Samba Pa Ti [Alex]

About Samba Pa Ti [Alex]

"Samba Pa Ti" is an instrumental by Latin rock band Santana, from their 1970 album, Abraxas. In English, the title means "Samba for You." It was released as a single in 1973. The song charted at #11 in the Netherlands, #43 on the German charts,, and #27 on the UK Singles Chart, Santana's first single to chart in the United Kingdom. The song was written by Carlos Santana after he witnessed a jazz saxophonist playing in the street outside his apartment. In 2008, Santana told Mojo that "Samba Pa Ti" was the first song he felt he could call his own. "Samba Pa Ti" is one of the group's most popular and acclaimed songs, and it is still in the band's tour set lists. It was later covered by José Feliciano with added lyrics on his 1982 album Escenas de Amor, by Ottmar Liebert on his 1992 album Solo Para Ti, by Gato Barbieri on the Fania All Stars 1981 album Social Change, and also by Angélique Kidjo, who put lyrics in Yoruba on her album Oyo. It is also one of the tracks featured in Nick Hornby's book, Songbook more »