Supernatural (Santana album)
Studio album by Santana
Released June 15, 1999
Recorded
1999
Studio Record Plant, Sausalito, California, U.S., Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
Genre Latin rock
Length 74:59
Label Arista
Producer
Clive Davis Jerry ‘Wonder’ Duplessis The Dust Brothers Alex González Charles Goodan Lauryn Hill Art Hodge Wyclef Jean Fher Olvera K.C. Porter Dante Ross Matt Serletic Stephen Harris
Supernatural is the seventeenth studio album by Latin rock band Santana. It was released on June 15, 1999. It went 15 times platinum in the U.S. and won eight Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year as well as three Latin Grammy Awards including Record of the Year.
The album, conceived by Clive Davis and A&R’d by Pete Ganbarg, was a major global hit, eventually selling more than 30 million copies. It is the most successful album by Santana, hitting the number one spot in ten countries, including the United States. It is also the highest-selling album of original material released by any artist who had already been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame prior to its release and second highest-selling overall behind The Beatles compilation album 1.
Supernatural debuted at number nineteen on the Billboard 200 on July 3, 1999 but topped (after 18 weeks) the chart on October 30, 1999 and stayed there for 12 non-consecutive weeks. It included the hit single “Smooth”, which featured Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas on vocals, and was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks. The follow-up single, “Maria Maria” (which featured The Product G&B), was number one on the same chart for 10 weeks. Santana and Rob Thomas won three Grammy Awards for their collaboration on the song “Smooth” while Santana and Everlast won another for the song “Put Your Lights On”. Santana also won a Grammy for “Maria Maria”. Carlos Santana became the first Hispanic to win the Record of the Year Grammy Award, while the Album of the Year Grammy Award was bestowed upon Clive Davis.
Among the other guest artists are Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Maná, KC Porter and Cee-Lo Green.
Track listing
Standard edition
1. “(Da Le) Yaleo”
Carlos Santana Shakara Mutela[13] Christian Polloni
Santana 5:51
2. “Love of My Life” (featuring Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford)
Santana Matthews
Stephen Harris Santana
5:48
3. “Put Your Lights On” (featuring Everlast) Everlast
Dante Ross John Gamble
4:47
4. “Africa Bamba”
Santana Ismaïla Touré and Sixu Tidiane Touré (as Touré Kunda) Karl Perazzo
Santana 4:40
5. “Smooth” (featuring Rob Thomas)
Itaal Shur Rob Thomas
Matt Serletic 4:56
6. “Do You Like the Way” (featuring Lauryn Hill and CeeLo Green) Hill Hill 5:52
7. “Maria Maria” (featuring Sincere (David McRae)[16] and Money Harm (Marvin Moore-Hough) as The Product G&B)
Santana Perazzo Raul Rekow[ Wyclef Jean Jerry “Wonder” Duplessis
Duplessis Wyclef Jean
4:21
8. “Migra”
Santana Rachid Taha Tony Lindsay
KC Porter Santana
5:24
9. “Corazón Espinado” (featuring Maná) Fher Olvera
Olvera KC Porter *Alex González
4:32
10. “Wishing It Was” (featuring Eagle-Eye Cherry)
Eagle-Eye Cherry Michael Simpson John King Money Mark (Mark Ramos Nishita) Porter
The Dust Brothers *Charles Goodan *Art Hodge
4:59
11. “El Farol”
Santana Porter
KC Porter 4:49
12. “Primavera”
Porter J. B. Eckl Cheín García Alonso
Porter 5:17
13. “The Calling” (featuring Eric Clapton)
Santana Chester D. Thompson Freddie Stone Linda Graham
Santana 7:48
Legacy Edition Disc 2
A “Legacy Edition” of Supernatural was released on February 16, 2010, with a new Santana-supervised remastering.
