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 (soundtrack) |
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| Released | June 19, 2007 (digital download) September 11, 2007 (radio) November 2007 (single) |
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| Format | Digital download | ||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Pop rap Dance Rap |
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| Label | Atlantic Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Dillard, T./T-Pain | ||||
| Producer | DJ Montay | ||||
| Certification | 3x Platinum | ||||
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"Low" is a single by Flo Rida from his recent record, Mail on Sunday. It also served as a single for the soundtrack to the 2008 film Step Up 2 the Streets. The song features T-Pain and is produced 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. There is also a clean version remix of the song by Radio Disney. This song is also featured on DANCE! Online, a multiplayer online casual rhythm game.
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[edit] Remixes
- "Low" featuring T-Pain & Pitbull
- "Low" featuring Arcangel & Voltio
- "Low" Travis Barker Mix
- "Low" Rock Remix featuring The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and T-Pain
[edit] Chart performance
The song debuted at number 91 on the U.S. soon to become number 1 Billboard Hot 100 on November 6, 2007, and reached #1 during the week of January 5, 2008. [1] The song also generated the greatest one-week digital sales in Billboard Magazine history, with 470,000 digital copies purchased in this week. The previous song that had held the record, "Fergalicious", had sold 294,000 digital copies in the beginning of 2007"Low" was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks and has been on the chart for 20 weeks overall, all those weeks being in the top ten.[2] 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 2007, and is the longest running Hot 100 #1 since Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable."[3] The song is also the longest running #1 in the history of the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, topping that chart for 13 weeks and also on the Pop 100 chart where it ruled for 12 weeks. [3] "Low" has gone onto become the best selling digital download of all time, with current U.S. digital sales of over 3,300,000.[4]
"Low" has also done well outside of the U.S., also reaching #1 in Ireland, Canada, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. It reached #2 on the Philippines. It has debuted at #68 in the UK and has so far reached #2. The physical release of the single was released in the UK week beginning 24 March 2008.[5] In Bulgaria, the song stayed over a month at number 1 and is still in the Top 10.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.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1[1] |
| Austria Singles Chart | 33 |
| Brazilian Hot 100 | 1 (2)[6] |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 1 (8)[1] |
| Chilean Singles Chart | 14[7] |
| Danish Singles Chart | 20[1] |
| Euro 200 | 13[8] |
| European Hot 100 | 4 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1[1] |
| Israeli Singles Chart | 5[9] |
| Lithuanian Airplay Chart[10] | 9 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 1 (3)[1] |
| Portugal Singles Chart | 39[1] |
| Romanian Singles Chart | 62 [11] |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 17[1] |
| Thailand Singles Chart | 1[12] |
| UK Singles Chart | 2 [1] |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 (10) |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 1 (12)[13] |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 9[14] |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks | 1 [15] |
| ARC Weekly Top 40 | 1 |
| United World Chart | 3 [1] |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "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.
- ^ [2]Billboard 200. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
- ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Singles
- ^ Hot 100 Singles
- ^ Chilean Singles Chart
- ^ APCCHART.COM © since 1988 APC-stats EU/UE
- ^ | המצעד הישראלי של גלגל''צ
- ^ Lithuanian Airplay Chart
- ^ http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html
- ^ MTVThailand.com - Welcome!
- ^ Billboard Pop 100 - Singles
- ^ Billboard Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop Songs - Singles
- ^ Billboard Hot Rap Tracks - Singles
[edit] Precession and succession
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