"Low" is the debut single by American rapper Flo Rida, featured on his debut album Mail On Sunday and also featured on the soundtrack to the 2008 film Step Up 2: The Streets. 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 now-iconic single was a hit worldwide and the longest running number-one single of 2008. With five million paid digital downloads, it was certified six-times platinum by the RIAA, and was the most downloaded single of 2000s decade, measured by paid digital downloads.^[1] The song was named 3rd on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.^[2] "Low" spent ten consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, the longest-running number-one single of 2008.

It was also performed live with the band Simple Plan at the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards.^[3]

1 Chart performance
2 Music and lyrics
3 Music video
4 Cover versions
5 Remix
6 Certification
7 Personnel
8 Charts
- 8.1 Year-end charts
- 8.2 Decade-end charts
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

Chart performance [link]

The song debuted at number 91 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 on November 6, 2007, and reached number one for the week of December 30, 2007 - January 5, 2008.^[4] The song generated the second greatest one-week digital sales in the history of Billboard Magazine's Digital Songs chart (behind Flo Rida's "Right Round"), with 467,000 digital copies in one week. "Low" was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for ten weeks and remained in the top ten of the chart for 23 weeks,^[5] 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 number one on the Hot 100 of 2008, "Low" held the top position longer than any song did in 2008 (see List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2008 (U.S.)), and is the longest running Hot 100 number one since Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable."^[6] The song is also the longest-running number one in the history of the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, topping the chart for 13 weeks, and also on the now-defunct Pop 100 chart, where it ruled for 12 weeks.^[6] "Low" was the best-selling digitally-downloaded song of all time, with U.S. digital sales of over 5,000,000.^[7] (It has since been surpassed by The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling.")^[8] The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 39 weeks, before dropping out in June 2008.^[9] Digital sales, as of August 2011, now stand at over 6,000,000.^[10]

The physical release of the single occurred in the UK week beginning 24 March 2008.^[11] On July 20, 2008, the song moved up to No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart, several months after its official release. Although it failed to reach number one in the UK, it amassed 53 weeks inside the UK Top 75 (making it the joint 20th longest runner of all time), and 75 weeks inside the Top 100.^[12] As of January 2012, the song had sold 613,434 copies in the UK.^[13]

The song was ranked at #23 on Billboard's All Time Hot 100 for the 50th anniversary of the chart.^[14] The song was also was ranked the number-one song for 2008 in Billboard's ranking of the Top Hot 100 Hits of 2008. On December 28, 2008, it was listed at No. 11 for the UK Singles Chart year-end countdown and was named highest-selling single in Australia in 2008.

Music and lyrics [link]

Several of T-Pain's motifs are present in this song, including autotune, call and answer during the chorus, and use of electronic drums. Flo Rida has sexually charged (but not explicit) lyrics, for example he refers to a girl's buttocks as "birthday cakes" which "stole the show". T-Pain also relies heavily on synthesizer. The music revolves around one chord, E♭ minor. A Harmonic minor melody is played over the E♭ minor, and at different times different instrumentation cycles, i.e. sometimes only the synthesizer plays, sometimes only the bass, sometimes only the vocals. Flo Rida uses a style that is common in 1990s hip-hop party music.

The song makes references to a "Shawty" in a club who is wearing Apple Bottom jeans and boots with fur. "Shawty" also wears baggy sweat pants and Reeboks with the straps. The lyrics repeatedly suggest that Shawty is extremely attractive and possesses great skill in dancing provocatively. In particular, the song describes one of her more memorable dance sequences as giving her buttocks (colloquially referred to as a booty) a smack prior to "getting low".

Music video [link]

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.

Cover versions [link]

Albuquerque, New Mexico based Crunkcore group Brokencyde released a cover of this song on "THA $C3N3 MiXTaPe" in 2008. Travis Barker, drummer from Blink 182 added a drum version cover of the song.

Remix [link]

There is a remix by Los Bk-Clan (Sto Domingo), Daryl & DJ Q-Bah (Netherlands). There is also a second remix featuring American singer Francisco.

Certification [link]

In the United States, "Low" has been certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA.^[15] The song was certified 2x Platinum in New Zealand on September 28, 2008, selling over 30,000 copies.^[16] In Canada, it was certified 3x Platinum in digital downloads and 4x Platinum in Ringtones^[17]^[18]

Personnel [link]

Fabian Marasciullo, mix engineer^[19]

Charts [link]

Chart (2007–08)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[20]	1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)^[21]	9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[22]	7
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)^[23]	24
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[24]	1
Czech Republic (IFPI)^[25]	12
Denmark (Tracklisten)^[26]	9
European Hot 100 Singles^[27]	3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[28]	9
France (SNEP)^[29]	33
Germany (Media Control AG)^[30]	13
Ireland (IRMA)^[31]	1
Norway (VG-lista)^[32]	12
New Zealand (RIANZ)^[33]	1
Slovakia (IFPI)^[34]	19
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[35]	13
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[36]	17
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[37]	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[38]	1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[39]	9
US Pop Songs (Billboard)^[40]	1
US Rap Songs (Billboard)^[41]	1

