Low (Flo Rida song)

Infobox Single
Name = Low


Artist = Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
from Album = Mail on Sunday and Step Up 2 the Streets (soundtrack)
A-side =
B-side =
Released = June 19, 2007 (digital download)
September 11, 2007 (radio)
November 2007 (single)
Format = Digital download
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Hip Hop
Pop Rap
Dance Pop
R&Brock & roll
Length = 3:50 (Album Version)
3:53 (Clean Radio Edit)
Label = Atlantic
Writer = Dillard, T./T-Pain
Producer = T-Pain
Certification = 4x platinum
Chronology = Flo Rida singles
Last single = "Birthday"
(2007)
This single = "Low"
(2007)
Next single = "Elevator"
(2007)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = T-Pain singles
Type = single
Last single = "Church" (2007)
This single = "Low" (2007)
Next single = "Who the Fuck Is That?"
(2007)Extra musicsample
Type = single
filename = Low_-_Flo_Rida.ogg
format = Ogg
title = Low
artist = Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
description =

"Low" is the first single from Flo Rida's debut album, "Mail on Sunday" nominated for 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. It also served as a single for the to the 2008 film "Step Up 2 the Streets". The song features T-Pain and is produced and written by T-Pain, and has been serviced to radio stations and charted. There is also a remix that has the hook sung by Flo Rida rather than T-Pain. An official remix was made which features Pitbull and T-Pain. This is also one of the few songs where T-Pain does not use his signature auto-tuning voice. There are other remixes also, one was made with additional drums played by Travis Barker. There is also another which features Jon Wilkes, Elias Reidy & Duke Kitchens of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus adding additional guitars and drums, which was produced by Jay Orpin.

"Low" was also recently performed live with the band Simple Plan at the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards. There is also a clean version remix of the song by Radio Disney. The song is also featured on "DANCE! Online", a multiplayer online casual rhythm game.

The song was ranked at #23 on Billboard's All Time Top 100. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-30.shtml] ]

Radio edit version

The radio edit version of Low is distinctly different from the original version. Flo Rida, instead of T-Pain, sings the chorus and certain words were censored out. The word "snow" from the verse "make it rain, I'm making it snow" was censored using a "losing energy" effect. Words like "pole", "crack" were blanked out. The phrase "pornography poster" became "po-po-po-poster" while the word "glock" was edited out and the last verse made to fade out into the chorus. Extra instrumental effects were added as well. The radio edit version is played in radio stations and on Radio Disney.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 91 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 6, 2007, and reached #1 during the week of January 5, 2008. [http://acharts.us/song/29058 "Flo Rida and T-Pain - Low worldwide chart positions and trajectories"] . "aCharts.us". Retrieved December 28 2007.] The song also generated the greatest one-week digital sales in the history of "Billboard" Magazine's Digital Songs chart, with 500,000 digital copies purchased in this week. The previous song that had held the record, "Fergalicious", had sold 295,000 digital copies in the beginning of 2007. "Low" was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks and in the top ten of the chart for 23 weeks overall [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/feature/index.jsp Exclusive Music Interviews - Music Artist Interviews - Band Interview ] ] , 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 #1 on the Hot 100 of 2008, "Low" held the #1 position longer than any song did in 2008 (see 2008 in music), and is the longest running Hot 100 #1 since Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable." [http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp] "The long and short of it". Retrieved February 14, 2008.] The song is also the longest running #1 in the history of the "Billboard" Hot Digital Songs chart, topping the chart for 13 weeks and also on the Pop 100 chart where it ruled for 12 weeks. [http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp] "Lower and lowest". Retrieved February 7, 2008.] "Low" has gone onto become the best selling digital download of all time, with current U.S. digital sales of over 4,000,000. The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 37 weeks, before dropping out in June 2008. [http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003741823] "Billboard 200". Retrieved March 26, 2008.]

"Low" has also done well outside of the U.S., also reaching #1 in Ireland, Canada, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Thailand. It reached #2 on the Philippines and UK.The song also reached the top ten position in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Israel, Denmark and Greece. The physical release of the single was released in the UK week beginning 24 March 2008. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Singles ] ] On July 13 2008, the song moved up 6 places from #28 to #22 on the UK Singles Chart, and then up another 3 places to #19 the following week, several months after it's official release. In Bulgaria, the song stayed over a month at number 1.The song has so far peaked at #3 on the United World Chart and gained a total of 6,034,000 points in 30 weeks. Currently, it stayed on the Billboard 200 for 39 weeks. It has over 17 million views seen then on YouTube.

On July 20 2008 the song climbed back up to #19 in the UK because of the DVD release of Step Up 2 the Streets.

Certification

Flo Rida received the highest Gold & Platinum certification of any artist in March, according to the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) monthly G&P count. His EP 'Low' sold more than 3 million singles and 1 million ringtones to earn the Atlantic artist Gold, Platinum, and 3x multi-Platinum prestige for his chart-topping hit. [ www.RIAA.org ]

Charts

{| class="wikitable"!align="center"|Chart (2008)!align="center"|Peak
position
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100
align="center"|1
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
align="center"|9
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Pop 100
align="center"|1
-
align="left"| U.S. "Billboard" Hot Rap Tracks
align="center"|1
-
align="left"| U.S. "Billboard" Hot RingMasters
align="center"|1
-
align="left"| U.S. "Billboard" Rhythmic Top 40
align="center"|1
-
align="left"|Hot Canadian Digital Singles
align="center"|1
-
align="left"| U.S. "Billboard" Hot Videoclip Tracks
align="center"|1
-
align="left"| U.S. "Billboard" Hot Ringtones
align="center"|1
-
align="left"| U.S. "Billboard" Latin Rhythm Airplay
align="center"|1
-
align="left"| U.S. "Billboard" Hot Latin Songs
align="center"|1
-

In Pop Culture

*The song was used by Tom Cruise in the 2008 action comedy film Tropic Thunder.
*The song was parodied in a "Mad TV" opening sketch entitled "O-Oprah," which satirized Oprah Winfrey's endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama.
*Simple Plan covers the song during live performances.

External links

* [http://urbnmix.net/flo-rida-low-video-17349.html "Low" Music Video]

References

Precession and succession

s-ttl|title = U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one single
years = January 5 2008 - March 8 2008s-ttl|title = ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one single
years = February 2 2008 - March 15 2008
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-s-ttl|title = New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number-one single
years = January 28, 2008 - February 18, 2008s-ttl|title = Brazilian Hot100Brasil number-one single
years = March 16, 2008 - March 29, 2008s-ttl|title = Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
years = March 24, 2008 - March 31, 2008s-ttl|title = Irish Singles Chart number-one single
years = March 27 2008 s-ttl|title = Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
years = April 21, 2008
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