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Santana's Greatest Hits
Santana's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Santana
Released	July 1974
Recorded	May 1969 – July 1971
Genre	Blues rock; jazz fusion;
Length	34:31
Label	CBS
Producer	Santana
Santana chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−^[2]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

Santana's Greatest Hits is a 1974 compilation album by Santana. It offers highlights from the group's first three albums. It is the band's best-selling compilation album, selling over 7 million copies in the United States.

Three of the tracks are the edited single versions, as annotated below.

Track listing

"Evil Ways" (Single version) (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) (from Santana, 1969) - 3:00
"Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) from Santana - 2:44
"Hope You're Feeling Better" (Gregg Rolie) (from Abraxas, 1970) - 4:11
"Samba Pa Ti" (Carlos Santana) (from Abraxas) - 4:47
"Persuasion" (Single version) (Santana, Rolie, José Areas, David Brown, Michael Shrieve, Michael Carabello) (from Santana) - 2:34
"Black Magic Woman" (Single version) (Peter Green) (from Abraxas) - 3:17
"Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente) (from Abraxas) - 4:19
"Everything's Coming Our Way" (Santana) (from Santana III, 1971) - 3:16
"Se a Cabó" (Areas) (from Abraxas) - 2:51
"Everybody's Everything" (Santana, Tyrone Moss, Brown) (from Santana III) - 3:31

The Mexican edition of this album (Los Grandes Exitos De Santana-CBS CLS-5453) has the following variations:

"Sin Depender De Nadie" ("No One To Depend On") as the fifth track on side one (replacing Persuasion)
"Sacrificio Del Alma" ("Soul Sacrifice") as the third track on side two (replacing Everything's Coming Our Way)

In addition, the last two tracks on side two are reversed.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1974–1975)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[5]	50
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[6]	4
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[7]	10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	11
UK Albums (OCC)^[9]	14
US Billboard 200^[10]	17

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[11]	7

Chart (1976)	Position
(Offizielle Top 100)^[12]	5

Chart (1977)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[13]	16

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[14]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
France (SNEP)^[15]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[16]	Platinum	500,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[18]	Gold	170,000^[17]
United States (RIAA)^[19]	7× Platinum	7,000,000^{^}
Summaries
Europe	—	1,000,000^[17]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.