The Best of Santana

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The Best of Santana
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedMarch 1998
Genre Blues rock, hard rock, latin rock
Length1:16:46
Label Columbia
Producer Various

The Best of Santana is a 1998 album by Santana and a companion album to 2000's The Best of Santana Vol. 2 . The album peaked at #82 on the Billboard 200, [1] and has sold 1.64 million copies in the U.S. as of May 2009. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Jingo" Babatunde Olatunji Santana , 19694:14
2."Evil Ways" Clarence "Sonny" Henry Santana3:54
3."Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" Peter Green/Gábor Szabó Abraxas , 19705:19
4."Oye Como Va" Tito Puente Abraxas4:16
5."Samba Pa Ti" (Instrumental) Carlos Santana Abraxas4:47
6."She's Not There" (The Zombies cover) Rod Argent Moonflower , 19774:09
7."No One to Depend On" Michael Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Gregg Rolie Santana III , 19715:32
8."Open Invitation" Dennis Lambert, David Margen, Brian Potter, Santana, Greg Walker Inner Secrets , 19784:45
9."Hold On" Ian Thomas Shangó , 19824:22
10."Bella"Sterling Crew, Santana, Chester D. Thompson Blues for Salvador , 19874:30
11."Winning" Russ Ballard Zebop! , 19813:18
12."All I Ever Wanted" Alex Ligertwood, Santana, Chris Solberg Marathon , 19794:03
13."Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Tom Coster, David Rubinson Amigos , 19768:15
14."Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)"Coster, SantanaAmigos5:06
15."Everybody's Everything" David Brown, Tyrone Moss, SantanaSantana III3:30
16."Soul Sacrifice"Santana, Gregg Rolie, Brown, Marcus Malone Santana6:35

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [3] 7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] 49
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [5] 38
Chart (1996)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [6] 99
Chart (1998)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 82
Chart (2007)Peak
position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [8] 85

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [9] Platinum300,000*
United States (RIAA) [10] Platinum1,640,000 [11]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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