"Right Here" is the first single from
Staind's fifth album Chapter V in 2005.
"Right Here" has been Staind's third-most successful single chartwise (the first two being 2001's "
It's Been Awhile" and 2003's "
So Far Away"), peaking at No. 1 on the BillboardHot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, as the previous two singles had also done. The two previous singles also hit No. 1 on the
Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart but "Right Here" failed to accomplish this feat. but it still was successful peaking at No. 3. It is band's second-most successful single on the U.S. pop and
adult contemporary charts unexpectedly charting higher than "So Far Away" which charted higher on most charts but only behind "It's Been Awhile" leading "Right Here" to peak No. 7 on the
Adult Top 40 and No. 9 on the
Mainstream Top 40 chart. It is also Staind's first entry into the
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (No. 40) and the
Hot Digital Songs charts (No. 39). The song was also used in a video package by
World Wrestling Entertainment commemorating wrestler
Edge after he won his first WWE Championship.
Music video
The music video features all four members in one house in four separate rooms. Cameras capture all the members except
Aaron Lewis in the same room playing their instruments, while Lewis is featured in multiple rooms.
^Hickman, Matt (January 9, 2020).
"The two sides of Aaron Lewis". Anchorage Press. Retrieved April 1, 2021. ...topping the alt-rock charts with gruff-sounding, navel-gazing ballads like 'So Far Away', 'Right Here' and their biggest hit, 2001's 'It's Been A While', which went all the way to No. 5 on the Billboard 100...
^Staind Tracksmad-cold.blogspot.com. Accessed May 25, 2008.