“Bacalao Con Pan”
“Angel Love (Come for Me)”
“Rain Down on Me”
Featuring Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford
“Corazon Espinado (Spanish Dance Remix)”
Featuring Maná
“One Fine Morning” (Lighthouse Cover)
“Exodus/Get Up Stand Up (Bob Marley cover)”
“Ya Yo Me Cure”
“Maria Maria (Pumpin’ Dolls Club Mix)”
Featuring The Product G&B
“Smooth (Instrumental)”
“The Calling Jam”
Featuring Eric Clapton
“Olympic Festival”
Personnel
“(Da Le) Yaleo”
Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
Benny Rietveld – bass
Billy Johnson – drums
Karl Perazzo – percussion, vocals
Raul Rekow – congas
Tony Lindsay – vocals
Jose Abel Figueroa – trombone
Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet
Marvin McFadden – trumpet
“Love of My Life”
This song’s main melody is very similar to Brahms’ symphony No. 3 in F Major Op 90 Movement #3
Carlos Santana – guitar
Dave Matthews – lead vocal
George Whitty – keyboards
Benny Rietveld – bass
Carter Beauford – drums
Karl Perazzo – congas and percussion
“Put Your Lights On”
Carlos Santana – lead guitar, congas and percussion
Everlast – rhythm guitar and lead vocal
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
Dante Ross, John Gamble – programming
Benny Rietveld – bass
“Africa Bamba”
Carlos Santana – guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
Benny Rietveld – bass
Horacio Hernandez – drums
Raul Rekow – congas
Karl Perazzo – vamp out vocals, background vocals, percussion
Tony Lindsay – background vocals
“Smooth”
Carlos Santana – lead guitar
Rob Thomas – lead vocals
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
Benny Rietveld – bass
Rodney Holmes – drums
Karl Perazzo – percussion
Raul Rekow – congas
Jeff Cressman – trombone
Jose Abel Figueroa – trombone
Julius Melendez – trumpet
William Ortiz – trumpet
“Do You Like The Way”
Carlos Santana – lead guitar
Lauryn Hill – lead and background vocals
Cee-Lo Green – lead vocals
Francis Dunnery, Al Anderson – rhythm guitar
Loris Holland – keyboards
Kobie Brown, Che Pope – programming
Tom Barney – bass
Lenesha Randolph – background vocals
Danny Wolinski – saxophone and flute
Steve Touré – trombone
Earl Gardner – trumpet and flugelhorn
Joseph Daley – tuba
“Maria Maria”
Carlos Santana – guitar, background vocals
The Product G&B – lead vocals
Joseph Herbert – cello
Daniel Seidenberg – viola
Hari Balakrisnan – viola
Jeremy Cohen – violin
“Migra”
Carlos Santana – guitar and sleigh bells
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
K.C. Porter – programming and accordion
Benny Rietveld – bass
Rodney Holmes – drums
Karl Perazzo – percussion
Raul Rekow – congas
Tony Lindsay – vocals
Karl Perazzo – vocals
KC Porter – vocals
Ramon Flores – trombone
Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet
Jose Abel Figueroa – trumpet
Marvin McFadden – trumpet
“Corazón Espinado”
Carlos Santana – lead guitar
Fher Olvera – lead vocals
Sergio Vallín – rhythm guitar
Alberto Salas – keyboards
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
Juan Calleros – bass
Alex González – drums
Karl Perazzo – timbales and percussion
Raul Rekow – congas
Gonzalo Chomat – background vocals
Alex González – background vocals
Jose Quintana – vocal direction
“Wishing It Was”
Carlos Santana – lead and rhythm guitar
Eagle-Eye Cherry – lead vocal
Chad & Earl – background vocals
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
Benny Rietveld – bass
Rodney Holmes – drums
Karl Perazzo – timbales and percussion
Raul Rekow – congas and percussion
Humberto Hernandez – additional percussion
“El Farol”
Carlos Santana – lead guitar
Raul Pacheco – rhythm guitar and percussion
K.C. Porter – keyboards and programming
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards and programming
Benny Rietveld – bass
Gregg Bissonette – drums
Karl Perazzo – timbales
Raul Rekow – congas
“Primavera”
Carlos Santana – lead guitar, background vocals
J. B. Eckl – rhythm guitar
K.C. Porter – lead vocals, keyboards, programming, background vocals
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
Mike Porcaro – bass
Jimmy Keegan – drums
Karl Perazzo – timbales and percussion, background vocals
Luis Conte – congas and percussion
Fher – background vocals
Tony Lindsay – background vocals
Chein Garcia Alonso – Spanish translation
“The Calling”
Eric Clapton – lead and rhythm guitar
Carlos Santana – lead and rhythm guitar, percussions
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
Mike Mani – programming
Tony Lindsay – vocals
Jeanie Tracy – vocals
Andre for Screaming Lizard – pro tools editing
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