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{{Short description|1999 single by BBMak}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Back Here

| cover = BBMak - Back Here (Original UK Single Cover).jpg

| alt = BBMak - Back Here.jpg

| type = single

| artist = BBMak

| album = Sooner or Later

| B-side = Miss You More

| released = {{start date|1999|8|16|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio = Hollywood (Hollywood, California)

| genre =

| length = 3:39

| label = * Telstar (UK)

| writer = * Christian Burns

| producer = * Oliver Leiber

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Still on Your Side

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Z7RavdBoR0w|"Back Here"}}}}

}}

"Back Here" is a song by English pop rock band BBMak. It was written by the three members of the group (Christian Burns, Mark Barry, and Stephen McNally) along with songwriter Phil Thornalley. It was originally released in August 1999 as the lead single from their debut studio album, Sooner or Later (2000), but did not experience commercial success until its American release the following year, when it became a top-20 hit in the United States. The song was then re-released in the United Kingdom and entered the top five of the UK Singles Chart in February 2001. Rolling Stone ranked it as the 63rd-greatest boy band song of all time.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/boy-band-songs-greatest-1033317/bbmak-back-here-1999-1032391/|title=75 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=24 July 2020|access-date=21 August 2021}}

Content

Stephen McNally told Billboard that the song "Back Here" was deceiving due to its uptempo guitar part and the song sounding happy. He went on to say that it was about a "guy and a girl getting together, then the girl leaves the guy and now he can't live without her."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-07-08.pdf|title='Sea of Screams' Greets U.K.'s BBMak as Hit 'Back Here' Catches Fire in U.S.|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|magazine=Billboard|volume=112|issue=28|page=76|date=8 July 2000|access-date=19 April 2021}} Of the song's background, Christian Burns said "['Back Here'] came together really quickly. We were having coffee with Phil [Thornalley] at his flat, and we were just messing around with chords; we wrote the whole song in about 45 minutes'".{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1121825/bbmak-separate-the-men-from-the-boy-bands/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918022411/http://www.mtv.com/news/1121825/bbmak-separate-the-men-from-the-boy-bands/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2017|title=BBMak Separate The Men From The Boy Bands|last=Woodlief|first=Mark|publisher=MTV News|date=7 July 2000}} Burns added, “I remember when we heard that guitar intro for the first time. We flew over to Hollywood to go and work on the record in the Hills with [producers] John Shanks and Oliver Leiber, walked into the studio and the intro was on loop. We all looked at each other and knew something magical was cooking here".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/amp/articles//9344505/where-are-they-now-2000-bbmak-baha-men-2gether|title=Where Are They Now? Catching Up With 2000 Stars BBMak, Baha Men, Evan & Jaron, Nine Days & 2Gether|last=Daw|first=Robbie|magazine=Billboard|date=27 March 2020|access-date=24 August 2021}}

Release

Originally released in the United Kingdom on 16 August 1999, it reached number 37 on the UK Singles Chart that same month.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-08-07.pdf|title=News|magazine=Music Week|page=3|date=7 August 1999|access-date=9 August 2021}} Japanese radio stations eventually began playing the song which resulted in their overseas label Telstar scrambling to get the group to Asia for promotion. The song subsequently topped the charts of several Asian countries.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-04-22.pdf|title=For Hollywood, BBMak's More Than Boy Band|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Taylor (music journalist)|magazine=Billboard|volume=112|issue=17|pages=14, 18|date=22 April 2000|access-date=6 October 2020}}

In the United States, "Back Here" was released on 27 March 2000 and eventually reached number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It became a mainstay on pop radio and on the MTV show Total Request Live in the summer of 2000. The song also charted in Canada, peaking at number 11 on the RPM Top Singles chart. On 12 February 2001, following the song's success in America, the single was re-released in the United Kingdom{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-03-10.pdf|title=Airborne|last=Stavenes Dove|first=Siri|magazine=Music & Media|volume=18|issue=11|page=10|date=10 March 2001|access-date=20 September 2020}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-02-10.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting February 12, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=10 February 2001|access-date=9 August 2021}} and made the top 10 this time around, debuting and peaking at number five.

Music videos

There are two versions of the video. The first, made for a UK release, was filmed in Los Angeles and directed by Dani Jacobs.{{cite AV media|people=Jacobs, Dani (director)|date=24 October 2018|title=BBMak - Back Here (Official Video)|type=Music video|publisher=Phoenix Music International|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGegNlgJdE|via=YouTube}} The second version, intended for a US release, was again directed by Jacobs and was filmed in London in March 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/bbmak/294377/back-here.jhtml#|title=bbmak > Music Videos > Back Here|publisher=MTV Networks|date=29 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116041141/http://www.mtv.com/videos/bbmak/294377/back-here.jhtml|archive-date=16 January 2009|access-date=29 October 2008}} It features the band performing on the platform of Canary Wharf DLR station and in the London Eye as they try to earn the attention of a woman who passes by and gives them a tip near the end of the video.{{cite AV media|people=Jacobs, Dani (director)|date=25 September 2020|title=BBMak - Back Here (London Version)|type=Music video|publisher=Phoenix Music International|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7RavdBoR0w|via=YouTube}}

Track listings

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UK CD1 (1999){{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|others=BBMak|year=1999|type=UK CD1 single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records|id=CDSTAS3053}}

  1. "Back Here"
  2. "Back Here" (extended version)
  3. "Back Here" (video)

UK CD2 (1999){{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|others=BBMak|year=1999|type=UK CD2 single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records|id=CXSTAS3053}}

  1. "Back Here"
  2. "Miss You More"
  3. "More Than Words"

