Zebop!

Zebop! is the 12th studio album by the American rock band Santana. The album had several releases, and various different color cover backgrounds, including pink and red. The album featured "Winning"; both the album and single were one of Santana's last top 40 hits until 1999 with their release of Supernatural.

Zebop!
Studio album by
Santana
ReleasedApril 29, 1981
StudioThe Automatt, San Francisco, California
GenreRock, jazz fusion
Length47:12
LabelColumbia
ProducerCarlos Santana, Bill Graham, Keith Olsen
Santana chronology
Marathon
(1979)		 Zebop!
(1981)		 Shangó
(1982)
Singles from Zebop!
  1. "Changes"
    Released: 1981
  2. "Searchin'"
    Released: 1981
  3. "Winning"
    Released: 1981
  4. "The Sensitive Kind"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Changes" (Cat Stevens) – 4:27
  2. "E Papa Ré" (Carlos Santana, Richard Baker, David Margen, Orestes Vilató, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:32
  3. "Primera Invasión" (Lear, Margen, Alan Pasqua, Santana) – 2:08
  4. "Searchin'" (Ligertwood, Santana, Chris Solberg) – 3:54
  5. "Over and Over" (Rick Meyers) – 4:46
  6. "Winning" (Russ Ballard) – 3:28

Side two
  1. "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Raul Rekow, Santana) – 3:24
  2. "The Sensitive Kind" (J.J. Cale) – 3:32
  3. "American Gypsy" (Ligertwood, Peraza, Santana, D. Margen, G. Lear, O. Vilató, R. Rekow, R. Baker) – 3:39
  4. "I Love You Much Too Much" (Alexander Olshanetsky, Don Raye, Chaim Tauber) – 4:43
  5. "Brightest Star" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 4:49
  6. "Hannibal" (Ligertwood, Pasqua, Rekow, Santana) – 3:41

Personnel
Technical

Charts and certifications

Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1981 "Changes" Mainstream Rock 45
"Searchin'" Mainstream Rock 26
"Winning" Mainstream Rock 2
Billboard Hot 100 17
"The Sensitive Kind" Billboard Hot 100 56

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
France (SNEP)[6] Gold 100,000*
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


Music videos

Six videos were shot from this album on video with multiple cameras in a mock concert setting on what was then the A&M Stage at A&M Records, on La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, California (now owned by the Jim Henson Company). They were directed by Bruce Gowers and produced by Paul Flattery. The Director of Photography was Jerry Watson. The tracks shot were:

  1. "Changes"
  2. "E Papa Ré"
  3. "Searchin'"
  4. "Over and Over"
  5. "Winning" (Russ Ballard) – 3:28
  6. "I Love You Much Too Much"

References
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r17344
  2. "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  3. "Santana Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  4. "Santana Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  5. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  6. "French album certifications – Santana – Zebop!" (in French). InfoDisc. Select SANTANA and click OK. 
  7. "American album certifications – Santana – Zebop_". Recording Industry Association of America.


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