"Smooth"
Single by Santana featuring Rob Thomas
from the album Supernatural
Released	August 3rd, 1999
Format	CD Single
Genre	Latin-Rock
Length	4:00
Writer(s)	Rob Thomas, Itaal Shur
Certification	Gold (U.S.)
Peak chart positions
#1 (U.S., Canada, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Poland, Russia, Italy, Latvia) #3 (UK) #4 (UWC)

"Smooth" is a song by Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas of the rock group Matchbox Twenty. The song was written by Rob Thomas and Itaal Shur and sung by Rob Thomas. Originally conceived by Shur as a song called "Room 17," the lyrics were stripped off and the track was given to Thomas. Thomas re-wrote the lyrics and melody and re-titled it "Smooth." Thomas's original thought was to have George Michael sing the song. Thomas recorded the song as a demo to play for Santana. After hearing the song being sung by Thomas, Santana decided to have Thomas record the final version.^[1] Matt Serletic produced the record and it was released from Carlos Santana's album Supernatural and became a massive hit in 1999, spending twelve weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 at the end of that year. It was the first chart-topping song in Santana's long-running career (his previous biggest hit being "Black Magic Woman", number four in 1971). Image File history File links Santanasmooth. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Devadip Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... Categories: Music stubs | 1972 births | Male singers ... Supernatural is a 1999 concept album by Santana. ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Carlos Santana: Munich, Germany, 1975 Latin rock is a fusion of the rock music with the latin american rhythms and – also – with some instruments which are typical for this music like percussion, but also piano riffs known from son cubano or merengue. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has sold a certain number of copies. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... UWC may refer to: United World Colleges, an international group of schools. ... Devadip Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Matchbox Twenty (originally Matchbox 20, typeset as matchbox twenty on most official merchandise and albums) is a rock band formed in Orlando, Florida. ... Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Greek: ) (born June 25, 1963), better known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning English [1] singer-songwriter who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo Wham!) has enjoyed massive global success since 1982. ... Matt Serletic is a record producer who has worked with several popular bands for Atlantic Records, including Collective Soul, matchbox twenty, Stacie Orrico, and Rob Thomas. ... Supernatural is a 1999 concept album by Santana. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...

The song won three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. It spent a record-breaking ten consecutive weeks at the top of the VSpot Top 20 Countdown, a record that held up until the Dixie Chicks broke it in 2006. According to Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits by Fred Bronson, this is the #1 song of The Nineties (2003). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... VSpot Top 20 Countdown is a weekly television show on the VH1 cable network. ... The Dixie Chicks are a thirteen-time Grammy Award-winning female country/rock music trio from the United States comprising Emily Robison, Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The song features a Latin-influenced feel, inspired by the classic Santana song, "Guajira." Devadip Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ...

The lyrics seem to praise an unnamed woman in the exuberant fashion of Petrarch's Renaissance poetry, only to pose an ultimatum ("Give me your heart/Make it real/Or else forget about it") to her and abruptly break off this praise, similarly to Shakespeare's Sonnet 130. From the c. ... The Renaissance (French for rebirth, or Rinascimento in Italian), was a cultural movement in Italy (and in Europe in general) that began in the late Middle Ages, and spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ... Shakespeares Sonnet CXXX mocks the conventions of the garish and flowery courtly sonnets in its realistic portrayal of his mistress. ...

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