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 ...

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 ...

Santana was one of Jean's holy trinity, along with Jimi Hendrix and Steve Vai. "We all reverted back to that 16-year-old kid playing air guitar in front of the mirror," says Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, ...

18 years ago this week Santana's "Smooth" began a 12-week run atop the Billboard 100 on its way to becoming the #2 Hot 100 song of all time. The track's co-writer, Itaal Shur, spoke to Billboard… By ...

Fifteen years ago today, Santana's Rob Thomas-featuring single "Smooth" crashed into the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, a position it would maintain for an astounding 12 straight weeks. By ...

If you were asked to name your all-time least favorite song, you might have to think about it for awhile. But for Mastodon's Brent Hinds, the answer is clear and simple: Santana's 'Smooth.' Hinds is ...

There's really nothing like the Olympics, is there? Every time they come around, the whole world tunes in to witness the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat and the opportunity to witness any ...

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 ...

June 1999 changed the world. On the first day of the month, Napster launched and began to change the music industry; George W. Bush announced he was running for president of the United States; and ...

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 ...