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“Black Magic Woman” is a song written by Peter Green that first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1968, subsequently appearing on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums English Rose (US) and The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK). It became a classic hit by Santana and sung by Gregg Rolie in 1970, reaching #4 in the U.S. and Canadian charts, after appearing on their Abraxas album, becoming more closely associated with Santana than Fleetwood Mac. In 2005 the song was covered by ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Snowy White on his album The Way It Is. In 1996 the song was also covered by Gary Hoey on his album Bug Alley .

Santana’s version, recorded in 1970, is a medley with Gábor Szabó’s 1966 “Gypsy Queen”, a mix of jazz, Hungarian folk and Latin rhythms. The song became one of Santana’s staples and one of their biggest hits. Abraxas reached #1 on the charts and hit quadruple platinum in 1986, partially thanks to “Black Magic Woman.” The Santana version is also used as a cover in the music/rhythm video games such as Guitar Hero III and Guitar Hero: On Tour.

While the song follows the same general structure of Peter Green’s version, also set in common time, in D Dorian and using the same melody and lyrics, it is considerably different, with a slightly altered chord pattern (D minor 7 | D minor 7 | A minor 7 | A minor 7 | D minor 7 | D minor 7 | G minor 7 | G minor 7 | D minor 7 | A minor 7 | D minor 7 | D minor 7). A curious blend of blues, rock, jazz, 3/2 afro-Cuban son clave, and “Latin” polyrhythms, Santana’s arrangement added conga, timbales and other percussion, in addition to organ and piano, to make complex polyrhythms that give the song a “voodoo” feel distinct from the original.[1]
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  • thekills1985

    Very nice :)

    10 days ago

  • Sulisk

    Mega

    20 days ago

  • Switch-footman

    Work your magic on me black magic woman

    21 days ago

  • ocolinerze

    <<<3

    23 days ago

  • budak6

    Beatiful version.

    last month

  • granpubah

    dave brown's bass....mucho!

    March 2012

  • dirtydogintex

    dirt road out in the rice fields.... troll bridge.... Full Moon....

    February 2012

  • HathInTheRam

    This is live.

    February 2012

  • Philson91

    love this one.

    January 2012

  • firstabraxas

    1971: dieser song machte mich Santana.süchtig ! Dieses mystische feeling ist für mich unerreicht. Sicher, Pete Greens version ist vielleicht nicht so " gestylt " aber allein das "feeling" zählt !!!!

    December 2011

  • Z9Falcon

    This song is heaven. Wish the audio quality was better though!

    November 2011

  • ROCKPOPCLASSIC

    G****

    October 2011

  • pitufina7

    Eres el mejor mi querido Carlos :)

    September 2011

  • abercorn

    this version is shit!

    September 2011

  • pteronophobic

    Good track, but I still prefer Peter Green's original.

    August 2011

  • coolhotrodder

    cool tune thanks nur_giggi

    June 2011

  • carudyy

    liebe es super

    June 2011

  • vladyboxer13

    perfekt---klasse gefühl

    June 2011

  • LuckyStarcadia

    ☆¸„øº°♪ Hella sexxxxxi timeless song… ♪°ºø„¸☆

    May 2011

  • ludditelen

    Timeless.

    May 2011
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