Year-end charts [link]

Chart (2008)	Position
Canadian Hot 100^[42]	3
German Singles Chart^[43]	54
US Billboard Hot 100	1
Chart (2009)	Position
Hungarian Singles Chart^[44]	146
UK Singles Chart^[45]	148

Decade-end charts [link]

Chart (2000–2009)	Rank
US Billboard Hot 100^[46]	3
UK Singles Chart	81

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External links [link]

v t e Billboard Year-End number one singles (2000–2019)

2000: "Breathe" – Faith Hill 2001: "Hanging by a Moment" – Lifehouse 2002: "How You Remind Me" – Nickelback 2003: "In da Club" – 50 Cent 2004: "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris 2005: "We Belong Together" – Mariah Carey 2006: "Bad Day" – Daniel Powter 2007: "Irreplaceable" – Beyoncé 2008: "Low" – Flo Rida featuring T-Pain 2009: "Boom Boom Pow" – The Black Eyed Peas 2010: "Tik Tok" – Kesha 2011: "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele

Complete list (1946–1959) (1960–1979) (1980–1999) (2000–2019)

v t e Flo Rida

Discography

Studio albums	Mail on Sunday R.O.O.T.S. Only One Flo (Part 1) Wild Ones

EPs	Good Feeling

Singles	"Low" "Elevator" "In the Ayer" "Right Round" "Sugar" "Jump" "Be on You" "Club Can't Handle Me" "Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" "Who Dat Girl" "Good Feeling" "Wild Ones" "Whistle"

Featured singles	"Move Shake Drop" "Starstruck" "We Break the Dawn" "Running Back" "Feel It" "Ruff Me Up" "Bad Boys" "Kick It Out" "Heartbreaker" "Feel It" "iYiYi" "You Make the Rain Fall" "Higher" "Dance with Me" "Where Them Girls At" "I'm Alright" "Club Rocker" "Hangover"

Promotional singles	"Shone"

Related articles	Atlantic Records DJ Khaled Rick Ross

v t e T-Pain singles discography

Discography

Rappa Ternt Sanga	"I'm Sprung" "I'm 'n Luv (Wit a Stripper)"

Epiphany	"Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" "Bartender" "Church"

Three Ringz	"Can't Believe It" "Chopped 'n' Skrewed" "Freeze"

RevolveЯ	"Best Love Song" "5 O'clock" "Turn All the Lights On"

Non-album singles	"Booty Wurk (One Cheek at a Time)"

Promotional singles	"Take Your Shirt Off" "Reverse Cowgirl" "Rap Song"

Featured singles	"U and Dat" "I'm a Flirt (Remix)" "Outta My System" "Pop, Lock & Drop It (Remix)" "2 Step (Remix)" "Shawty" "Cyclone" "I'm So Hood" "Kiss Kiss" "Good Life" "Low" "Who the Fuck Is That?" "Baby Don't Go" "Shawty Get Loose" "The Boss" "She Got It" "I Can't Wait" "Cash Flow" "Moon of Dreams" "Got Money" "Cuddy Buddy" "Go Hard" "One More Drink" "Blame It" "I'm on a Boat" "Hustler's Anthem '09" "Feel It" "All the Above" "Download" "Til da Sun Come Up" "Overtime" "Number One (Remix)" "Maybach Music 2" "Body Language" "Imagínate" "All I Do Is Win" "Trillionaire" "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)" "Move That Body" "Black & Yellow (G-Mix)" "No Dejemos Que se Apague" "Welcome to My Hood" "Boom" "I Get Money" "The Way You Move" "So Listen"

Featured promotional singles	"Know What I'm Doin'" "Go Girl" "Holla Holla" "My Own Step" "Shake Señora"

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X-Dream

X-Dream are Marcus Christopher Maichel (born May 1968) and Jan Müller (born February 1970); they are also known as Rough and Rush. They are some of the cult hit producers of psychedelic trance music and hail from Hamburg, Germany.

The latest X-Dream album, We Interface, includes vocals from American singer Ariel Electron.

First work

Muller was educated as a sound engineer. Maichel was a musician familiar with techno and reggae, and was already making electronic music in 1986. In 1989 the pair first met when Marcus was having problems with his PC and someone sent Jan to help fix it. That same year they teamed up to work on a session together. Their first work concentrated on a sound similar to techno with some hip hop elements which got some material released on Tunnel Records.

Trance

During the early 1990s they were first introduced to the trance scene in Hamburg and decided to switch their music to this genre. From 1993 they began releasing several singles on the Hamburg label Tunnel Records, as X-Dream and under many aliases, such as The Pollinator. Two albums followed on Tunnel Records, Trip To Trancesylvania and We Created Our Own Happiness, which were much closer to the original formula of psychedelic trance, although featuring the unmistakable "trippy" early X-Dream sound.

