Low (Lenny Kravitz song)

"Low" is a song by American singer Lenny Kravitz, from his eleventh studio album Raise Vibration, featuring posthumous guest vocals from Michael Jackson. It was released as the album's second single on May 25, 2018.^[1][2]

"Low"
Single by Lenny Kravitz featuring Michael Jackson
from the album Raise Vibration
Released	May 25, 2018 (2018-05-25)
Genre	Funk rock post-disco
Length	5:19
Label	Roxie BMG
Songwriter(s)	Lenny Kravitz
Producer(s)	Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology
"It's Enough!" (2018) "Low" (2018) "5 More Days 'Til Summer" (2018)
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous" (2017) "Low" (2018) "Don't Matter to Me" (2018)
Music video
"Low" on YouTube

Background

The song explores, according to journalist Allison Kugel, "the perils of his [Kravitz] near-mythical sensuality with intonations alluding to his past intimate relationships".^[3] For this track Kravitz took inspiration from Michael Jackson with whom he produced the song "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" in 1999, which was later included in Jackson's first posthumous album Michael.^[4] "Low" also contains some vocal parts by Jackson. Kravitz explains, "A lot of people say: 'Oh, you’re going with that Michael Jackson impersonation.' No, that's him."^[5]

Video

The video was released on 5 June 2018 on the singer's YouTube channel. The video features images of Kravitz's family, dating back to the 1960s. On 11 July the second video was released, directed by French director and photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino, where Kravitz sings on a rotating platform and is later joined by drummer Jas Kayser who plays while singing along to the song.

Reception

"Low" became Kravitz's first song to peak #1 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs, thanks to several remixes by David Guetta, Tom Stephan, and Junior Black. Madison Desler of Paste wrote, "Worth the price of admission is 'Low', a funk-tinged easy-groover about keeping a relationship grounded. It's sexy, it's smooth, and it's dance floor ready. And yes, that's Michael Jackson on backing vocals—maybe one of the most absolute stamps of cool there is."^[6]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[7] 8 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8] 6 Croatia Airplay (HRT)[9] 34 France (SNEP)[10] 147 Germany (GfK)[11] 61 Iceland (RÚV)[12] 7 Italy (FIMI)[13] 53 Scotland (OCC)[14] 99 Slovenia (SloTop50)[15] 38 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 69 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[17] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] 36 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[19] 49

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[20]	Gold	20,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[21]	Gold	25,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.