Maria Maria

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"Maria Maria"
Single by Santana featuring The Product G&B
from the album Supernatural
Released November 23, 1999
Format CD, 7"
Recorded 1999
Genre Latin pop, R&B
Length 4:23
Label Arista
Writer(s) Raul Rekow, Jerry Duplessis, Wyclef Jean, David Mcrae, Marvin Moore-Hough, Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo
Producer Wyclef Jean, Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis
Certification Platinum (US)
Santana singles chronology
"Smooth"
(1999)
"Maria Maria"
(2000)
"Put Your Lights On"
(2002)
The Product G&B singles chronology
- "Maria Maria"
(1999)
"Cluck, Cluck"
(2000)

"Maria Maria" is a song by Santana featuring The Product G&B.[1] It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 8, 2000, and stayed there for ten weeks.[2] At the 2000 Grammy Awards, the song won the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[3]

In 2008, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100 chart, Billboard compiled its list of the top 100 songs since the inception of the chart in various categories. "Maria Maria" came in at #96 on the list of the Billboard: All-Time Hot 100 Top Songs,[4] and #2 on the list of Top Billboard Hot 100 Latin Songs of All Time.[5] Later, it was named the 14th most successful song from 2000 to 2009, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.[6]

Carlos Santana has collaborated with Chef Roberto Santibañez to open five restaurants named Maria Maria, after the song. The majority are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, other locations include Arizona and Texas.

Contents

[edit] Music video

The video starts zooming onto Carlos Santana and The Product G&B as they are performing outdoors to a group of people partying. Cut scenes include Santana playing the guitar. The focus is then put on a girl the viewers may assume is Maria. She is looking in the mirror and later joins the party.

[edit] Track listing

Side A

  1. Maria Maria - Pumpin' Dolls Club Mix 8:36
  2. Maria Maria - Pumpin' Dolls Radio Edit 3:56

Side B

  1. Maria Maria - Wyclef Remix 4:21
  2. Maria Maria - Wyclef Remix (Instrumental) 4:21
  3. Maria Maria - Album Version 4:21

[edit] Charts

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1
U.K. Singles Chart 6
Australian Singles Chart 49
New Zealand Singles Chart 49
Norwegian Singles Chart 7
Swedish Singles Chart 1
Belgium Flanders Singles Chart 6
Belgium Walonia Singles Chart 2
Dutch Singles Chart 2
French Singles Chart 1
Austrian Singles Chart 3
Swiss Singles Chart 1
German Singles Chart 1

[edit] End of year charts

End of year chart (2000) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 3

[edit] Decade-end charts

(2000–2009) Position
German Singles Chart[8] 83
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [9] 14

[edit] Chart precession and succession

Preceded by
"Say My Name" by Destiny's Child
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
April 8, 2000 – June 10, 2000 (10 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Try Again" by Aaliyah
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single
April 8, 2000 – April 22, 2000
Succeeded by
"He Wasn't Man Enough" by Toni Braxton

[edit] References

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