Santana's Greatest Hits

Santana's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Santana
Released	July 1974
Recorded	May 1969 - July 1971
Genre	Rock, jazz fusion, blues rock
Length	34:31
Label	CBS
Producer	Santana
Santana chronology

Santana's Greatest Hits is a 1974 compilation album by Santana. It offers highlights from the group's first three albums. It is the band's best-selling compilation album, selling over 7 million copies in the U.S. alone while selling more than 8 million records worldwide.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B–[2]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Three of the tracks are the edited single versions, as annotated below.

Track listing

"Evil Ways" (Single version) (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) (from Santana, 1969) - 3:00
"Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) from Santana - 2:44
"Hope You're Feeling Better" (Gregg Rolie) (from Abraxas, 1970) - 4:11
"Samba Pa Ti" (Carlos Santana) (from Abraxas) - 4:47
"Persuasion" (Single version) (Santana, Rolie, José Areas, David Brown, Michael Shrieve, Michael Carabello) (from Santana) - 2:34
"Black Magic Woman" (Single version) (Peter Green) (from Abraxas) - 3:17
"Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente) (from Abraxas) 4:19
"Everything's Coming Our Way" (Santana) (from Santana III, 1971) - 3:16
"Se Acabó" (Areas) (from Abraxas) - 2:51
"Everybody's Everything" (Santana, Tyrone Moss, Brown) (from Santana III) - 3:31

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1974	The Billboard 200	17
	Austria Album Charts	4
	Dutch Album Charts	19
	UK Albums Chart	14

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[5]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
France (SNEP)[6]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[7]	Platinum	500,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[8]	Gold	150,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[9]	7× Platinum	7,000,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

Ruhlmann, William. Santana's Greatest Hits at AllMusic
Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
Palmer, Bob (19 December 1974). "Santana: Greatest Hits : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
"Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
"Canadian album certifications – Santana – Santana's Greatest Hits". Music Canada.
"French album certifications – Santana – Greatest Hits" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Carlos Santana; 'Santanas Greatest Hits')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
"British album certifications – Santana – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Greatest Hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
"American album certifications – Santana – Santana_s Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.

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[1] Ruhlmann, William. Santana's Greatest Hits at AllMusic

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[3] Palmer, Bob (19 December 1974). "Santana: Greatest Hits : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 4 September 2011.

[4] "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.

[CanadaSantanaSantana's_Greatest_HitsalbumCertRef-5] "Canadian album certifications – Santana – Santana's Greatest Hits". Music Canada.

[FranceSantanaGreatest_HitsalbumCertRef-6] "French album certifications – Santana – Greatest Hits" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.

[GermanyCarlos_SantanaSantanas_Greatest_HitsalbumCertRef-7] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Carlos Santana; 'Santanas Greatest Hits')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

[United_KingdomSantanaGreatest_HitsalbumCertRef-8] "British album certifications – Santana – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Greatest Hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[United_StatesSantanaSantana_s_Greatest_HitsalbumCertRef-9] "American album certifications – Santana – Santana_s Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.