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“Santeria” is a song on Sublime’s eponymous third album. The song evolved out of a short instrumental on Robbin’ the Hood called “Lincoln Highway Dub,” which contained the song’s eventual bassline and a pre-rhythm guitar riff. The song is a narrative of a jealous ex-boyfriend attempting to reclaim his girlfriend from a man he refers to as “Sancho.” In Mexico, a man who steals another man’s girlfriend (“heina”) or wife is often referred to as “el Sancho,” which is used in the classical Spanish novel Don Quixote for a simpleton may be why the name “Sancho” was chosen as the antagonist in this Sublime song. Guitar solo was ranked number 84 on Guitar World’s “100 Greatest Guitar Solos”

A music video was filmed in 1997 after the death of lead singer Bradley Nowell, who makes a cameo via stock footage. The video was a visualization of the story told in the song in the form of a Western, and featured Tom Lister, Jr. as Sancho.

Santeria is a playable track on the 2008 video game Guitar Hero: World Tour.

Santeria was covered by ska-punk band Spunge on their second album, Room For Abuse and by pop-punk bands The Cab and The Academy Is… on their 14 show Hot Topic acoustic tour (Hello My Name Is…) in January 2009.

A string orchestration of Santeria was arranged by James Mura in February 2009. It’s live debut will be on June 2, 2009.

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nonoxfm wrote:
last week

chapala... that's it

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mikleal wrote:
last week

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!

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motionmigs wrote:
last week

Soundtrack of my life

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Scuffie wrote:
last month

:-)

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Robbielove69 wrote:
last month

God Damn I love this song....so fuckin' good

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arigold09 wrote:
last month

number one on my itunes top 25 most played lol!!!! played 345 times

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Amanda_Rose_89 wrote:
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never gets old.

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mangelq wrote:
last month

if i had a million $ id spend it all...

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dannyb87 wrote:
last month

love love love it. not listened to this in YEARS baby. boo ya!

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hopeless13 wrote:
last month

this is a classic

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crowdedicebox wrote:
last month

such a classic.

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pearithead wrote:
last month

krispy = tool Who cares? At least they are spreading the Sublime lovin'. I have found that it is best to let them believe what they want. Well that and if you want to make fun of others, spelling usually helps. =]

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Timitzi wrote:
last month

Great voice and guitar playing

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kespimp wrote:
last month

muuly --- try Pepper, Long Beach Dub All Stars, Slightly Stoopid...and if you're just getting into Sublime, start with the album 40 oz. to Freedom, their first major release

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DarkerSamuca wrote:
last month

all 'bout chillin'...

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alomaxx wrote:
last month

Daddy's got a new .45 ♫♫

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ellexoxo wrote:
May 2009

love this song

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shardaisy wrote:
May 2009

daddys got a new .45! sancho btr watch out. ;x

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heidrorock73 wrote:
May 2009

what i really want to say i cant define

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donnell157 wrote:
May 2009

fun song to play on World Tour!

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