The Time Is Now (John Cena song) - Wikipedia

"The Time Is Now" is a song by professional wrestler and actor John Cena. It is the current entrance theme used by Cena in WWE. Cena recorded the song in ... TheTimeIsNow(JohnCenasong) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2005singlebyJohnCenaandThaTrademarc"TheTimeIsNow"SinglebyJohnCenaandThaTrademarcfromthealbumYouCan'tSeeMeReleasedApril9,2005Recorded2004Length2:57LabelWWESongwriter(s)JohnCenaMarcPredkaRobertL.RussellJamalGrinnageEricMurrayDarrylPittmanProducer(s)JakeOneJohnCenaandThaTrademarcsingleschronology "Untouchables"(2003) "TheTimeIsNow"(2005) "BadBadMan"(2005) Audiosamplefilehelp "TheTimeIsNow"isasongbyprofessionalwrestlerandactorJohnCena.ItisthecurrententrancethemeusedbyCenainWWE.Cenarecordedthesongin2005forhisdebutstudioalbum,YouCan'tSeeMe.ThesongwasreleasedonApril9,2005,astheleadsinglefromthealbumonColumbiaandWWEMusicGroup.ThesongwasreleasedasasingleontheiTunesStoreonJune20,2011.[1] ThesongiswidelyknownasbeingpartoftheInternetmeme"UnexpectedJohnCena". Contents 1Background 2Composition 3Inothermedia 4References 5Externallinks Background[edit] CenamadehistelevisiondebutansweringanopenchallengebyKurtAngleonJune27,2002.[2]InOctober,CenaandBillyKidmantookpartinatagteamtournamenttocrownthefirstWWETagTeamChampionsoftheSmackDown!brand,losinginthefirstround.[3]Thenextweek,CenaturnedonandattackedKidman,blaminghimfortheirloss,becomingavillain.[2]ShortlyaftertheKidmanattack,onaHalloweenthemedepisodeofSmackDown,CenadressedasVanillaIceperformingafreestylerap.[2]Thenextweek,Cenareceivedanewcharacter:arapperwhocutspromoswhilerhyming.[2] Heperformedhisownthemesong,"BasicThugonomics",anditwasfeaturedontheWWEsoundtrackalbumWWEOriginals.Healsorecordedasong,"Untouchables",forthecompany'snextsoundtrackalbumWWEThemeAddict:TheMusic,Vol.6.HecollaboratedonthesongH-U-S-T-L-EremixalongwithMurs,E-40,andChingoBling.[4]Cena'sdebutalbum,YouCan'tSeeMe,wasrecordedwithhiscousinThaTrademarc.[5] Composition[edit] "TheTimeIsNow"wascomposedbyCenaalongwithhiscousin,MarcPredka(betterknownbyhisstagenameThaTrademarc).HavingrecordedthealbumwithCena,Predkawasfeaturedonvirtuallyeverytrackofthealbum.ProductionwashandledbyJakeOne.Thesongcontainssamplesof"AnteUp"byM.O.P.whichinturnsamples"SoulSister,BrownSugar"bySam&Dave,andPeteSchofieldandTheCanadians'renditionof"TheNighttheLightsWentOutinGeorgia"originallybyVickiLawrence.[6][7] OnOctober14,2008,M.O.P.filedsuitinaNewYorkFederalCourtagainstSonyBMG,StephanieMusicPublishing,CherryLaneMusicPublishingCompany,WWEandJohnCena.ThegroupallegedthatCenaandtheWWEstolepartsoftheirsong"AnteUp"forhisthemesong,arguingthatthesongwasunlawfullysampledandclearlyrepeatedthreetimes,duringtheintroduction,thesecondandthirdchorus.M.O.P.soughtthedestructionofthesongand$150,000indamages.Theydroppedthelawsuittwomonthslater.[8][9] Inothermedia[edit] ThesongwasusedinthevideogamesWWEDayofReckoning2,ScoobyDoo:WrestleMania,SmackDown!vsRAW2006,SmackDownvsRAW2007,SmackDownvsRAW2008,SmackDownvsRAW2009,SmackDownvsRAW2010,SmackDownvsRAW2011,WWEAllStars,WWE'12,WWE'13,WWE2K14,WWE2K15,WWE2K16,WWE2K17,WWE2K18,WWE2K19,[10]WWE2K20,WWE2KBattlegrounds,andWWE2K22 References[edit] ^"WWE:TheTimeIsNow(JohnCena)-SinglebyJohnCena&ThaTrademarconiTunes".iTunes.Retrieved2016-03-21. ^abcdHamilton,Ian.Wrestling'sSinkingShip(p.67) ^"SmackDown!results –October10,2002".OnlineWorldofWrestling.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonSeptember30,2007.RetrievedMay9,2007. ^"H-U-S-T-L-E,MP3Albumpage".eMusic.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonSeptember26,2007.RetrievedMay17,2007. ^Roche,Jason(23March2015)."TheUnlikelyOriginofWWEStarJohnCena'sEntranceMusic".L.A.Weekly.Archivedfromtheoriginalon4January2018.Retrieved19July2018. ^Yuke's(2007).WWESmackDownvs.Raw2008.THQ. ^"Cena&Shaq'stimeisnowon"CarpoolKaraoke"onSept.5".WWE.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2017-12-06.Retrieved2018-07-19. ^"TheRoyaltyNetworkvs.SonyBMGetal"(PDF).Archivedfromtheoriginal(PDF)on2011-09-30.Retrieved2012-05-21. ^AbduSalaam,Ismael(December19,2008)."M.O.P.'sLawsuitAgainstJohnCenaVoluntarilyDismissed".AllHipHop.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonMarch9,2015.RetrievedMarch11,2015. ^"JohnCenaage,wife,movies,themesong,networthandeverythingyouneedtoknowabouthim".sportskeeda.com.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2016-11-02.Retrieved2018-07-19. 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