"Back Then, Right Now" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Tenille Arts.
The song was written by Arts, along with Dave Pittenger, MacKenzie Porter and Parker Welling.
[2] The song was her follow-up single to her number one Mediabase Country hit "Somebody Like That" in the United States, and Arts admitted there was "a lot of pressure" when it came to picking the next single.
[3] Carena Liptak of Taste of Country described the song as "mid-tempo" and "gently swinging", saying it was Arts' take on the "classic country trope of nostalgia, conjuring up crisp images of the carefree nights".
[4] "Back Then, Right Now" reached a peak of number 12 on the Billboard Canada Country chart for the week of February 12, 2022, spending 25 weeks on the chart in total and marking Arts' fourth career top 20 hit in her home country.