Low (Flo Rida song)
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| Single by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | |||||||||||
| from the album Mail on Sunday and Step Up 2: The Streets | |||||||||||
| Released | September 16, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Format | Digital download, CD single | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||||||||
| Genre | Electro hop, southern hip hop, R&B | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:50 | ||||||||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Tramar Dillard, Faheem Najm | ||||||||||
| Producer | DJ Montay | ||||||||||
| Certification | 6x Platinum (RIAA) 2x Platinum (RIANZ) 3x Platinum (CRIA) 3x Platinum (ARIA) |
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"Low" is the debut single by American rapper Flo Rida, featured on his debut album Mail On Sunday and also featured on the soundtrack to the 2008 film Step Up 2: The Streets. The song features T-Pain and was co-written with T-Pain. There is also a remix in which the hook is sung by Flo Rida rather than T-Pain. An official remix was made which features rapper Pitbull and T-Pain.
The now-iconic single was a hit worldwide and the longest running number-one single of 2008. With five million paid digital downloads, it was certified six-times platinum by the RIAA, and was the most downloaded single of 2000s decade, measured by paid digital downloads.[1] The song was named 3rd on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.[2] "Low" spent ten consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, the longest-running number-one single of 2008.
It was also performed live with the band Simple Plan at the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards.[3]
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[edit] Chart performance
The song debuted at number 91 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 on November 6, 2007, and reached number one for the week of December 30, 2007 - January 5, 2008.[4] The song generated the second greatest one-week digital sales in the history of Billboard Magazine's Digital Songs chart (behind Flo Rida's "Right Round"), with 467,000 digital copies in one week. "Low" was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for ten weeks and remained in the top ten of the chart for 23 weeks,[5] making it both T-Pain and Flo Rida's most successful single to date.
The song was dethroned on the Hot 100 by Usher's "Love in This Club" featuring Young Jeezy. As the first number one on the Hot 100 of 2008, "Low" held the top position longer than any song did in 2008 (see List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2008 (U.S.)), and is the longest running Hot 100 number one since Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable."[6] The song is also the longest-running number one in the history of the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, topping the chart for 13 weeks, and also on the now-defunct Pop 100 chart, where it ruled for 12 weeks.[6] "Low" was the best-selling digitally-downloaded song of all time, with U.S. digital sales of over 5,000,000.[7] (It has since been surpassed by The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling.")[8] The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 39 weeks, before dropping out in June 2008.[9] Digital sales, as of August 2011, now stand at over 6,000,000.[10]
The physical release of the single occurred in the UK week beginning 24 March 2008.[11] On July 20, 2008, the song moved up to No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart, several months after its official release. Although it failed to reach number one in the UK, it amassed 53 weeks inside the UK Top 75 (making it the joint 20th longest runner of all time), and 75 weeks inside the Top 100.[12]
The song was ranked at #23 on Billboard's All Time Hot 100 for the 50th anniversary of the chart.[13] The song was also was ranked the number-one song for 2008 in Billboard's ranking of the Top Hot 100 Hits of 2008. On December 28, 2008, it was listed at No. 11 for the UK Singles Chart year-end countdown and was named highest-selling single in Australia in 2008.
[edit] Music and lyrics
Several of T-Pain's motifs are present in this song, including autotune, call and answer during the chorus, and use of electronic drums. Flo Rida has sexually charged (but not explicit) lyrics, for example he refers to a girl's buttocks as "birthday cakes" which "stole the show". T-Pain also relies heavily on synthesizer. The music revolves around one chord, E♭ minor. A Harmonic minor melody is played over the E♭ minor, and at different times different instrumentation cycles, i.e. sometimes only the synthesizer plays, sometimes only the bass, sometimes only the vocals. Flo Rida uses a style that is common in 1990s hip-hop party music.
The song makes references to woman in a club who is wearing Apple Bottom jeans and boots with fur. The woman also wears baggy sweat pants and Reeboks with the straps. The lyrics repeatedly suggest that the woman is extremely attractive and possesses great skill in dancing provocatively.
