why won't this thing select?!

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PHP Code:

$nowplaying=$DB_site->fetch_array($DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM nowplaying WHERE userid = '".$bbuserinfo[userid]."' ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 1"));
$nptext = "\"".$nowplaying[song]."\"-".$nowplaying[artist]; 


i've got it in global.php just above the part that fetches the header template, but when i put $nptext in the template, it just shows up as ""- rather than "<Song Title>"-<Artist>

any ideas?