"Low" is the debut single by American rapper Flo Rida,
featured on his debut album
Mail On Sundayand also featured on the soundtrack to the
2008 film . The song features T-Pain and was co-written with
T-Pain. There is also a remix in which the hook is sung by Flo
Rida rather than T-Pain. An official remix was made which
features rapper Pitbull and T-Pain.
The single was a hit worldwide and the longest running
number one single of 2008. With five million paid digital
downloads, it was certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA, and was
the most downloaded single of 2000s decade, measured by paid
digital downloads. The song was named 3rd on the
BillboardHot 100 Songs of the Decade.
It was also 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. This song is also featured
on
DANCE! Online, a multiplayer online casual rhythm
game.
The song debuted at number 91 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
on November 6, 2007, and reached #1 during the week of December
30, 2007 - January 5, 2008. The song also generated the second
(Behind Flo Rida's Right Round) greatest one-week digital sales
in the history of Magazine's Digital Songs chart, with 467,000
digital copies in one week. The previous song that had held the
record, "Fergalicious" by Fergie featuring Will.I.Am, 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, 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." The song is also the
longest-running #1 in the history of the
BillboardHot Digital Songs chart, topping the chart for
13 weeks, and also on the Pop 100 chart, where it ruled for 12
weeks and where it's now spending its record 58th week on the
tally. "Low" has gone on to become the best-selling
digitally-downloaded song of all time, with current U.S.
digital sales of over 5,000,000. The song stayed on the Hot 100
for 37 weeks, before dropping out in June 2008.
The physical release of the single occurred in the UK - week
beginning 24 March 2008. 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 its official release. To date "Low" has spent 39 weeks on
the Hot 100 chart, and although it failed to reach #1 in the UK
it has now amassed 53 weeks inside the UK Top 75 (making it the
joint 15th longest runner of all time), and 75 weeks inside the
Top 100 (even longer than Rihanna's huge smash "Umbrella",
which was number 1 for 10 weeks and spent 71 weeks inside the
top 100). It has recently resurfaced due to the popularity of
Flo Rida's #1 hit "Right Round" and single "Sugar").
It stayed on the Billboard 200 for 39 weeks. The song was
ranked at #23 on Billboard's All Time Top 100. The song was
also was ranked #1 on the
BillboardTop Hot 100 Hits of 2008. On December 28, 2008,
It was listed at #11 for UK Singles Chart year-end countdown
and was named highest-selling single in Australia in 2008.
The video of "Low" was directed by Bernard Gourley and
contains certain clips from Step Up 2 The Streets. It also
contains cameos from Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Cool & Dre,
Briana Evigan, & Torch & Gunplay of Triple C's. Also,
T-Pain and Flo Rida are in a nightclub in a few scenes. The
music video reached the #1 spot on 106 & Park for 5 days
and 22 days on TRL. The music video was also nominated at the
2008 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video and Best
Hip-Hop Video, but lost to Chris Brown's "With You" (Best Male
Video) and Lil Wayne's Lollipop (Best Hip-Hop Video) videos.
The video has also been viewed over 52 million times on the
video sharing site, YouTube.
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. The song was also certified 2x Platinum in New Zealand on
September 28, 2008, selling over 30,000 copies. In Canada it
was certified 3x Platinum in digital downloads and 4x Platinum
in Ringtones
