Here's 13 facts about ThisIsRobThomas and SantanaCarlos’ ‘Smooth’ as we approach the 20th anniversary of this instant classic!
10:15 AM PDT, June 28, 2019As pop princesses and boy bands exploded onto the charts at the turn of the millennium, one song crept out of nowhere to sit atop the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 consecutive weeks. Twenty years later, chances are if you go anywhere this weekend -- whether it be a wedding, a birthday, a bar or even the grocery store -- Santana and“The song has brought so much joy to so many people,” the song’s co-writer, Itaal Shur, reflects.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Smooth” on June 29, here are 13 fun facts about the three-time GRAMMY-winning track.completed except for a launching single, Shur was called upon and stopped by A&R executive Pete Ganbarg’s Arista Records office to hear the record, which gave him a sense of the missing piece of the puzzle. “What was missing, in my opinion, was that ‘Oye Como Va’/’Black Magic Woman' sound,” Shur says, referring to Santana’s older hits.
Thomas penned new verses, then convened with Shur to work on the chorus. The two had never met but instantly hit it off. “He came over and we just got along really well,” Shur recalls. “He was living two blocks away, which I didn’t know, so it was kind of neighborly.” , saying, ‘Rob can do this. Rob can make a record with you that will be exciting and the two of you will be good together. I know he can bring it!'"Despite Santana’s doubts about Thomas, the two knocked the song out in no time after meeting at Record Plant studios in Sausalito, California. “I had met him once at a festival, but then we did ‘Smooth’ live over two days in the studio in San Francisco, so that’s when we really got to hang out, while we recorded the song,” Thomas tells ET.
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