Japanese CD single (1999){{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|others=BBMak|year=1999|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Victor|id=VICP-35038}}

  1. "Back Here"
  2. "Back Here" (extended version)
  3. "Miss You More"

Australian CD single (2000){{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|others=BBMak|year=2000|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records, Shock Records, Velocity Records|id=ADICT098CD}}

  1. "Back Here"
  2. "Back Here" (extended version)
  3. "Miss You More"
  4. "Back Here" (video)

US CD single (2000){{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|others=BBMak|year=2000|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Hollywood Records|id=HR-64040-2}}

  1. "Back Here" – 3:38
  2. "Miss You More" – 5:08
  3. "I'm Not in Love" / "Next Time" / "I Can Tell" – 2:46

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US cassette single (2000){{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|others=BBMak|year=2000|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Hollywood Records|id=HR-64040-4}}

:A1. "Back Here" – 3:38

:A2. "I'm Not in Love" / "Next Time" / "I Can Tell" – 2:46

:B1. "Miss You More" – 5:06

European CD single (2001){{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|others=BBMak|year=2001|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records|id=0125966 TST}}

  1. "Back Here 2001" – 3:41
  2. "Back Here" (acoustic version) – 3:39

UK and Australian CD single (2001){{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|others=BBMak|year=2001|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records|id=CDSTAS3166}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|others=BBMak|year=2001|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records, Addiction Records, Velocity Records|id=ADICT098CDX}}

  1. "Back Here 2001"
  2. "Back Here" (acoustic version)
  3. "More Than Words"
  4. Enhanced CD-ROM

UK cassette single (2001){{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|others=BBMak|year=2001|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Telstar Records|id=CASTAS3166}}

  1. "Back Here 2001"
  2. "Back Here" (acoustic version)
  3. "More Than Words"

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Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD1 liner notes.

Locations

  • Recorded at Hollywood Studios (Hollywood, California)
  • Mixed at Royaltone Studios (California)
  • Artwork designed at Blade

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BBMak

Additional musicians

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Other personnel

  • Phil Thornalley – writing
  • Oliver Leiber – production
  • Barry Rudolph – engineering
  • Marc DeSisto – mixing
  • Norman Watson – photography
  • Nick Foss – styling
  • Rachel Howarth – make up

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (1999)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Scotland|43|date=19990828|rowheader=true|access-date=24 May 2018}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|37|artist=BBMak|artistid=8198|rowheader=true|access-date=24 June 2021|refname="uk"}}

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!Chart (2000–2001)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|47|artist=BBMak|song=Back Here|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2018}}
{{single chart|Flanders|42|artist=BBMak|song=Back Here|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2018}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|11|chartid=7188|rowheader=true|access-date=29 September 2018|refname="can"}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|6|chartid=7262|rowheader=true|access-date=29 September 2018}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-03-03.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=18|issue=10|page=11|date=3 March 2001|access-date=22 June 2020}}

|27

{{single chart|Ireland2|27|song=Back Here|rowheader=true|access-date=15 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|91|artist=BBMak|song=Back Here|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2018}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|18|artist=BBMak|song=Back Here|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2018}}
{{single chart|Scotland|5|date=20010224|rowheader=true|access-date=24 May 2018|refname="sco"}}
{{single chart|Sweden|39|artist=BBMak|song=Back Here|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2018}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|5|artist=BBMak|artistid=8198|rowheader=true|access-date=24 June 2021|refname="uk"}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|13|artist=BBMak|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2018|refname="hot100"}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=BBMak|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|12|artist=BBMak|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|9|artist=BBMak|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2018}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (2000)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://billboardtop100of.com/2000-2/|title=Billboard Top 100 – 2000|website=Billboardtop100of.com|access-date=20 September 2020}}

|33

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA44|title=The Year in Music 2000: Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=112|issue=53|page=YE-98|date=30 December 2000|access-date=16 December 2023}}

|21

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2000|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=8|issue=51|page=48|date=22 December 2000}}

|34

scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2000|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=8|issue=51|page=54|date=22 December 2000}}

|24

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!Chart (2001)

!Position

scope="row"|Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS){{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100page2_2001.html|title=BDS CHART : Top 100 of 2001|publisher=Jam!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020726115818/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100page2_2001.html|archive-date=26 July 2002|access-date=26 March 2022}}

|77

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2001|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=24 May 2018}}

|110

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA39-IA20|title=The Year in Music 2001: Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=52|page=YE-81|date=29 December 2001|access-date=16 December 2023}}

|12

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Release history

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scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Format(s)

! scope="col"| Label(s)

! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}

scope="row"| United Kingdom

| 16 August 1999

| 2× CD

| Telstar

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scope="row"| Japan

| 20 November 1999

| CD

| Victor

| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/2746/products/289561/1/|title=バック・ヒア {{!}} BBマック|trans-title=Back Here {{!}} BBMak|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=9 October 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan="3"| United States

| 27 March 2000

| {{hlist|Hot adult contemporary|modern adult contemporary radio}}

| rowspan="3"| Hollywood

| align="center"| {{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-03-24.pdf|title=BBMak: Back Here|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1343|page=1|date=24 March 2000|access-date=24 May 2021}}

28 March 2000

| Contemporary hit radio

| align="center"| {{cite magazine|title=Impact Dates|magazine=Gavin Report|issue=2297|pages=8, 20|date=24 March 2000}}

11 April 2000

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scope="row"| United Kingdom (reissue)

| 12 February 2001

| Telstar

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.discogs.com/release/1317627 Single release info at discogs.com]
  • [https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/25129598/BBMak/Back+Here Lyrics of this song] at [https://www.lyrics.com/ Lyrics.com]

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Category:1999 debut singles

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