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Low Rider
1975 single by War
Low Rider
"Low Rider" is a song written by American funk band War and record producer Jerry Goldstein, which appeared on their seventh studio album Why Can't We Be Friends?, released in June 1975. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B singles chart, peaked at number seven on the Hot 100 singles chart on November 29, 1975, number six in Canada (number 69 in the Canadian year-end chart), and number 12 in the UK. The song was also used in the Cheech & Chong movie Up in Smoke (1978), and appeared as track 3 of the associated original soundtrack album. It was later used in the Richard Linklater film Dazed and Confused (1993). AllMusic says of the song: "the lyric takes the cool, laidback image of the lowrider— the Chicano culture practice of hydraulically hot-rodding classic cars— and using innuendo, extends the image to a lifestyle". A driving bassline by B. B. Dickerson is present almost throughout, along with an alto saxophone and harmonica riff by Charles Miller, who also provides lead vocals...
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