''Santana's Greatest Hits'' is a 1974

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...

Santana Santana may refer to: Transportation * Volkswagen Santana, an automobile * Santana Cycles, manufacturer of tandem bicycles * Santana Motors, a former Spanish automobile manufacturer * Sailboat designs by W. D. Schock Corp ** Santana 20 ** Santan ...

. It offers highlights from the group's first three albums. It is the band's best-selling

, selling over 7 million copies in the United States. Three of the tracks are the edited single versions, as annotated below.

Track listing

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Evil Ways Evil Ways may refer to: * "Evil Ways" (Drake song) * "Evil Ways" (Santana song) {{disambiguation ...

" ( Single version) (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) (from ''

'', 1969) - 3:00 # "

Jin-go-lo-ba "Jin-go-lo-ba" (or "Jingo") is a song by Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji, featured on his first album '' Drums of Passion'' (1959). In Yoruba (Olatunji's native language) it means, "Do not worry." The song featured "African-derived ...

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Babatunde Olatunji Michael Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist, and recording artist. Early life Olatunji was born in the village of Ajido, near Badagry, Lagos State, in southwestern Nig ...

) from ''Santana'' - 2:44 # "Hope You're Feeling Better" (

Gregg Rolie Gregg Alan Rolie (born June 17, 1947) is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter. Rolie served as lead singer of the bands Santana (band), Santana and Journey (band), Journey – both of which he co-founded. He also helmed rock group The ...

) (from ''

Abraxas Abraxas (, variant form romanized: ) is a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the "Great Archon" (), the princeps of the 365 spheres (). The word is found in Gnostic texts such as the '' Holy ...

'', 1970) - 4:11 # "

Samba Pa Ti "Samba Pa Ti" is an instrumental by Latin rock band Santana, from their 1970 album, ''Abraxas''. In English, the title means "Samba for you." It was released as a single in 1973. The song charted at No. 11 in the Netherlands, No. 43 on the German ...

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Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the Rock music, rock band Santana (band), Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he r ...

) (from ''Abraxas'') - 4:47 # "Persuasion" (Single version) (Santana, Rolie,

José Areas José Octavio "Chepito" Areas Dávila (born 25 July 1946) is a Nicaraguan percussionist best known for having played timbales and Conga drums in the Latin rock group Santana in 1969–1977 and 1987–1989. Santana Areas joined Santana in 196 ...

, David Brown,

Michael Shrieve Michael Shrieve (born July 6, 1949) is an American drummer, percussionist, and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Santana, playing on the band's first seven albums from 1969 to 1974. At age 20, Shrieve was the second youn ...

Michael Carabello Michael Carabello (born November 18, 1947) is an American musician, best known for playing percussion with Santana during the band's early years. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Early life Carabello was born in San Francisc ...

) (from ''Santana'') - 2:34 # "

Black Magic Woman "Black Magic Woman" is a song written by British musician Peter Green, which first appeared as a single for his band Fleetwood Mac in 1968. Subsequently, the song appeared on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums '' English Rose'' (US) and '' ...

" (Single version) ( Peter Green) (from ''Abraxas'') - 3:17 # "

Oye Como Va Oye is Spanish for "hey" or "listen". Oye or Oye! or OYE may refer to: Geography *Oye, Ekiti, a town and LGA in Ekiti State. *Oye-Plage, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France *Oyes, a commune in Marne, France People *Kenneth A. Oye, an American pol ...

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Tito Puente Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. He was also k ...

) (from ''Abraxas'') - 4:19 # "Everything's Coming Our Way" (Santana) (from ''

Santana III ''Santana'' is the third studio album by the American rock band Santana, released on September 24, 1971, by Columbia Records. The band's second self-titled album, it is often referred to as ''III'' or ''Santana III'' to distinguish it from the b ...

'', 1971) - 3:16 # "Se a Cabó" (Areas) (from ''Abraxas'') - 2:51 # "Everybody's Everything" (Santana, Tyrone Moss, Brown) (from ''Santana III'') - 3:31 The Mexican edition of this album (Los Grandes Exitos De Santana-CBS CLS-5453) has the following variations: # "Sin Depender De Nadie" (" No One To Depend On") as the fifth track on side one (replacing Persuasion) # "Sacrificio Del Alma" (" Soul Sacrifice") as the third track on side two (replacing Everything's Coming Our Way) In addition, the last two tracks on side two are reversed.

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Certifications and sales

References

1974 greatest hits albums Santana (band) compilation albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub