamaican model Cindy Wright, but he sleeps with the girl from "Don't Matter", gets the information and ends the video alone. The actual track begins one minute after the video begins, making the video over 5 minutes in length.
Charts
Weekly charts
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|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles) 'See' last week 'column'.
| style="text-align:center;"|9
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|Italy (FIMI)
| style="text-align:center;"|35
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|Venezuela Pop Rock (Record Report)
| style="text-align:center;"|4
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Year-end charts
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!Chart (2008)
!Position
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|CIS (Tophit)
| style="text-align:center;"|130
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|France (SNEP)
| style="text-align:center;"|60
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|UK Singles (OCC)
| style="text-align:center;"|59
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!Chart (2009)
!Position
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|Australia (ARIA)
| style="text-align:center;"|82
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|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
| style="text-align:center;"|35
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|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)
| style="text-align:center;"|23
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|Canada (Canadian Hot 100)
| style="text-align:center;"|54
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|France (SNEP)
| style="text-align:center;"|70
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|Hungary (Rdis Top 40)
| style="text-align:center;"|27
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|Russia Airplay (Tophit)
| style="text-align:center;"| 117
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|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
| style="text-align:center;"|77
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|UK Singles (OCC)
| style="text-align:center;"|117
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|US 'Billboard' Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|56
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|US Rhythmic ('Billboard')
| style="text-align:center;"|31
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Certifications
Asking Alexandria cover
British rock band Asking Alexandria covered the track for the compilation album 'Punk Goes Pop 3', which was released on November 2, 2010. It was available for digital download on September 29, 2010.
Other versions
A Tagalog parody version, entitled "Banana (Ba Na Na)", was recorded by Filipino rapper Blank Tape. Another Malaysian parody or remake was also performed by Kelantanese singers Man Khan and Rosalinda, entitled "Dok Mano" released at the near end of 2012 sung in the Kelantanese dialect of the Malaysian language.
References
Category:2008 singles
Category:Akon songs
Category:Music videos directed by Anthony Mandler
Category:Songs written by Akon
Category:Asking Alexandria songs
Category:2008 songs
Category:Universal Motown Records singles
Category:Songs written by Giorgio Tuinfort
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