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“Put Your Lights On” by Santana featuring Everlast
From the album Supernatural (1999) Featuring Everlast
“Put Your Lights On” by Santana featuring Everlast appears on 14 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1999 and 2001. It was first released in 1999 on the album Supernatural. Its best result is #2 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #70 alternative song of 1999, #7,462 alternative song of all time and #497 of the '90s.
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"Put Your Lights On" was one of the guest spots on Santana's 18th studio album, Supernatural, in 1999, and Everlast brought something heavier than a party song. He wrote it while recovering from a major heart attack in February 1998, just after finishing his solo album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, and he has called it one of his most personal songs: hope clawing its way out of a dark place, and a hard look at what he believed. It ends with the opening words of the Islamic profession of faith, in Arabic; Everlast had converted to Islam in 1996.
Everlast sings in a gravelly murmur and plays guitar, Carlos Santana answers with congas and a guitar that cries, and Benny Rietveld and Chester Thompson keep it smoky. It went to number eight on Mainstream Rock and won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 69 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 75 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 15 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 47 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 52 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 | 92 |
| 1999 | 86 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
| 1999 | 2 | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 1999 | 25 |
| 1999 | 58 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 95 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
| 2000 | 76 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 60 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
| 2000 | 92 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 491 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 2001 | 481 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
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