| Lyrics: Santeria |
Performed by: Sublime; [spunge]
Written by: Floyd Gaugh; Brad Nowell; Eric Wilson
Credits: Gaugh, Floyd (Songwriter); Nowell, Brad (Songwriter); Wilson, Eric (Songwriter); ERIC WILSON PUBLISHING (Publisher); FLOYD I GAUGH PUBLISHING (Publisher); GASOLINE ALLEY MUSIC (Publisher); LOU DOG PUBLISHING (Publisher); MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA (Publisher)
| Wikipedia: Santeria (song) |
| "Santeria" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Sublime | |
| from the album Sublime | |
| Released | July 30, 1996 |
| Recorded | 1995 – 1996 |
| Genre | Reggae rock |
| Length | 3:03 |
| Label | MCA |
| Writer(s) | Bradley Nowell, Bud Gaugh, Eric Wilson |
| Producer | Paul Leary & David Kahne |
"Santeria" is a song by Sublime on the album Sublime. The song includes the bassline and guitar riff from Sublime's earlier song "Lincoln Highway Dub" off the album Robbin' the Hood. According to Guitar World, Santeria has one of the best solos ever made.[1]
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This song tells the story of a jealous ex-boyfriend pursuing to reclaim his ex-girlfriend from a man. The lead singer of Sublime, Bradley Nowell refers to the man as "sancho" and his ex-girlfriend as "heina". In Mexico, a man who steals another man's girl is often refered to as "el Sancho" and a man's woman or girlfriend is refered to as "heina".
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. In the video with two men named Eric and Bud and their dog, Lou Dog, Sancho, and la hiena, plus multiple appearances by what seems to be the ghost of Bradley Nowell. In the video Eric, Bud, and Lou Dog visit a western town and play a game of poker with Sancho, when Sancho finds them cheating he throws them out of the bar and demands a showdown. La heina rushes out to try and stop the brawl but it is no use. Suddenly Lou Dog approaches Sancho, and Sancho starts petting him. This suddenly unites the three men. And the last scene is that of Eric and Bud pulling Sancho and la hiena in a wagon.
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 , by Romanian pop-rock band Vank, on their third album in 2001, Brazilian Reggae band Tribo de Jah did a portuguese version called 'Uma Onda que Passou', 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. The song was also covered by the american singer/songwriter Aimee Allen on her first album, released in 2009. A Little Happiness.
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