← Back to 2000Side B · The Function
Track 01 · 2000
Maria Maria
Santana · feat. The Product G&B
- latin rock
- crossover
On the charts
#1 on the Hot 100 for ten weeks in 2000.
Why it mattered
Carlos Santana's comeback kept rolling. This had a smoothness that made it unavoidable — radio, cookouts, every older cousin's car. The Wyclef production bridged Latin rock and hip-hop effortlessly.