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"Low Rider" is a song written by American funk band War and producer Jerry Goldstein, which appeared on their album Why Can't We Be Friends?, released in 1975. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B singles chart, peaked at number seven on the Hot 100 singles chart, and number six in Canada (number 69 in the Canadian year-end chart). The song was also used in the 1978 Cheech and Chong movie “Up In Smoke”, and appeared as track 3 of the associated original sound track album.
The Beastie Boys sampled "Low Rider" on their song "Slow Ride", from 1986's Licensed to Ill. Three years later, thrash metal band, Exodus covered the song, on their third studio album, Fabulous Disaster. and nearly a decade later, the song was covered by nu metal band Korn on their 1996 studio album Life Is Peachy. Beginning in 1996, "Low Rider" featured for several years on British television in adverts for Marmite, as part of their 'Love it or hate it' campaign. In 1999, Barry White recorded a version on his album Staying Power. "Low Rider" was later used as the theme song for the George Lopez self-titled ABC sitcom, which ran from 2002 to 2007. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014. bbno$ sampled the song on his 2025 single, "Check".
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