Evil Ways

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"Evil Ways" is a Latin rock song popularized by Santana, known for its fusion of rock, jazz, and Afro-Latin rhythms and its prominent organ and guitar solos.

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Evil Ways canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Santana (1969 album) ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Carlos Santana ⓘ
chartedIn Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
composer Clarence "Sonny" Henry ⓘ
countryOfSingleRelease United States ⓘ
era late 1960s rock ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1967 ⓘ
genre Afro-Latin rock ⓘ
Latin rock ⓘ
jazz rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation Hammond organ ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
congas ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
timbales ⓘ
hasKey G minor (Santana version, commonly cited) ⓘ
hasLyricalTheme plea for change in a partner's behavior ⓘ
romantic relationship conflict ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature Afro-Cuban percussion ⓘ
call-and-response vocals ⓘ
extended guitar solo ⓘ
organ-driven melody ⓘ
syncopated Latin rhythms ⓘ
hasMusicalStructure verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasSignatureRiff organ and guitar unison line in the intro ⓘ
hasTempo medium tempo ⓘ
includedInAlbum Santana (1969 album) ⓘ
influencedGenre Latin rock ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor fusion of rock, jazz, and Afro-Latin rhythms ⓘ
prominent guitar solo ⓘ
prominent organ solo ⓘ
notablePerformance Woodstock-era Santana concerts ⓘ
originalArtist Willie Bobo ⓘ
partOf Santana live performance repertoire ⓘ
peakChartPosition 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
performer Santana ⓘ
linked to: Santana (band)
popularizedBy Santana ⓘ
linked to: Santana (band)
recordedBy Santana ⓘ
linked to: Santana (band)
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseYearAsSingle 1969 ⓘ
writer Clarence "Sonny" Henry ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santana → notableSong → Evil Ways ⓘ
subject linked to: Santana (band)
Dave Murray → associatedAct → Evil Ways ⓘ