1999 single by Santana
"Put Your Lights On " is a song by American rock bandSantana and American musicianEverlast from Santana's 18th studio album,Supernatural Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 and number eight on theBillboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Put Your Lights On" won aGrammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the42nd Annual Grammy Awards .[ 2]
Everlast wrote the song while recovering from a major heart attack that he had suffered in February 1998 (directly after he completed recording his second solo album,Whitey Ford Sings the Blues [ 3] Islam in 1996, and the end of the song contains the words "La ilaha illa Allah", ("There is noGod butGod " inArabic ), the first part of theShahada , the Islamic profession of faith.
Santana called Everlast in 1998, asking him if he could contribute a song forSupernatural , and Everlast suggested "Put Your Lights On". According to Everlast, Santana loved the song, and "from then on everything went very fast." Everlast has stated that he was unsure whether to include the Arabic-language portion in the recorded song, because "I did not want to sell Allah's words", but that Santana insisted that they be included.[ 4]
Australian CD single [ 5]
"Put Your Lights On" (featuring Everlast) – 4:10 "Smooth " (remix featuringRob Thomas ) – 3:53 "Maria Maria " (radio mix featuringthe Product G&B ) – 4:25 UK CD single [ 6]
"Put Your Lights On" (radio edit featuring Everlast) – 4:03 "Maria Maria" (Spanish-English version featuring the Product G&B) – 4:15 "El farol" (album version) – 4:59 European CD single [ 7]
"Put Your Lights On" (radio edit featuring Everlast) – 4:03 "Maria Maria" (Spanish-English version featuring the Product G&B) – 4:15 German maxi-CD single [ 8]
"Put Your Lights On" (radio edit featuring Everlast) – 4:03 "Put Your Lights On" (album version featuring Everlast) – 4:47 "Maria Maria" (Spanish-English version featuring the Product G&B) – 4:15 "El farol" (album version) – 4:59
Credits and personnel [ edit ] Credits are taken from the German maxi-CD single liner notes and theSupernatural [ 8] [ 9]
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Personnel
Everlast – writing (as Erik Schrody), lead vocals,rhythm guitar Carlos Santana – lead guitar, congas, percussionBenny Rietveld – bass Chester Thompson – keyboards Dante Ross – production, programmingJohn Gamble – production, programming, engineeringTom Lord-Alge – mixingFemio Hernandez – mixing assistance Steve Fontano – engineering Steve Farrone – engineering Mike Anderson – engineering assistance Chart (1999) Position US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard )[ 25] 75 US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard )[ 26] 97
Chart (2000) Position US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard )[ 27] 32 US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard )[ 28] 92 US Triple-A (Billboard )[ 29] 16
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