Low Rider by War Song Info
"Low Rider" is a song written by the band War and appearing on their album Why Can't We Be Friends?, released in 1975. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B charts and peaked at number 7 on the Pop Singles chart. According to Allmusic's review of the song, "the lyric takes the cool image of the low rider — the Chicano culture practice of hydraulically hot-rodding classic cars — and using innuendo, extends the image to a lifestyle". The song's most distinguishable feature is its driving bass line, which is present for nearly all of the song. It also ends with a siren-like noise that then becomes a saxophone solo. The song has been covered and/or sampled by a myriad of artists including Blues Traveler, Peter Cetera, George Clinton, and Korn. It is also the theme song to the sitcom George Lopez.
