It is easy—perhaps too easy—to dislike “Smooth,” the Grammy Award-winning 1999 hit by Carlos Santana featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty off the multi-platinum album Supernatural. The song's ...

Santana’s track featuring Rob Thomas turns 25 this week. Why is it still a rock blockbuster? By Rob Tannenbaum “To really appreciate ‘Smooth,’ you have to embrace how cheesy ‘Smooth’ is,” Rob Thomas ...

When Santana released their 1999 album Supernatural, the band had not had a Top-40 hit or a Gold or Platinum album in 17 years. The album broke that commercial slump in a big way, and in no small part ...

We all know the song. It’s the one you proudly blast from your speakers as you croon in the shower, multipurpose soap bar/microphone in hand, your velvety voice heating up the already steamy air. You ...

Twenty-two years ago, no one could avoid “Smooth,” that unlikely combo of Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas that won multiple Grammys, sold millions, and haunted all of us at weddings. But neither man ...

In 1999, the Matchbox Twenty frontman was featured on Carlos Santana's sizzling rock hit "Smooth," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for 12 weeks. In the two decades since, the song has ...

The year was 1999. Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas recorded “Smooth” and it quickly became one of the most ubiquitous and successful singles of all time. Whether you love it or hate it, “Smooth” remains ...

Santana tweaked the melody and hummed it at Dave Matthews, who wrote the lyrics on the spot. Such stories, in which inspiration transcends perspiration, make you wonder if Santana's mysticism is as ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. The last #1 hit ...

“Smooth,” the Santana and Rob Thomas joint that’s still played on the hour, every hour at CVS’ nationwide, is one of the most successful songs of all-time. The Supernatural single spent 12 weeks atop ...

There may not be a better time to be Carlos Santana than right now. A strong contender would be 1999, when he challenged the music industry’s cash-flush popstar era with Supernatural, the ...

"How Do I Live" & "Macarena" round out the top three. By Gary Trust Santana‘s “Smooth,” featuring Rob Thomas, takes the No. 1 spot on Billboard‘s Top Songs of the ’90s chart. As previously reported, ...