Shaman is the sixteenth studio album

Album

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 by Santana

Santana (band)

Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...

. Shaman was released on October 22, 2002

2002 in music

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 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 298,973. It was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA and Gold in Greece.

The first single of the album was "The Game of Love

The Game of Love (Santana song)

"The Game of Love" is a song composed by Gregg Alexander and Rick Nowels, and is on the album Shaman by Santana. The vocal performance of the song is by Michelle Branch...

", featuring Michelle Branch

Michelle Branch

Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003...

. "Why Don't You & I

Why Don't You & I

"Why Don't You & I" is a 2003 top ten hit by Santana. The song was written by, and featured Chad Kroeger from Nickelback and was recorded for Carlos Santana's 2002 album Shaman, on the Arista record label. The song was re-recorded in 2003 with vocals by Alex Band of The Calling, as the third single...

", featuring Chad Kroeger

Chad Kroeger

Chad Robert Kroeger is aCanadian songwriter, singer, and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Canadian rock band Nickelback...

 of Nickelback

Nickelback

Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....

, was also re-recorded as a single in 2003, which featured Alex Band

Alex Band

Alex Band is an American musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his work in his former band The Calling and their signature song "Wherever You Will Go", which peaked at #3 on the Top 40 in 2001.Along with bandmate and fellow songwriter Aaron Kamin as part of The Calling, the pair achieved...

 of The Calling

The Calling

The Calling is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, best known for their hit single, "Wherever You Will Go." The group formed in 2000 and have released two albums. They have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2005.-Band history:...

.

Like the previous album, Supernatural, Shaman featured various famous rock

Rock music

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, hip hop

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, and pop

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 artists.

Singles

The first single released, "The Game of Love

The Game of Love (Santana song)

"The Game of Love" is a song composed by Gregg Alexander and Rick Nowels, and is on the album Shaman by Santana. The vocal performance of the song is by Michelle Branch...

" which featured Michelle Branch

Michelle Branch

Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003...

, would peak at number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100

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, number 16 in the UK and number 21 in Australia. While "Feels Like Fire" (featuring Dido

Dido (singer)

Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong , known as Dido, is an English singer-songwriter.Dido shot to worldwide success with her debut album, No Angel...

) and "Nothing at All

Nothing at All (Santana song)

"Nothing at All" was released in the United States only in March 2003, as the second single from Santana's Shaman album. It was written by Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas along with Cory Rooney. The song features Musiq Soulchild singing in the vocals. "Nothing at All" was produced by Rooney and Dan...

" failed to impress in most countries, "Why Don't You & I

Why Don't You & I

"Why Don't You & I" is a 2003 top ten hit by Santana. The song was written by, and featured Chad Kroeger from Nickelback and was recorded for Carlos Santana's 2002 album Shaman, on the Arista record label. The song was re-recorded in 2003 with vocals by Alex Band of The Calling, as the third single...

" which featured Alex Band

Alex Band

Alex Band is an American musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his work in his former band The Calling and their signature song "Wherever You Will Go", which peaked at #3 on the Top 40 in 2001.Along with bandmate and fellow songwriter Aaron Kamin as part of The Calling, the pair achieved...

 would peak at number 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. Although never released as a single "Sideways

Sideways (Clarence Greenwood song)

"Sideways" is a song written by American artist Clarence Greenwood, who is known by the pseudonym Citizen Cope. Although the song has never charted, it has been widely publicized in pop culture. The song is often referred to by a refrain from the song: These Feelings Won't Go Away. The song was...

" has been widely used in popular culture.

Track listing

The International (outside U.S.) version drops the track "Since Supernatural" and replaces it with "Let Me Love You Tonight" and also has a different running order.

Adouma

Nothing at All

The Game of Love

You Are My Kind

Amoré (Sexo)

Foo Foo

Victory Is Won

America

Sideways

Why Don't You & I

Feels Like Fire

Let Me Love You Tonight, writers=Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson, Simon Climie,length 5:35

Aye Aye Aye

Hoy Es Adios

One of These Days

Novus

Chart positions

Chart (2002)	Position
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	1
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	4
Australian Album Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	11
Greek Albums Chart	2

Personnel

Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...

 - vocals, acoustic 12-string, nylon string & electric guitars, keyboards, timbales, rainstick

Michael Shrieve

Michael Shrieve

Michael Shrieve is an American drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. He is best known as the drummer in Carlos Santana's eponymous band, playing on their first eight albums from 1969 through 1974...

- drums

Karl Perazzo - congas, percussion

John Ginty - organ, keyboards

Pauline Taylor - background vocals

Arturo Velasco - trombone