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"Smooth" is a song performed by American rock band Santana and Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, who sings the lead vocals. It was released to radio on June 15, 1999, as the lead single from Santana's 1999 studio album, Supernatural .
ET is celebrating Rob Thomas and Carlos Santana's hit song, 'Smooth,' on its 20th anniversary.
Robert Kelly Thomas [1] (born February 14, 1972) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist for the Florida-based alternative rock band Matchbox Twenty, which he formed in 1995 and with whom he has released five studio albums.
Thomas was supposed to act only as a songwriter for "Smooth", but Carlos Santana had him sing for it after hearing the song's demo. "Smooth" was the album's lead single and became a hit in 1999. Thomas won three Grammy Awards for writing and performing on "Smooth": Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Popular Music Collaboration with ...
It features a horse participating in a dressage competition in the Olympics -- and it is dancing to an instrumental cover of "Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas.
"Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas spent 12 consecutive weeks at number one, on the charts dated from October 23, 1999, to January 8, 2000. Its reign at the top of the Hot 100 extended into the 2000s by two weeks, so only 10 of its weeks occurred in the 1990s, making it fall short of the 10 longest running number-ones in the 1990s if ...
Other than recording solo albums and albums with Matchbox Twenty, Thomas was also featured on "Smooth", a 1999 single by Santana. The song was an international success, peaking within the Top 20 of several countries around the world, including becoming a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2010, Thomas was once again featured on a ...
The song that launched Shur's career was "Smooth", [8] which he co-wrote with Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas for Santana's album Supernatural. [2] When he heard that Santana needed a song for their new album, Shur composed a song over a weekend. [8] Thomas, who sang the lead vocals with Santana, wrote the song's lyrics. [6]