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Oct 6, 2026
Jason ColvinHOST
I don- I don't know.
Jason ColvinHOST
One hit wonder band named Jesus Jones.
DeeHOST
Right Here, Right Now.
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's great.
Arturo AndradeHOST
They stopped releasing any new music afterward, but in interviews throughout the years have maintained that they continue to write songs together.
Arturo AndradeHOST
Who knows if we'll ever hear from them again? Next, Jesus Jones with Real Real Real and Right Here, Right Now, both from 1990.
Arturo AndradeHOST
Here's another British band that emerged from another strand of 1980s indie/alternative rock While they came from the south of England, they were heavily influenced by the funky acid house-infused dance rock of northern Manchester bands like the Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses.
Arturo AndradeHOST
Unlike those bands, Jesus Jones crossed over to major international pop chart success with a double wallop in nineteen ninety with the charged dance floor filler "Real, Real, Real" and the anthemic singalong "Right Here, Right Now".
Arturo AndradeHOST
Afterward, they managed to produce some moderate bottom-of-the-chart success, but they never came close to the same heights again.
Arturo AndradeHOST
Next, The Rembrandts with "Just the Way It Is, Baby" from nineteen ninety and "I'll Be There for You" from nineteen ninety-five.
John RobinsHOST
We'll be there for a couple of weeks in December starting..." Get this.
John RobinsHOST
"Starting off in London for a couple days, then heading to Cardiff for three days, then Bristol for a Jesus Jones concert, then Inverness for two days, and Edinburgh for four days-
Elis JamesHOST
Oh
John RobinsHOST
... then back to London to see a Greg Davis gig."
7 MINS LATER
John RobinsHOST
The Mitre and The City of York.
Elis JamesHOST
Yeah.
John RobinsHOST
Uh, then Bristol, you're going to see Jesus Jones.
John RobinsHOST
Um, I would also suggest just going for a walk through Stokes Croft and looking at all the street art.
Vernon KayHOST
So this is worth two points.
Vernon KayHOST
Complete the title of this 1991 tune by Jesus Jones.
Vernon KayHOST
It was called International Bright Young What? Thing.
Vernon KayHOST
Yes.
speaker_0HOST
He was bassist and singer, who was the frontman for the band Badseeds.
speaker_0HOST
Primus Brett Anderson was born in 1967 the singer for the Britpop band Suede bassist and songwriter Brad Smith was born in 1968 he co-founded the group Blind Melon famous for their 1990s hit single called No Rain keyboardist Ian Baker was born in 1969 He was a member of the group Jesus Jones who had the big hit called Right Here Right Now.
speaker_0HOST
Halsey was born in 1974, international superstar, had a bunch of chart-topping hits.
speaker_0HOST
Singer and guitarist Gunnar McGrath was born in 1976.
Martin RossiterGUEST
And he sort of slightly took me under his wing and would play me new things, and he knew a lot more about music than I did at the time.
Martin RossiterGUEST
He ended up being the keyboard player in Jesus Jones.
Martin RossiterGUEST
And I've seen him a few years ago, and he's a lovely man.
Martin RossiterGUEST
But he was my hero at the time in terms of...
12 MINS LATER
Steve BlameHOST
I mean, call me naive.
Steve BlameHOST
Well, I want to get back to the, it sort of returns back to this idea of you reading these interviews when you were young and people saying outrageous things.
Steve BlameHOST
But, you know, you've also said that you had a strong belief as a child that you might be Jesus.
Steve BlameHOST
It's one of the few
Josephine RiesmanGUEST
It's no back covers.
Josephine RiesmanGUEST
It's all new stuff, including a brand new banger by Jesus Jones.
Josephine RiesmanGUEST
I am not making that up.
Josephine RiesmanGUEST
Right here, right now as a sequel, basically.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I was alive and I waited, waited I was alive and I waited, waited I was alive and I waited, waited I was alive and I waited for this Waited, waited, I was alive and I waited
Mike SavageHOST
It's Jesus Jones 9 on the Capitol Countdown from this week in 1991.
Mike SavageHOST
Literally a song about what the world felt like at the turn of the decade.
Mike SavageHOST
But here's a little anorak story for you, gang.
30 MINS LATER
Mike SavageHOST
One more to go, gang, but first, let's recap the top ten.
Mike SavageHOST
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were ten with Learning to Fly, up three from thirteen.
Mike SavageHOST
Jesus Jones were nine with Right Here, Right Now, up three from twelve.
Mike SavageHOST
The Escape Club were 8 with Call It Poison, down 6 from 2.
Jason DeFillippoHOST
Yeah
Brian SchulmeisterHOST
... and, and, uh, see my mom and help her out around the house a little bit and all that before we turn around and come back for Christmas.
Jason DeFillippoHOST
Yeah.
Brian SchulmeisterHOST
[laughs]
Jason DeFillippoHOST
[laughs]
Brian SchulmeisterHOST
Oh, yeah.
Brian SchulmeisterHOST
Well, well, we'll get together over Christmas.
Brian SchulmeisterHOST
Maybe we'll go out for, uh, some Mexican.
RiggsHOST
Right.
RiggsHOST
It's a British indie alt band called Jesus Jones.
CaitlinHOST
Oh, oh, I remember Jesus Jones.
RiggsHOST
Yes.
CaitlinHOST
Okay.
RiggsHOST
So Jesus Jones.
RiggsHOST
And, and I, I love that band.
RiggsHOST
I love that song.
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