# Lucky Now

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**"Lucky Now"** is a song by [alt country](/source/Alt_country) singer-songwriter [Ryan Adams](/source/Ryan_Adams), and the lead single from his studio album *[Ashes & Fire](/source/Ashes_%26_Fire)*. According to Adams, the single is based upon "my time in [New York](/source/New_York_City) in my twenties".[1]

## Background and composition

According to Adams, an early version of the song was about [Cardinals](/source/The_Cardinals_(rock_band)) bassist [Chris Feinstein](/source/Chris_Feinstein), who died in December 2009. In August 2011, Adams stated:

It was a difficult song to write. The first version was called "Chris". I was trying to write a song for my friend and former bandmate who passed away. The song I wrote was too direct, and I realised that there needed to be more self-reflection. I needed to make this feeling relatable to others, so that it could be relatable back to myself. In some strange way, it needed to be more altruistic, by being more [first-person](/source/First-person_narrative). It's a very strange concept, but when I listen to songs, I need to feel the narrator's shoes rubbing against my feet, you know? I needed to put myself in that place."[1]

Adams elaborated further, "It's the second draft of the song that I wrote for Chris Feinstien. [...] I think it was really fantastic, it was a good thing for me to write. Eventually, because I sat around with it, "Lucky Now" came around."[2]

## Musicians

- Drums: Jeremy Stacey
- Bass: Gus Seyffert
- Piano: [Norah Jones](/source/Norah_Jones)
- B3 Hammond: [Benmont Tench](/source/Benmont_Tench)
- Guitars: Ryan Adams

## Charts

Chart (2011–12) Peak position Netherlands (Dutch Single Top 100)[3] 67

## References

1. ["BBC Radio 2 - Simon Mayo Drivetime, 30/08/2011"](https://archive.today/20120720220753/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b013wt45). Bbc.co.uk. 2011-08-30. Archived from [the original](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b013wt45) on July 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-31.

1. ["BBC Radio 6 Music - Lauren Laverne, Andrew Collins sits in"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013z5kf). Bbc.co.uk. 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2012-07-31.

1. Hung, Steffen. ["Ryan Adams - Lucky Now"](https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams). *hitparade.ch*. Retrieved 2024-01-01.

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