Zebop!

Zebop!
Studio album by Santana
Released	April 29, 1981
Studio	The Automatt, San Francisco, California
Genre	Rock, jazz fusion
Length	47:12
Label	Columbia
Producer	Carlos Santana, Bill Graham, Keith Olsen
Santana chronology
Marathon (1979) Zebop! (1981) Shangó (1982)
Singles from Zebop!
"Changes" Released: 1981 "Searchin'" Released: 1981 "Winning" Released: 1981 "The Sensitive Kind" Released: 1981

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

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 Invasion" (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

• Alex Ligertwood – vocals, background vocals
• Carlos Santana – guitar, percussion, producer, vocals, background vocals
• Chris Solberg – guitar, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Alan Pasqua – keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Richard Baker – keyboards, organ, piano, synthesizer
• David Margen – bass
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – bongos, percussion, vocals
• Raul Rekow – congas, percussion, background vocals
• Orestes Vilató – percussion, timbales, background vocals

Technical

• Bill Graham – producer
• Keith Olsen – engineer, producer
• Fred Catero – associate producer, engineer

Charts and certifications

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1981	The Billboard 200	9
	Black Albums	36
	Jazz Albums	10

Singles – Billboard (United States)

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	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)	Gold	100,000*
United States (RIAA)	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"