Man It's a Hot One: The True Story of Santana & Rob Thomas' 'Smooth'

Who doesn’t love a good feature track?


There’s something special that happens when two (or more) artists
respect each other enough to get into the studio and hash out
some music that inspires them - and their respective fanbases -
it’s even better when the song becomes a MASSIVE hit!


Now usually, when a collaboration effort is released - it’s
because the artists in question are undeniably hot acts in their
own right. 


Think of tracks from Maroon 5 and Cardi B, Post Malone and Swae
Lee, The Chainsmokers and Halsey, Rihanna and Calvin Harris, or
Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes - each artist’s popularity helped
bring the other to a whole new level. 


Of course, this makes sense, after all - Pop music is SUPPOSED to
be popular, so whether the genre mashups are a match made in
heaven, or even a little off the beaten path - the equation is
simple - Hot Artist PLUS Hot Artist EQUALS Hit, Baby!


But what if I told you that one of the biggest collab tracks in
Billboard history (and the first of the millennium) was made by
an old school guitarist who hadn’t released a hit single in over
15 years, and an alt-pop soft rocker who had never actually
released music outside of the comforts of his (admittedly quite
popular) band?


Let’s Don’t Forget About It! - This is the Story of Santana and
Rob Thomas’ ‘Smooth’ with newly unearthed audio from Santana and
Rob Thomas himself!