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Radio (Ky-Mani Marley album)

Radio is the fifth and latest studio album by Jamaican reggae and hip-hop artist Ky-Mani Marley, released on September 25, 2007. It topped the Billboard Reggae Charts at #1 in October 2007. The album features much more hip hop influences than his previous releases.

Track listing

References

External links

Official website of Ky-Mani Marley

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Orbit (horse)

Orbit (foaled 1885) was a Thoroughbred racehorse. He was trained at Kingsclere by John Porter for the 1st Duke of Westminster. As a three-year-old he won the Eclipse Stakes.

Breeding

Orbit was the son of Epsom Derby and Champion Stakes winner Bend Or. His dam was Fair Alice, a daughter of July Stakes winner Cambuscan.

Racing career

Orbit won three races as a two-year-old; the Criterion Nursery Handicap at Newmarket, the Kempton Park Champion Nursery Handicap and the Daveridge Stakes. Orbit started his three-year-old career by winning the Craven Stakes at Newmarket by ¾ length from Cotillon. His next race came in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Friar's Balsam started as the 1/3 favourite for the race, with Ayrshire at 100/12 and Orbit at 100/8. Orbit ran on well in the closing stages to finish in third place. Ayrshire won the race by two lengths from Johnny Morgan, who was a head in front of Orbit. After winning the 2000 Guineas win Ayrshire started as the 5/6 favourite for the Epsom Derby and Orbit was second favourite at 11/2. Orbit could only finish in fifth place, over seven lengths behind winner Ayrshire. He then finished second in the Triennial Stakes at Ascot. Orbit started as the 9/4 favourite for the Eclipse Stakes and in the final 100 yards of the race Orbit gradually edged away from stablemate Ossory and beat him by a length.

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Orbit (disambiguation)

Orbit is the gravitationally curved path of one object around a point or another body.

Orbit may also refer to:

Computing

ORBit, an object request broker (ORB) for CORBA

Orbit Downloader, a download manager for Windows

Science and mathematics

Orbit (anatomy), the socket in the skull which contains the eye

Orbit (dynamics), in dynamical systems

Orbit (group theory) (or symmetry orbit)

Orbit (control theory), a particular case of the notion of orbit in group theory

People

William Orbit, atmospheric techno composer

Popular culture

Orbit Books, a UK-based publisher of science fiction books and fantasy books

Orbit (band)

Orbit (anthology series), a series of original science fiction anthologies, published between 1966–1980

Orbit Science Fiction, a five issue science fiction anthology series, published between 1953–1954

Orbit (album), the first album from William Orbit

Orbit (Brown/Mazzola/Geisser album), an album by free jazz trio Brown/Mazzola/Geisser

Orbit, a fictional airline in Flight Simulator X

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Orbit (control theory)

The notion of orbit of a control system used in mathematical control theory is a particular case of the notion of orbit in group theory.

Definition

Let ${\ }\dot q=f(q,u)$ be a $\ {\mathcal C}^\infty$ control system, where ${\ q}$ belongs to a finite-dimensional manifold $\ M$ and $\ u$ belongs to a control set $\ U$ . Consider the family ${\mathcal F}=\{f(\cdot,u)\mid u\in U\}$ and assume that every vector field in ${\mathcal F}$ is complete. For every $f\in {\mathcal F}$ and every real $\ t$ , denote by $\ e^{t f}$ the flow of $\ f$ at time $\ t$ .

The orbit of the control system ${\ }\dot q=f(q,u)$ through a point $q_0\in M$ is the subset ${\mathcal O}_{q_0}$ of $\ M$ defined by

The difference between orbits and attainable sets is that, whereas for attainable sets only forward-in-time motions are allowed, both forward and backward motions are permitted for orbits. In particular, if the family ${\mathcal F}$ is symmetric (i.e., $f\in {\mathcal F}$ if and only if $-f\in {\mathcal F}$ ), then orbits and attainable sets coincide.

The hypothesis that every vector field of ${\mathcal F}$ is complete simplifies the notations but can be dropped. In this case one has to replace flows of vector fields by local versions of them.

Orbit theorem (Nagano-Sussmann)

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Whore (In This Moment song)

"Whore" is a song by American band In This Moment. Released December 17, 2013, it is the third and final single released from their fourth studio album, Blood.

Background

Written by Maria Brink, Chris Howorth, Kevin Churko, and Kane Churko. Guitarist Chris Howorth says about the song, “It's really just about taking the power back from the word, and when you get past all the controversy of the word, you have a bombastic rock and roll song with crushing guitars and huge drums that will have you screaming whore at the top of your lungs!” Singer Maria Brink took a more artistic approach by posing nude for the song’s online campaign. Brink writes on the band's Facebook post, "I decided to pose nude for the visual art for 'Whore' to evoke a raw vulnerable emotion. The word 'whore' written down my back, and the dunce cap symbolize me placing myself on the stake for those who are suffering and I can only hope to encourage at least one person to find the self worth and love they deserve to transcend out of a painful situation into a beautiful one. It is about finding our power and taking a stand.”

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