"Right Here (Departed)" is a song by American singer Brandy, written by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and The Writing Camp members Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Victoria Horn, Erika Nuri, and David "DQ" Quiñones and produced by Jerkins for her fifth studio album Human (2008). Not recorded until late into the production of the album, it set much of the tone for the final Human track listing as it was the first out of several new songs Brandy and Jerkins recorded together following his absence on the Afrodisiac album. Its lyrics chronicle a woman's talks about mutual support with loved ones. Picked as the album's leading single and Brandy's first release with Epic Records following her split with Atlantic Records in 2005, the song premiered on her official webpage on August 13, 2008. Her first release in four years, it was officially serviced to US radio on August 25, 2008 prior to receiving a major release between September 2008 and March 2009 on most international territories. Although it became a moderate hit, reaching the top ten of the French Singles Chart and number-one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, the track emerged as her highest-charting single in years. An accompanying music video for "Right Here (Departed)" was directed by Little X and filmed in Los Angeles, California in August 2008, loosely inspired by the 2007 science fiction film I Am Legend. It reached the top of BET's 106 & Park countdown and was voted number sixty-nine on BET: Notarized Top 100 videos of 2008.