Featured picture: Cheech and Chong (Low Rider tune used as a film theme)
“Low Rider” is a tune written by American funk band Struggle and producer Jerry Goldstein, which appeared on their album Why Can’t We Be Associates?, launched in 1975. It reached primary on the Billboard R&B chart and peaked at quantity 7 on the Pop Singles chart.
In keeping with the All Music Information overview of the tune, “the lyric takes the cool picture of the low rider — the Chicanoculture observe of hydraulically hot-rodding basic automobiles — and utilizing innuendo, extends the picture to a life-style”. The tune’s most distinguishable characteristic is its driving bass line, which is current for almost the entire tune. It additionally ends with a siren-like noise that then turns into a saxophonesolo.
In in style tradition
The tune has been featured in eighteen motion pictures, together with Cheech and Chong’s Up In Smoke, Colours, Blood in Blood Out, Friday, A Gnome Named Gnorm, Robots, 21 Grams, Dazed and Confused, Paulie, Beverly Hills Ninja, A Knight’s Story, the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds, The Younger Poisoner’s Handbook, Love Potion No. 9, The Odd Lifetime of Timothy Inexperienced, The Internship and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
“Low Rider” is the theme tune for George Lopez, Lopez Tonight, and for its titular star’s rise up comedy appearances. On the 2007 ALMA Awards, George Lopez known as this song8, “The Chicano Nationwide Anthem”, and carried out it dwell.
“Low Rider” is featured within the video video games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas(taking part in on Grasp Sounds 98.3), Skate 2, Skate It, Driver: Parallel Strains, MLB 08: The Present, Rock Band 3 and George Lopez: Driveway Bowling.
“Low Rider” is talked about in That ’70s Present within the episode “Sparks”, when the lyrics are inscribed on Eric’s wedding ceremony ring to Donna.
“Low Rider” is featured within the Misfits“Episode Six” of the primary sequence, when Nathan makes use of it to guard himself from Rachel.
“Low Rider” is featured briefly in a cutaway within the Household Man spoof of Return of the Jedi known as “It’s A Lure” when Peter Griffin as Han Solo pulls up at some visitors lights driving the Millennium Falcon.
“Low Rider” is featured in The Simpsonsepisode “A Midsummer’s Good Dream” when Homer goes on tour with Cheech.
“Low Rider” is featured in a 2014 commercial for the drug Crestor, in addition to in older adverts for each the Canadian financial institution CIBC and the British meals Marmite.
The tune ran on the 7 December 2016 episode of The Late Present with Stephen Colbert, whereas Pilobolus carried out acts within the type of silhouettes.
The tune seems in a 2016 TV industrial for ESPN’s SportsCenter.
