Peak
1
Weeks
40
Score
9,798
Chart Year
2008
The music 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 and Gunplay of Triple C's and Jermaine Dupri. Also, T-Pain and Flo Rida are in a nightclub in a few scenes. The music video reached the number one spot on 106 & Park for five 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) music videos.
In this song Flo Rida (pronounced "Flow Rida") is fantasizing over a woman in a strip club. The reference to the girl "getting low" is from the 2002 hit "Get Low." The lyric in the chorus "Apple Bottom jeans" refers to a clothing line for women designed by the rapper Nelly. There is a great deal of product placement in this song. Additional brand mentions: Reeboks, the Cadillac Maybach, Patron tequila, Hennessy cognac. T-Pain is featured on this track. He appeared on many rap hits around this time, including "Bartender" with Akon and "Kiss Kiss" with Chris Brown. This features on the soundtrack of the 2008 movie Step Up 2 The Streets. HHNlive.com asked Flo Rida about the concept behind the title of his album. The Miami rapper replied: "It's a spin-off of the first single I put out called 'Birthday.' It's talking about getting your cake everyday. Mail On Sunday is just talking about having it your way everyday, instead of the average postal day." When this reached the top of the American Hot 100 this equaled the record for the shortest song title to top the chart. The other five three-letter titled songs to reach the summit prior to "Low" were: "Why" by Frankie Avalon (1959), "ABC" by The Jackson 5 (1970), "War" by Edwin Starr (1970), "Ben" by Michael Jackson (1972) and "Bad" also by Michael Jackson (1987). In the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week-ending January 12, 2008, this song's 470,000 digital sales set a single-week record, easily beating the previous record-holder, Fergie's "Fergalicious" at 294,000. 13 months later Flo Rida shattered his own record when "Right Round" was downloaded 636,000 times in its debut week. Travis Barker of the group Plus-44 and formerly blink-182, put together a Rock remix of this song. He did something similar with Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)." >> In addition to the US, this also topped the singles charts in a number of other countries including Canada, France, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. This topped the Billboard Hot Digital Tracks chart for 13 weeks, the most weeks ever at #1 on that chart. The record had previously been held jointly by Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" and Kanye West's "Gold Digger," who both had nine weeks run at the summit. Additionally it was declared the biggest selling digital single of all time, with US digital sales of over 3,300,000. On the UK chart announced April 6th 2008, both the #1 and #2 singles were issued with near sequential Atlantic Records catalogue numbers, the chart-topping "American Boy" by Estelle was listed as AT0304CD and this song as AT0302CD. This sold 4.4 million digital downloads in 2008 making it the top seller in that format. This was the second most listened song on American radio in 2008 with an estimated 3.02 billion listeners. No One by Alicia Keys was ranked just ahead with 3.08 billion listeners. This was the top-selling digital song in the US during the 2000s with over 5.2 million downloads. Runner-up was Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" (close to 4.7 million downloads) followed by Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" (4.6 million). Flo Rida laid down his rhymes for "Low" really quickly. He told Billboard: "I recorded this record so fast, it was almost like a freestyle. I think it probably took me less than an hour to do all the verses. That record reminds me so much of the Miami bass, so I was able to put my thing on it." Asked why he believes the song was so successful, Flo Rida replied: "T-Pain having such a good melody on the hook, and me having some great melodies on the verses - the record just has so much ear candy [and] the lyricism was just amazing. When I heard [it], I just knew it was gonna be big, [especially] 'cause T-Pain was doing a lot of huge records at the time."
