Does Carlos Santana Ever Sing in His Songs Himself?
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A true Carlos Santana fan naturally knows the answer: YES!
The album “Freedom” in 1986 has a song named “Before We Go” which Santana sings himself:
(Watch on YouTube)
Carlos Santana can be seen in live performances from back in the day with Buddy Miles. In this video is the proof, he’s singing:
(Watch on YouTube)
Update 2023
“Everything’s Coming Our Way” from the Album “Santana III” was sung and written by Carlos Santana!
In his 1972 album “Caravanserai” he sang “Just in Time to See the Sun”, “All the Love of the Universe”, and “Stone Flower”.
Verdict
Yes Santana used to sing in a few songs, see list above. Once you know the sound of his voice you can easily spot the songs 😉
Image credits & copyright: myself, naturally 😉
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Hmm, then he lied in this interview in 2019 when he said he has never recorded his own voice.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/carlos-santana-plans-to-sing-thanks-to-eric-clapton-1849296/#:~:text=Santana%20said%20he%20has%20never,%2C%20too%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20said.
Hi Mark, thanks for the interview link. I’m not sure if he lied or just can’t remember 😉 But as you we see and hear in the video, he did, a long time ago in the 1980s.
Savas
I’ll tell you what really blew my head and I can’t believe I haven’t been able to find this on the web. I’ve been a Santana fan almost since I first started playing guitar about 48 years ago. as you’ve probably guessed among my favorite songs are Europa, Flor da Lun,Samba Pa Ti, among any instrumentals of his that showcase that amazing sound. There is a point of trying to make it sorry but be patient please. Yesterday while running errands a song download it on my phone came on. It was from the third album, the man with the outstretched hand, ironically it’s a song with mainly vocals and only about two bars of that signature guitar sound. And all of a sudden it’s dawned on me and I almost had to pull over immediately in my truck. The song I was listening to one of my very favorite songs that don’t really showcases guitar playing was none other than “Everything Is Coming Our Way”. I said to myself that can’t be! And sure enough I looked it up to verify it on the web. Carlos Santana sings the song everything is coming our way and I never ever knew it all this time! It only serves to make me enjoy the song even more! Just blew my head!
I don’t get it. I just discovered this the other day and I’ve only read one comment so maybe I’m putting the cart before the horse but doesn’t anyone realize that he sang his own song from the third album the one with them man with the outstretched hand. Carlos Santana sang his song everything is coming our way and it blew my head the other day when I listen to it and said no this can’t be and looked it up in the albums liner notes on Wikipedia and discovered it to be true. I’ve been a huge Santana fan for 45 years I’ve seen him probably over 30 times and never knew that and never saw him perform that song Once live!
Hi Peter
thank you for sharing! You are absolutely correct. Indeed, the song “Everything’s Coming Our Way” from the Album “Santana III” was sung and written by Carlos Santana!
The link is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEm2afF8Iyo
Enjoy
Savas
What about Oye Como Va? Is that song by Santana? And what about: nobody that I can depend on? What about black magic woman? All sung by somebody else. What a let down.
I always felt like Santana ‘sings’ through his guitar, just as Jimi Hendrix did. I find many people focus on the voice when listening to music, and when that’s the case, they probably don’t play guitar themselves or they don’t play an instrument.
My favorite Santana recordings are all instrumentals, that’s where his true talents show, for example Aqua Marine and naturally Samba Pa Ti.
Savas