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"Right Here (Departed)" is a song by American recording artist Brandy Norwood. It was written by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and The Writing Camp members Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Victoria Horn, Erika Nuri, and David "DQ" Quiñones and produced by Jerkins for her fifth studio album ''Human'' (2008). Not recorded until late into the production of the album, it set much of the tone for the final ''Human'' track listing as it was the first out of several new songs Norwood and Jerkins recorded together following his absence on her previous album ''Afrodisiac'' (2004). Its lyrics chronicle a woman's talks about mutual support with loved ones. Picked as the album's leading single and Norwood's first release with Epic Records following her departure from the Atlantic label in 2005, the song premiered on her official webpage on August 13, 2008. Her first release in four years, it was officially serviced to US radio on August 25, 2008 prior to receiving a major release between September 2008 and March 2009 on most international territories. While "Right Here (Departed)" became a moderate hit in the US, where it reached number 34 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the track emerged as her highest-charting single in years, reaching the top ten of the French Singles Chart, top twenty on the Japan Hot 100, and the top of ''Billboard''s Hot Dance Club Play chart. An accompanying music video for "Right Here (Departed)" was directed by Little X and filmed in Los Angeles, California in August 2008. Loosely inspired by the art direction of Francis Lawrence's 2007 science fiction film ''I Am Legend'', it depicts Norwood as an angel, who is crossing over to the intermediate state and coming back into her family and friend's lives, comforting them just with her singing. It reached the top of BET's ''106 & Park'' countdown and was voted number sixty-nine on ''BET: Notarized'' Top 100 videos of 2008. Part of the set-lists of Norwood's Human World Tour (2009), the song was performed live on several televised events, including ''Total Request Live'', ''The Tyra Banks Show'' and BET's ''Just Human'' special (2008). ==Background and recording== In June 2004, Norwood's fourth studio album, ''Afrodisiac'', was released on Atlantic Records. While the album became a critical success, it enjoyed mediocre commercial success only: Though it debuted at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200, it generally failed to chart or sell noticeably outside the United States. Lead single "Talk About Our Love", featuring rapper Kanye West, reached number six in the United Kingdom but later singles failed to score successfully on the popular music charts.〔 The following year, after eleven years with the company, Norwood asked for and received an unconditional release from Atlantic, citing her wish "to move on" as the main reason for her decision. Completing her contract with the label, a compilation album compiling her first four studio albums with Atlantic, entitled ''The Best of Brandy'', was released in March 2005. Thereupon, she reportedly started shopping for a new record deal under Knockout Entertainment, her brother's vanity label, and began work on her fifth studio album independently with a wider range of songwriters and producers. Penned by Evan "Kidd" Bogart and his fellow Writing Camp members Victoria Horn, Erika Nuri and David Quiñones, "Right Here (Departed)" was not recorded until late into the production of the ''Human'' album. It was the first out of several Rodney Jerkins-crafted demo tracks ''Human'' A&R Brandon Creed presented to Norwood and the first song Jerkins and Brandy recorded together at the 2nd Floor Studios in Los Angeles following the pair's musical reunification in early June 2008. It would eventually version as the result convinced Norwood and her team to replace actual main producer Brian Kennedy in favor of Jerkins. While "Right Here (Departed)" was not specifically created for Brandy or the ''Human'' album, Bogart called it an "honor" to have the singer record one of their songs. "I think it's definitely a great comeback song for her, stylistically and conceptually," he said. "It's like working a new artist." Her first record as a member of The Writing Team, Erika Nuri, added: "It is truly an honor and a blessing to have her first single, especially knowing that so many other great songwriters and producers were gunning for it and are on the album. I do think it's a perfect comeback song for her. A song for her old fans, but also new enough for kids that have never heard her before to gravitate too."〔 Norwood noted the song "a Brandy song" and "reconnect" with Jerkins: "Our experience this time has been very magical," she said about collaboration with Jerkins. "Our sound is a little bit different from our old sound, () it's like something that we would have done but on another level. Like the new version of who we are ()." Lyrically, "Departed" chronicle a woman's talks about mutual support with loved ones.〔 Recorded with therapeutical background, Norwood has noted the fatal 2006 car accident, in which she was involved, as a reason for its inclusion on the album. "To know that you have somebody by your side who is gonna always be there for you, that comforts you in a way and that kinda gives you an extra confidence about yourself," she said, "And that's what I love about it: It's first the message and than you get into the beat and the whole musical part of it. I think everyone's gonna be able to relate to that () It's universal."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Right Here (Departed)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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