[edit] Music video
The video of "Low" was directed by Bernard Gourley and contains certain clips from Step Up 2 The Streets. It also contains cameos from Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Cool & Dre, Briana Evigan, & Torch & Gunplay of Triple C's. Also, T-Pain and Flo Rida are in a nightclub in a few scenes. The music video reached the #1 spot on 106 & Park for 5 days and 22 days on TRL. The music video was also nominated at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video and Best Hip-Hop Video, but lost to Chris Brown's "With You" (Best Male Video) and Lil Wayne's Lollipop (Best Hip-Hop Video) videos.
[edit] Cover versions
Albuquerque, New Mexico based Crunkcore group Brokencyde released a cover of this song on "THA $C3N3 MiXTaPe" in 2008. Travis Barker, drummer from Blink 182 added a drum version cover of the song.
[edit] Remix
There is a remix by Los Bk-Clan (Sto Domingo), Daryl & DJ Q-Bah (Netherlands)
[edit] Certification
In the United States, "Low" has been certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA.[14] The song was certified 2x Platinum in New Zealand on September 28, 2008, selling over 30,000 copies.[15] In Canada, it was certified 3x Platinum in digital downloads and 4x Platinum in Ringtones[16][17]
[edit] Personnel
Fabian Marasciullo, mix engineer[18]
[edit] Charts
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[edit] Year-end charts
[edit] Decade-end charts
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[edit] See also
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2008 (U.S.)
- List of R&B number-one singles of 2008 (U.S.)
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2008 (Canada)
- List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008
- List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand)
- List of number-one singles of 2008 (Ireland)
[edit] References
- ^ "FLO RIDA HAS DECADE'S TOP-SELLING DIGITAL SONG: 'Low' claims more than 5 million downloads.". EURweb. http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur58242.cfm. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
- ^ Hot 100 Decade Songs
- ^ "MMVA08: Flo Rida’s Number!". MuchMusic. http://blog.muchmusic.com/mmva08-lo-ridas-number/. Retrieved 15 June 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Flo Rida and T-Pain - Low worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Exclusive Music Interviews - Music Artist Interviews - Band Interview
- ^ a b [1]The long and short of it. Retrieved February 14, 2008.
- ^ Week Ending June 21, 2009: JoBros' "Mo" Slows Yahoo Music Blog (written by Paul Grein): Retrieved June 24, 2009
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/features/glee-the-billboard-cover-story-1004087809.story?tag=hpflash1#/news/black-eyed-peas-i-gotta-feeling-breaks-digital-1004088195.story
- ^ [2]Billboard 200. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
- ^ Grein, Paul (2011-08-10). "Week Ending Aug. 7, 2011. Songs: Place Your Bets". Yahoo! Chart Watch. new.music.yahoo.com. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74398/week-ending-aug-7-2011-songs-place-your-bets/;_ylt=AroHI7aCVaPocngs0et85JYPwiUv. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Singles
- ^ "Chart Stats - Low by Flo Rida". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33671. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
- ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs (10-01)". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-10.shtml. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ Recording Industry Association of America
- ^ 2x Platinum Certification in New Zealand: September 28, 2008 Retrieved: May 23, 2009
- ^ http://www.cria.ca/gold/0508_g.php
- ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Associationt - Gold and Platinum". http://www.cria.ca/gold/0508_g.php. Retrieved January 2008.
- ^ Sound on Sound magazine, august 2008
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Flo Rida feat. T-Pain Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Flo Rida feat. T-Pain. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Danishcharts.com – Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low". Tracklisten. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Flo Rida feat. T-Pain Album & Song Chart History" European Hot 100 for Flo Rida feat. T-Pain. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Finnishcharts.com – Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low". VG-lista. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.
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- ^ "Flo Rida feat. T-Pain Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Flo Rida feat. T-Pain. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Flo Rida feat. T-Pain Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Flo Rida feat. T-Pain. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Flo Rida feat. T-Pain Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rap Songs for Flo Rida feat. T-Pain. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Jahrescharts2008
- ^ "Éves összesített listák - MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 (súlyozott)". Mahasz. Mahasz. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=eves_osszesitett_listak&id=radios&ev=2009.
- ^ "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (PDF). Charts Plus. http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2009.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks - Decade Year End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
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- 2007 singles
- 2008 singles
- Flo Rida songs
- T-Pain songs
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Billboard Pop 100 number-one singles
- Billboard Rhythmic Airplay number-one singles
- Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Australia
- Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
- Number-one singles in New Zealand
- Number-one debut singles
- Songs written by T-Pain
- Songs from films
- Singles certified sextuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