(Uh-huh) (turn it up) Mmm Let me talk to 'em Let me talk to 'em (This is a Travis Barker production) Let it rain Mmm Let me talk to 'em Come on Shawty had them Apple Bottom jeans (jeans) Boots with the fur (with the fur) The whole club was lookin' at her She hit the floor (she hit the floor) Next thing you know Shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low Them baggy sweatpants And the Reeboks with the straps (with the straps) She turned around and gave that big booty a slap (ayy) She hit the floor (she hit the floor) Next thing you know Shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low Hey, I ain't never seen nothin' that'll make me go This crazy, all night spendin' my dough Had a million dollar vibe and a bottle to go Them birthday cakes, they stole the show So sexual, she was flexible Professional, drinkin' X and O Hold up, wait a minute, do I see what I think I, whoa Did I think I seen shawty get low Ain't the same when it's up that close Make it rain, I'm makin' it snow Work the pole, I got the bank roll I'ma say that I prefer them no clothes I'm into that, I love women exposed She threw it back at me, I gave her more Cash ain't a problem, I know where it goes She had them Apple Bottom jeans (jeans) Boots with the fur (with the fur) The whole club was lookin' at her She hit the floor (she hit the floor) Next thing you know Shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low Them baggy sweatpants And the Reeboks with the straps (with the straps) She turned around and gave that big booty a slap (ayy) She hit the floor (she hit the floor) Next thing you know Shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low Hey, shawty what I gotta do to get you home? My jeans full of guap and they ready for shones Cadillacs, Maybachs for the sexy groan Patron on the rocks that'll make you moan One stack, come on, two stacks, come on Three stacks, come on, now that's three grand What you think I'm playin' baby girl? I'm the man, I invented rubber bands That's what I told her, her legs on my shoulder I knew it was over, that Henny and cola got me like a soldier She ready for Rover, I couldn't control her So lucky oh me, I was just like a clover Shawty was hot like a toaster Sorry but I had to fold her Like a pornography poster She showed her Apple Bottom jeans (jeans) Boots with the fur (with the fur) The whole club was lookin' at her She hit the floor (she hit the floor) Next thing you know Shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low Them baggy sweatpants And the Reeboks with the straps (with the straps) She turned around and gave that big booty a slap (ayy) She hit the floor (she hit the floor) Next thing you know Shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low Whoa shawty, yeah, she was worth the money Lil' mama took my cash, and I ain't want it back The way she bent that back, got her them paper stacks Tattoo above her crack, I had to handle that I was on it, sexy woman, let me shownin' Make me want it, two in the mornin' I'm zonin' and them rose bottles foamin' She wouldn't stop, made it drop Shawty did that pop and lock Had to break her off that gwap Gal was fly just like my Glock Apple Bottom jeans (jeans) Boots with the fur (with the fur) The whole club was lookin' at her She hit the floor (she hit the floor) Next thing you know Shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low Them baggy sweatpants And the Reeboks with the straps (with the straps) She turned around and gave that big booty a slap (ayy) She hit the floor (she hit the floor) Next thing you know Shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low Come on
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 10, 2007 | 91 | 35 |
| 2 | Nov 17, 2007 | 64 | 62 |
| 3 | Nov 24, 2007 | 6 | 120 |
| 4 | Dec 1, 2007 | 4 | 122 |
| 5 | Dec 8, 2007 | 4 | 122 |
| 6 | Dec 15, 2007 | 4 | 122 |
| 7 | Dec 22, 2007 | 3 | 123 |
| 8 | Dec 29, 2007 | 2 | 124 |
| 9 | Jan 5, 2008 | 1 | 125 |
| 10 | Jan 12, 2008 | 1 | 125 |
| 11 | Jan 19, 2008 | 1 | 125 |
| 12 | Jan 26, 2008 | 1 | 125 |
| 13 | Feb 2, 2008 | 1 | 125 |
| 14 | Feb 9, 2008 | 1 | 125 |
| 15 | Feb 16, 2008 | 1 | 125 |
| 16 | Feb 23, 2008 | 1 | 125 |
| 17 | Mar 1, 2008 | 1 | 125 |
| 18 | Mar 8, 2008 | 1 | 125 |
| 19 | Mar 15, 2008 | 2 | 124 |
| 20 | Mar 22, 2008 | 3 | 123 |