“Smooth” by Santana

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“Smooth” by Santana

	song info     “Smooth” by Santana (official video) is a Latin rock song.     Song Title: Smooth (official video)     Artist: Santana     Album: Supernatural     Genre: Latin rock, pop, rock     Composer: Copyright © 1999 Rob Thomas, Itaal Shur     Lead Vocals: Rob Thomas     Lead Guitar: Santana     Keyboards: Chester Thompson     Bass: Benny Rietveld     Drums: Rodney Holmes     Percussion: Karl Perazzo     Congas: Raul Rekow     Trumpet: Javier Melendez, William Ortiz     Trombone: Jeff Cressman, Jose Abel Figueroa     Other: Video editing: Bruce Ashley     Director: Marcus Raboy     Producer: Matt Serletic     Recorded: David Thoener     Engineer: Andy Grassi, Michael McCoy     Mixer: David Thoener     Released: June 29, 1999     Number of listens: 33217     Current rank: 100 (updated weekly)     Highest rank: 45 (play the video all the way through to register a vote for this song)          U.S. Billboard Hot 100: peak #1 (one), 1999     Alternative: peak #24, 1999     Mainstream Rock: peak #10 (ten), 1999     Pop: peak #1 (one), 1999     Adult Pop: peak #1 (one), 1999     Adult Contemporary: peak #11 (eleven), 1999      Billboard chart listings courtesy of Billboard Magazine Translations courtesy of Apple and Google.

    Summary quotation from Wikipedia:

    “Smooth” is a collaboration between Latin rock band Santana and Rob Thomas of the rock group Matchbox Twenty. The song was written by Thomas and Itaal Shur, sung by Thomas, produced by Matt Serletic and won three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

Concept and background

    “Smooth” was originally conceived by Shur as a song called “Room 17”. The lyrics were stripped off and the track was given to Thomas, who re-wrote the lyrics and melody and re-titled it “Smooth”, then recorded the song as a demo to play for Santana. This song was originally written to describe an acquaintance of Thomas’, John Bizanes, who is… very “smooth”. However, over time credit for this inspiration has been given to Thomas’ wife, Marisol Maldonado. After hearing the song, Santana decided to have Thomas record the final version.[1] Matt Serletic (who produced Matchbox Twenty’s debut album Yourself or Someone Like You) produced the song and it was released from Santana’s album Supernatural.

    Thomas wrote “Smooth” for his wife, Marisol Maldonado. He stated in interviews that the lyric “My 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”.

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    Xian: Smooth is Hank’s favorite song.

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