THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
158-Santana-She’s Not There.
1977-Number 11 single.
Best Bit-At 2.39.It is said that the first version of a song you hear is always your favourite.If I had heard The Zombies original version first would I be writing about that instead?I don’t think so.
‘She’s Not There’ was written by Rod Argent of the British Rock group The Zombies(see also best songs 407) in 1964,it became their first hit peaking at Number 12 in the UK.
The American Rock band Santana recorded the song for their 1977 Album ‘Moonflower.’ Santana were formed in 1966 in San Francisco,California by the Mexican born Carlos Santana,he is known as a pioneer of fusing Rock Music and Latin American Jazz.The bands sound features Blues based guitar,set against Latin and African rhythms and percussion instruments such as congas.In 2015 Rolling Stone Magazine listed Carlos Santana at Number 20 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists.
‘Well let me tell you ’bout the way she looked,the way she’d act and the colour of her hair.’
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