Name | Smooth |
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Cover | Santanasmooth.jpg |
Artist | Santana featuring Rob Thomas |
From album | Supernatural |
Released | June 29, 1999 |
Recorded | 1999 |
Format | CD single |
Writer | Rob Thomas, Itaal Shur |
Genre | Rock, Latin rock |
Length | 4:58 (Album Version)4:00 (Radio Edit) |
Certification | Platinum (US) |
Chronology | Santana singles |
Last single | "Say It Again"(1985) |
This single | "Smooth"(1999) |
Next single | "Maria Maria"(2000) |
Misc |
"Smooth" is a collaboration between Santana and Rob Thomas of the rock group Matchbox Twenty. The song was written by Rob Thomas and Itaal Shur and sung by Thomas. Originally conceived by Shur as a song called "Room 17", the lyrics were stripped off and the track was given to Thomas. Thomas re-wrote the lyrics and melody and re-titled it "Smooth". Thomas acknowledged that his choice of lyrics was "mostly ironic". Thomas' original thought was to have George Michael sing the song. Thomas recorded the song as a demo to play for Santana. After hearing the song being sung by Thomas, Santana decided to have Thomas record the final version. Matt Serletic produced the record and it was released from Carlos Santana's album Supernatural and became a massive hit in 1999, entering the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 on August 10, 1999, and spending twelve weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 beginning October 12, 1999. It was the first chart-topping song in Santana's long-running career (his previous biggest hit being "Black Magic Woman", number four in 1971). According to some charting standards, "Smooth" is Billboard's most popular song of all time. Though some songs have spent longer than 12 weeks at number one, when combining total sales during the entire time the song has charted, "Smooth" ranks higher than any other. The song was the last number one hit of the 1990s; and, thus, the 20th century. The song won three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. It spent a record-breaking ten consecutive weeks at the top of the VSpot Top 20 Countdown, a record that held up until the Dixie Chicks broke it in 2006. According to Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits by Fred Bronson, this is the number-one song of The Nineties (2003). A cover version of the song is included in the Wii version of Samba de Amigo. Escape the Fate also recorded a cover version of the song for the compilation album Punk Goes Pop 2, released on March 10, 2009. Rob Thomas wrote this song for his wife, Marisol Thomas. The pair married in 1999, after meeting backstage in 1998. Of Puerto Rican origin, she was the inspiration behind lines such as, "My muñequita, my Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa" Thomas stated in interviews that the phrase "Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa" was inspired by the 1972 Elton John song "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters", which includes references to the 1961 Ben E. King song "Spanish Harlem". On Billboard magazine's rankings of the top songs of the first fifty years of the Hot 100 singles chart, "Smooth" was ranked as the number-two song overall (behind only "The Twist) and the number-one rock song in the history of the chart.
Music videoA music video was directed by Marcus Raboy.
Remixes# Chris Staropoli Remix 3:53 # Club Mix 7:29 # Club Mix [instrumental] 7:29
Extended credits
In popular culture
Charts
Peak positions{|class="wikitable" !Chart (1999/2000) !Peakposition |- |Australian Singles Chart |align="center"|4 |- |Austrian Singles Chart |align="center"|9 |- |Belgium Flanders Singles Chart |align="center"|30 |- |Canadian RPM Singles Chart |align="center"|1 |- |Canadian RPM Rock Chart |align="center"|1 |- |Dutch Singles Chart |align="center"|40 |- |Finnish Singles Chart |align="center"|12 |- |French Singles Chart |align="center"|15 |- |New Zealand Singles Chart |align="center"|18 |- |Swiss Singles Chart |align="center"|18 |- |UK Singles Chart |align="center"|3 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |align="center"|1 |- |U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream |align="center"|1 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks |align="center"|11 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks |align="center"|10 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks |align="center"|24|}
Year-end charts
End-of-decade charts
See also
References
Category:1999 singles Category:Santana (band) songs Category:Rob Thomas songs Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Category:Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks number-one singles Category:Billboard Pop Songs number-one singles Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles Category:Grammy Award for Record of the Year Category:Grammy Award for Song of the Year Category:Songs written by Rob Thomas Category:Music videos directed by Marcus Raboy This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
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