{{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 = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres --> | length = 3:39 | label = * Telstar (UK) * Hollywood (US) | writer = * Christian Burns * Mark Barry * Stephen McNally * Phil Thornalley | producer = * Oliver Leiber * John Shanks | 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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."<ref name="BillboardSeaOfScreams">{{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}}</ref> Of the song's background, Christian Burns said "['Back Here'] came together really quickly. We were having coffee with [[Phil Thornalley|Phil [Thornalley]]] at his flat, and we were just messing around with chords; we wrote the whole song in about 45 minutes'".<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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".<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>
==Release== Originally released in the United Kingdom on 16 August 1999, it reached number 37 on the UK Singles Chart that same month.<ref name="ukrel">{{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}}</ref><ref name="uk"/> Japanese radio stations eventually began playing the song which resulted in their overseas label Telstar scrambling to get the group to Asia for promotion.<ref name="BillboardSeaOfScreams"/> The song subsequently topped the charts of several Asian countries.<ref name="taylor">{{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}}</ref>
In the United States, "Back Here" was released on 27 March 2000 and eventually reached number 13 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name=":1"/><ref name="hot100"/> It became a mainstay on pop radio and on the MTV show ''Total Request Live'' in the summer of 2000.<ref name=":0"/> The song also charted in Canada, peaking at number 11 on the ''RPM'' Top Singles chart.<ref name="can"/> On 12 February 2001, following the song's success in America, the single was re-released in the United Kingdom<ref name="ukrerel1">{{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}}</ref><ref name="ukrerel2">{{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}}</ref> and made the top 10 this time around, debuting and peaking at number five.<ref name="uk"/>
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The second version, intended for a US release, was again directed by Jacobs and was filmed in London in March 2000.<ref name="taylor"/><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Track listings== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''UK CD1 (1999)'''<ref name="ukcd1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|year=1999|type=UK CD1 single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records|id=CDSTAS3053}}</ref> # "Back Here" # "Back Here" (extended version) # "Back Here" (video)
'''UK CD2 (1999)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|year=1999|type=UK CD2 single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records|id=CXSTAS3053}}</ref> # "Back Here" # "Miss You More" # "More Than Words"
'''Japanese CD single (1999)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|year=1999|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Victor|id=VICP-35038}}</ref> # "Back Here" # "Back Here" (extended version) # "Miss You More"
'''Australian CD single (2000)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|year=2000|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records, Shock Records, Velocity Records|id=ADICT098CD}}</ref> # "Back Here" # "Back Here" (extended version) # "Miss You More" # "Back Here" (video)
'''US CD single (2000)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|year=2000|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Hollywood Records|id=HR-64040-2}}</ref> # "Back Here" – 3:38 # "Miss You More" – 5:08 # "I'm Not in Love" / "Next Time" / "I Can Tell" – 2:46 {{col-2}} '''US cassette single (2000)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|year=2000|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Hollywood Records|id=HR-64040-4}}</ref> :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)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|year=2001|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records|id=0125966 TST}}</ref> # "Back Here 2001" – 3:41 # "Back Here" (acoustic version) – 3:39
'''UK and Australian CD single (2001)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|year=2001|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records|id=CDSTAS3166}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|year=2001|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records, Addiction Records, Velocity Records|id=ADICT098CDX}}</ref> # "Back Here 2001" # "Back Here" (acoustic version) # "More Than Words" # Enhanced CD-ROM
'''UK cassette single (2001)'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Back Here|year=2001|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Telstar Records|id=CASTAS3166}}</ref> # "Back Here 2001" # "Back Here" (acoustic version) # "More Than Words" {{col-end}}
==Credits and personnel== Credits are adapted from the UK CD1 liner notes.<ref name="ukcd1"/>
'''Locations''' * Recorded at Hollywood Studios (Hollywood, California) * Mixed at Royaltone Studios (California) * Artwork designed at Blade {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''BBMak''' * Christian Burns – writing * Mark Barry – writing * Stephen McNally – writing
'''Additional musicians''' * John Shanks – guitars, production * Mark Browne – bass * Matt Laug – drums {{col-2}} '''Other personnel''' * Phil Thornalley – writing * Oliver Leiber – production * Barry Rudolph – engineering * Marc DeSisto – mixing * Norman Watson – photography * Nick Foss – styling * Rachel Howarth – make up {{col-end}}
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (1999) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>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"}} |} {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2000–2001) !Peak<br/>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)<ref>{{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}}</ref> |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"}} |- !scope="row"|Spain (Top 40 Radio)<ref>{{cite book|author=Fernando Salaverri|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> |align="center"|30 |- {{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"}} |- !scope="row"|UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-02-24.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=24 February 2001|page=33|access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"| 10 |- {{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}} |- !scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (''Radio & Records'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-10-20.pdf|title=R&R AC Top 30|magazine=Radio & Records|page=90|date=October 20, 2000|access-date=November 16, 2025}}</ref> |1 |- !scope="row"|US CHR/Pop Top 50 (''Radio & Records'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-08-11.pdf|title=R&R CHR/Pop Top 50|magazine=Radio & Records|page=39|date=August 11, 2000|access-date=November 16, 2025}}</ref> |8 |- !scope="row"|US Hot AC (''Radio & Records'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-09-01.pdf|title=R&R Hot AC Top 30|magazine=Radio & Records|page=83|date=September 1, 2000|access-date=November 16, 2025}}</ref> |11 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2000) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://billboardtop100of.com/2000-2/|title=Billboard Top 100 – 2000|website=Billboardtop100of.com|access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref> |33 |- !scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>{{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}}</ref> |21 |- !scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2000|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=8|issue=51|page=48|date=22 December 2000}}</ref> |34 |- !scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2000|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=8|issue=51|page=54|date=22 December 2000}}</ref> |24 |- !scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (''Radio & Records'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-12-15.pdf|title=R&R AC Top 100|magazine=Radio & Records|page=98|date=December 15, 2000|access-date=November 16, 2025}}</ref> |20 |- !scope="row"|US Hot AC (''Radio & Records'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-12-15.pdf|title=R&R AC Top 100|magazine=Radio & Records|page=100|date=December 15, 2000|access-date=November 16, 2025}}</ref> |37 |} {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2001) !Position |- !scope="row"|Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS)<ref>{{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}}</ref> |77 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2001|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> |110 |- !scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>{{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}}</ref> |12 |} {{col-end}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! 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 | align="center"| <ref name="ukrel"/> |- ! scope="row"| Japan | 20 November 1999 | CD | Victor | align="center"| <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan="3"| United States | 27 March 2000 | {{hlist|Hot adult contemporary|modern adult contemporary radio}} | rowspan="3"| Hollywood | align="center"| <ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref> |- | 28 March 2000 | Contemporary hit radio | align="center"| <ref name=":1"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Impact Dates|magazine=Gavin Report|issue=2297|pages=8, 20|date=24 March 2000}}</ref> |- | 11 April 2000 | rowspan="2"| {{hlist|CD|cassette}} | align="center"| <ref name="taylor"/> |- ! scope="row"| United Kingdom (reissue) | 12 February 2001 | Telstar | align="center"| <ref name="ukrerel1"/><ref name="ukrerel2"/> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==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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