"Low Rider" is a song written by American funk band War and producer Jerry Goldstein, which appeared on their album Why Can't We Be Friends?, released in 1975. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B singles chart,[3] peaked at number seven on the Hot 100 singles chart,[4] and number six in Canada.[5]

"Low Rider"
Single by War
from the album Why Can't We Be Friends?
B-side	"So"
Released	May 14, 1975 (1975-05-14)
Recorded	1974
Genre	Funk[1] Latin rock[2]
Length	3:11
Label	United Artists
Songwriter(s)	Jerry Goldstein War (Thomas Sylvester "Papa Dee" Allen; Harold Ray Brown; Moris "B.B." Dickerson; Leroy Jordan; Charles Miller; Lee Oskar; Howard E. Scott)
Producer(s)	Jerry Goldstein Lonnie Jordan Howard E. Scott
Music video
Low Rider on YouTube

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 alto saxophone riff by Charles Miller, who also provides lead vocals and a saxophone solo towards the end of the song that includes a siren-like noise. This song is the theme song for the TV series George Lopez, which ran from 2002 to 2007.[6]

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