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War

Low Rider

1975 · via Beastie Boys

War’s 1975 recording of “Low Rider” is the earliest release on file. Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard E. Scott are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Blues Traveler (released 1996), Korn (released 1996) and Phish (released 2003), among 85 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Beastie Boys’ “Slow Ride” (1986) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Eight writers from "Low Rider" are riding along in the credits of "Slow Ride," and the first recording came from one band. Play War's cut first, then hear what the Beasties built on top of it.

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Credited writers: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard E. Scott.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1975.

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Beastie Boys’ “Slow Ride” (1986) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

85 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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