Here in Your Bedroom

"Here in Your Bedroom" is a song by the American punk rock band Goldfinger. It was the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album in 1996, released on Mojo Records. The song is based on the band's frontman, John Feldmann, and a brief relationship he had with a woman. The song was the band's biggest chart success, peaking at number five on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks in the United States. It also peaked at number 11 on RPM's Alternative 30 in Canada, and at number 47 on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart.

"Here in Your Bedroom"
The single's cover art, by Alan Forbes
Single by Goldfinger
from the album Goldfinger
Released	1996 (1996)
Genre	Ska punk pop-punk[1] alternative rock[2]
Length	3:10
Label	Mojo
Songwriter(s)	John Feldmann
Producer(s)	Jay Rifkin
Goldfinger singles chronology
"Here in Your Bedroom" (1996) "Mable" (1996)

Background

"Here in Your Bedroom" was based on Goldfinger frontman John Feldmann's personal experiences. He was working at a store selling shoes, and he had a crush on a woman working in the dress department for over eight months. "'Here in Your Bedroom' is all about those wacky emotions that a sensitive guy like me gets at a time like that. When we were in her room, there was nothing else going on in the world but me and her," he told Billboard when the song achieved success. He noted that the experience was beneficial as a songwriter, as he gained three new songs from it.^[3] They first got together on New Year's 1995:

This girl and I hung out and we hooked up and I was up all night hanging out with this girl. I didn't sleep at all. I woke up right before my sister got there at 10 in the morning. I wrote "Here In Your Bedroom" from like 9AM to 9:08. It took me eight minutes to write the whole song. It was inspired by all this passion and pent-up crush energy and I wrote that song about this girl and about the next day—"Will you still feel the same?" [...] I wrote it all immediately. I knew it was going to be a ska verse and a pop-punk chorus. I knew everything, it all came clearly.^[4]

In addition, Feldmann was inspired by his visiting sister, whom he had not seen in a year.^[4] As for the girl, she quickly broke up with Feldmann and moved to Texas.^[3] Upon the song's twentieth anniversary in 2016, Feldmann called it his favorite song on the band's self-titled debut album, Goldfinger.^[4]

In 2022, the song was re-recorded for the deluxe version of Never Look Back, featuring Avril Lavigne.^[5]

Formats and track listing

All songs written by John Feldmann, except where noted.

CD maxi single (UND 56010)[6] "Here in Your Bedroom" – 3:12 "Nothing to Prove" (Feldmann, Charlie Paulson) – 2:33 "Pictures (Live Version)" – 2:20

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Canada Alternative 30 (RPM)[7]	11
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[8]	5
US Hot 100 Airplay (Billboard)[9]	47

References

1. Smith, Troy (March 7, 2022). "The 100 greatest pop punk songs of all time". cleveland.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
2. "The 96 Best Alternative Rock Songs Of 1996". SPIN. August 31, 2016. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
3. Bradley Bambarger (May 25, 1996). "The Modern Age". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 21. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 91. ISSN 0006-2510.
4. Maria Sherman (February 26, 2016). "Goldfinger's Debut Album Turns 20: John Feldmann Reflects". Fuse. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
5. "Listen to Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil guest on a new version of Goldfinger's 'Superman'". NME. August 9, 2022.
6. "Here in Your Bedroom – Goldfinger". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
7. "RPM Alternative 30". RPM. 63 (14). Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada. May 20, 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
8. "Goldfinger – Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
9. "Goldfinger – Chart History: Radio Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 16, 2016.

External links

• Official music video on YouTube