"Oye Como Va" - Santana

[A Thug Named Slickback]

Though all of Santana's monster hits have come since 1999, I still think the vintage recordings are among their best. "Oye Como Va" was, until the Supernatural album, the group's signature song IMO. It still remains my favorite by a longshot.

Carlos kills the guitar as always, but the percussion and organ solos seal the deal. I like the earthy vibe of this song a lot. An all-around great tune. IMO, it's the best from their hot 1971 album Abraxas.

If you want to hear vintage Santana at its best, I recommend this CD. As a collection of songs, I'd even venture to say that it's as good as the pre-Supernatural greatest hits collections.

Hot 100: #13 R&B: #32

[Chelsea Press 2]

This is an amazing track.

Carlos did such a good job on the guitars.

[tortuga]

A lot of latin rock bands have covered this song, which is proof what a classic this song is.

[Siamese Panda]

I fell in love with this song before I ever even had the name "Santana" attached to it. It's probably the song that was most responsible for getting me interested in Carlos as an artist.

[Deleted]

Classic. Their first few albums are all excellent.

[ListenToItTwice]

was introduced to this song as a little kid by this exchange on Seinfeld:

JERRY: Anyway, any luck getting together on a song?

ELAINE: No. He blew out my Witchy Woman, and he won't share Desperado. Hey,
what d'you think of Oye Como Va?

JERRY: (negative) Eehh.

ELAINE: (desperation) Well, I'm running outta guys here in this city, Jer!