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B-side | "El farol" | |||
Released | June 15, 1999 | |||
Studio | Fantasy (Berkeley, California) | |||
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Lyricist(s) | Rob Thomas | |||
Producer(s) | Matt Serletic | |||
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"Smooth" is a song performed by American rock band Santana and Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty,who sings the lead vocals. It was released on June 15,1999,as the lead single from Santana's 1999 studio album, Supernatural . It was written by Itaal Shur and Thomas,who re-wrote Shur's original melody and lyrics,and produced by Matt Serletic. [1]
The song was an international success,reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 12 consecutive weeks. 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" was ranked as the second-most-successful song ever on Billboard's Hot 100 60th Anniversary listing. In 2000,the song won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year,Song of the Year,and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. "Smooth" also peaked at number one in Canada and charted within the top 10 in Australia,Austria,Ireland,and the United Kingdom.
"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]
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.
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]
US CD and cassette single [11] [12]
UK 1999 CD single [13]
UK 2000 CD and cassette single [14] [15]
| European CD single [16]
Australian CD single [17]
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Credits are taken from the Supernatural album booklet. [18]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [73] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [74] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [75] (physical) | Platinum | 1,200,000 [76] |
United States (RIAA) [75] (digital) | Gold | 500,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | June 15, 1999 | Contemporary hit radio | Arista | [77] |
August 3, 1999 |
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United Kingdom | October 11, 1999 | CD |
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United Kingdom (re-release) | March 20, 2000 |
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