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"Smooth" is a song performed by American rock band Santana and Matchbox Twenty lead vocalist Rob Thomas, released on June 15, 1999, as the lead single from the band's 1999 studio album, Supernatural. It was written by Itaal Shur and Thomas, who re-wrote Shur's original melody and lyrics and sings the lead vocals, and produced by Matt Serletic.[1]

"Smooth"
Single by Santana featuring Rob Thomas
from the album Supernatural
B-side"El farol"
ReleasedJune 15, 1999 (1999-06-15)
Recorded1998–1999
StudioFantasy (Berkeley, California)
Genre
  • Latin rock[1]
  • alternative rock[2]
Length
  • 4:55 (album version)
  • 3:55 (radio edit)
Label
  • Arista
  • BMG
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Rob Thomas
Producer(s)Matt Serletic
Santana singles chronology
"Say It Again"
(1985)		 "Smooth"
(1999)		 "Put Your Lights On"
(1999)
Rob Thomas singles chronology
"Smooth"
(1999)		 "A New York Christmas"
(2003)
Music video
"Smooth" on YouTube

The song was an international success, reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 12 non-consecutive weeks and peaking at number one in Canada and within the top 10 in Australia, Austria, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It was the final number-one hit of the 1990s and the first number-one hit of the 2000s, and the only song to appear on two decade-end Billboard charts. "Smooth" is ranked as the third-most-successful song ever on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs listing. In 2000, the song won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.


Concept and background


"Smooth" was originally conceived by Itaal Shur as a song called "Room 17". The lyrics were stripped off and the track was given to Rob Thomas, who re-wrote the lyrics and melody and re-titled it "Smooth", then recorded the song as a demo to play for Santana. After hearing the song, Santana decided to have Thomas record the final version.[1][3] 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 originally had George Michael in mind to sing the song.[4]


Chart performance


By June 1, "Smooth" was leaked and played by some radio stations before its official release.[5] The single became a chart-topping hit in 1999, spending 12 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 beginning with the week of October 23, 1999. It was the first chart-topping song in Carlos Santana's long-running career, rising higher than Santana's previous biggest hit, "Black Magic Woman", which peaked at number four in 1971. "Smooth" stayed in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 30 weeks and the top 100 for 58 weeks.[6]

In the United Kingdom, "Smooth" first charted at number 75 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1999. After a full release on March 20, 2000,[7] it peaked at number three, spending eight weeks in the top 40. The song also peaked at number three in Ireland in March 2000, spending ten weeks on the Irish Singles Chart. It remains Santana's highest-charting single in both the UK and Ireland. The song also peaked at number one in Canada for a week, number two in Greece, number four in Australia, and number nine in Austria. It reached the top 40 in an additional seven countries: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Switzerland.


Legacy


On Billboard magazine's rankings of the top songs of the first 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Smooth" was ranked as the number-two song overall[8] and the number-one rock song in the history of the chart.[9]

In the 21st century, particularly during the summer of 2016, the song became the subject of several internet memes.[10] Writing for MTV.com, Sasha Geffen compared the situation to similar resurgences of "All Star" by Smash Mouth and "One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies, going on to attribute the song's popularity to "the merits of its vocal absurdity." They wrote, "There's something ridiculous about how eagerly Rob Thomas lays his earnest alt-rock croon over Santana's guitar, sweating out lines about how his 'Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa' is 'just like the ocean under the moon' without a hint of self-consciousness or irony".[2] In 2017, Tanya Sichynsky of The Washington Post similarly opined that, "The opening lyric 'Man, it's a hot one,'... is a punch line that requires no set-up."[11]


Track listings



Credits and personnel


Credits are taken from the Supernatural album booklet.[19]

Studios

Personnel


Charts



Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[71] 2× Platinum 140,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[72] Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA)[73]
(physical) 		Platinum 1,200,000[74]
United States (RIAA)[73]
(digital) 		Gold 500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.


Release history


Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States June 15, 1999 Contemporary hit radio Arista [75]
August 3, 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 [76]
United Kingdom October 11, 1999 CD
  • Arista
  • BMG
 [77]
United Kingdom (re-release) March 20, 2000
  • CD
  • cassette
 [78]

Cover versions





See also



References


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На других языках

- [en] Smooth (Santana song)

[es] Smooth

«Smooth» es una canción interpretada por la banda Santana con la colaboración de Rob Thomas, vocalista del grupo Matchbox Twenty. La canción fue escrita por Thomas y Itaal Shur y fue lanzada en 1999 como el primer sencillo del álbum Supernatural. La canción fue un éxito, llegando a alcanzar altas posiciones en las listas de popularidad de varios países, incluyendo la primera posición del Billboard Hot 100 durante 12 semanas. Fue el último Billboard Hot 100 número uno de los 1990s y el primer número uno de los 2000s y del siglo XXI.«Smooth» es la única canción en aparecer en dos rankings Billboard Decade End pertenecientes a décadas distintas.

[ru] Smooth

«Smooth» — дуэт рок-группы Santana и Роба Томаса. Песня была написана Томасом и Итаалом Шуром, и исполнена Томасом под аккомпанемент Карлоса Сантаны. «Smooth» выиграла три премии Грэмми, в категориях: «Запись года», «Песня года» и «Лучшее совместное вокальное поп-исполнение». Кроме того, она стала последним хитом чарта Billboard Hot 100 в 90-х, и заняла второе место среди всех песен этого чарта в период с 1958 по 2008 годы (т. н. «Лучшие песни XX-го века»)[1].


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