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"Right There" is a song by American recording artist Nicole Scherzinger from her debut studio album Killer Love (2011). The song features 50 Cent who co-wrote it along with James Scheffer, Ester Dean, Frank Romano and Daniel Morris and produced by Scheffer and Harvey Mason, Jr..

"Right There" peaked at number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 becoming her first song to enter the chart as a lead artist. The song entered the top-ten in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Background
"Rigth There" was written by Jim Jonsin, Ester Dean, 50 Cent, Frank Romano and Daniel Morris with the production handled by Jonsin with Harvey Mason, Jr. producing the vocals. Scherzinger's vocals recorded by Robert Marks assisted by Ghazi Hourani at the Record Plant Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California while 50 Cent's vocals recorded by Ky Miller at MSR Studios in New York City and engineered Chris Cheney at Thorn Thom Club in Santa Monica.

Following the success of "Poison" and "Don't Hold Your Breath"—which topped the UK Singles Chart—, Scherzinger revealed via her Twitter account that she is working on an original track to serve as the third single. She also hinted that she began working on video concepts for the song, which she promised would be "one for the clubs". On April 13 the song's producer, Jim Jonsin, in an interview for Vibe magazine revealed that 50 Cent recorded two verses for "Right There" with the recording session lasting an hour.

Composition
"Right There" is a pop song with R&B undertones that runs for four minutes and twenty-two seconds (4:22). Instrumentation consists of "reggae guitar strums and brazen beats" which glistens throughout the song. Eliot Glazer compared the beat to the guitar riff of Stevie Nicks' song "Edge of Seventeen" (1982). David Griffiths of 4 Music described the song as a "polite version of Rihanna's "Rude Boy" (2009). Scherzinger sings in a Caribbean-influenced vocal style singing, "Never gonna let no girl steal him from me/ Never gonna let no girl get that close now."

Critical reception
Lewis Corner of Digital Spy awarded the song four out of five stars describing it as a "provocative and hip-grinding bottle of pop". Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly gave "Right There" a B rating and commented that "the ex-Pussycat invites Fiddy to frolic on her own personal Scherzy Shore, purring come-ons in a vaguely Caribbean patois." David Griffiths of 4 Music listed the song as one of the best bits of the album. Eliot Glazer commended Scherzinger for venturing in "a more R&B-heavy sound on a pop record." Alisa Kolenovic of Billboard magazine described Scherzinger's vocal performance as "colorful" adding that Rihanna's influence "serves as a nice touch."

The Guardian's Johnny Dee wrote that as with most of her music, "Right There" "[lacks] any personality of its own. He went on to criticize Scherzinger for "[stealing] someone else's" and described it as a "shameless Rihanna rip-off." Ben Norman from About.com described her vocal manipulation "unimpressive and deceiving." Joey Guerra from the Houston Chronicle found the song "bland, uninspired and irrelevant."

Commercial reception
In the United States, "Right There" entered at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated June 11, 2015, selling 29,000 digital copies. "Right There" became the singer's first chart solo entry since her first attempt at a solo career in 2007. Seven weeks later it reached a final peak at number 39, becoming her highest charting single on the Hot 100, it stayed at number there for two weeks. Additionally it peaked at number eight on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart issue dated September 3, 2011.

"Right There" made its first chart appearance at number fifty-eight on the UK Singles Chart on the chart dated May 15, 2011.[35] During its fourth week it leaped from number fourteen to number three selling 51,355 copies. Music Week'​s Alan Jones attributed the high sales to Scherzinger's performances at the final of Britain’s Got Talent and on The Graham Norton Show.

Music video
The music video for "Right There" was directed by Paul Hunter in Los Angeles. Hunter previously worked with Scherzinger on the Pussycat Dolls' debut single "Don't Cha" (2005) and directed "Whatever U Like" (2007). During an interview with MTV News, Scherzinger acknowledged that she wanted to keep the video simple adding, "the way you get iconic pictures and memorable videos is just by keeping it simple."

Following it's release, "Right There" became Youtube's most viewed video of the day. Robbie Daw of the website Idolator described the video as "upbeat, fun and breezy — everything that a springtime pop video should be." Eliot Glazer of MTV was impressed with the video, saying that Scherzinger is "stunning" and praised her dance abilities. Jillian Mapes of Billboard described Scherzinger's moves as "effortless". Archana Ram from Entertainment Weekly negatively criticized of 50 Cent's appearance and the use of product placement of Belvedere calling it "bit much" but later wrote that the "video is more than redeemed by [...] bump-and-grind dance moves and totally silly fashion." "Right There" ranked at number 36 on MTV's most watched music videos of 2011.

Live performances
On May 19, 2011, Scherzinger's network television debut performance of "Right There" on the stage of American Idol. Scherzinger was dressed in a feather-draped miniskirt and skimpy bustier top, and was joined onstage by a team of 10 backup dancers showcasing island-inspired moves. She opened the performance in silhouette surrounded by purple light. 50 Cent showed up midway through the song wearing a fitted hat turned backward and cocked to the side along with a jacket, jeans and dangling chain, before disappearing suddenly from the stage. Gil Kaufman of MTV described Scherzingers' hula as "seductive." The duo performed the song live again together on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 24, 2011.

In June, Scherzinger flew to the United Kingdom to promote the single, first performing on the final of Britain’s Got Talent wearing a short white dress. On June 11 she appeared at Capital FM's Summertime Ball performing "Right There", "Poison", and "Don't Hold Your Breath". She furthered performed the song in the United States performing on July 13 for AMP Radio’s Topless Summer Switch Party at the Universal CityWalk. The following day she performed "Right There" on "So You Think You Can Dance" wearing short shorts, and a sheer white blouse. On August 5, she performed "Right There" on Lopez Tonight.

Track listing

 * Digital download
 * 1) "Right There" (featuring 50 Cent) – 4:22

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Killer Love.


 * Management
 * Published by EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. o/b/o itself and Jimipub Music (BMI); / Dat Damn Dean/Peer Music/2412 Songs (BMI) / Jesse Jaye Music/Reach Global (ASCAP); Hypnotic Beats, published by Rebel Made LLC admin by Kobalt Music Services America Inc. (KMSA)
 * Recorded and mixed at Record Plant Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California).
 * 50 Cent vocals recorded at the Beverly Hills Mansion (Beverly Hills, California) and MSR Studios (New York City, New York).


 * Personnel


 * David Boyd – vocal recording assistant
 * 50 Cent – featured artist, songwriting
 * Chris Cheney – 50 Cent additional engineering
 * Michael Daley – vocal recording assistant
 * Ester Dean – songwriting
 * Angela N. Golightly – production coordination
 * Dabling Harward – additional vocal recording
 * Andrew Hey – vocal recording
 * Ghazi Hourani – recording assistant
 * Matt Huber – recording assistant
 * Jim Jonsin – songwriting, production, programming, keyboards
 * Harvey Mason Jr. – songwriting, vocal production
 * Robert Marks – recording, mixing
 * Justin Merrill – recording assistant
 * Ky Miller – 50 Cent recording
 * Daniel Morris – songwriting
 * Danny Morris – additional keyboards
 * Frank Romano – songwriting, guitars, bass
 * Nicole Scherzinger – lead artist