"Low Rider" is a song written by American

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

band War and producer Jerry Goldstein, which appeared on their album ''

Why Can't We Be Friends? ''Why Can't We Be Friends?'' is the seventh studio album by American funk band War, released on June 16, 1975 by United Artists Records. Two singles from the album were released: the title track backed with "In Mazatlan", and "Low Rider" back ...

'', released in 1975. It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' R&B singles chart, peaked at number seven on the Hot 100 singles chart, and number six in Canada. According to the AllMusic review 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". The song features a driving bass line by B. B. Dickerson, which is present almost throughout, and an

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riff by Charles Miller, who also provides lead vocals and a saxophone solo towards the end of the song that includes a

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-like noise. This song is the theme song for the TV series '' George Lopez'', which ran from 2002 to 2007.

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{{Authority control War (American band) songs 1975 singles Funk songs Songs about cars United Artists Records singles Comedy television theme songs