Album · Santana
Supernatural by Santana
Supernatural is an album by Santana, released in 1999. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 45 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Smooth”, on 31 lists and voted number one once.
Supernatural, Santana's eighteenth album, came out on Arista on June 15, 1999, and it's a comeback of staggering size. Carlos Santana had found himself without a label in the mid-'90s, so he went back to Clive Davis, the man who had first signed the band to Columbia in 1969, and together with A&R man Pete Ganbarg they aimed squarely at the radio: Santana's singing guitar surrounded by the hot names of the day, from Rob Thomas, Lauryn Hill and Dave Matthews to Eric Clapton, Everlast, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Maná and CeeLo Green.
It worked like a spell. "Smooth", with Thomas singing and co-written by him and Itaal Shur, sat atop the Hot 100 for 12 weeks, "Maria Maria" followed with 10 more, and the album went to number one in eleven countries. Album of the Year and Best Rock Album were among its Grammy haul, and it stands as the band's best-selling record.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Supernatural on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smooth | 31 | #1 | 1 | 1999–2026 | |
| 2 | Put Your Lights On | 14 | #2 | – | 1999–2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.