Winning (Santana song)
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"Winning" is a song by Russ Ballard
famously covered by Latin rock band Santana
on their 1981 album, Zebop!
. It is the sixth track on the album and was released as its third single with a promotional music video
. The video shows the band performing on stage. The lead singer is Mike Carter.
The song reached number 2 on the Mainstream Rock Charts and number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100
, making it Santana's tenth most successful song.
Russ Ballard
Russell Glyn Ballard is an English singer, songwriter and musician.-Career:Ballard was initially a guitarist with Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers in 1961, together with Roy Ballard, Russ's older brother on piano and Bob Henrit on drums...
famously covered by Latin rock band Santana
Santana (band)
Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...
on their 1981 album, Zebop!
Zebop!
Zebop! is the eleventh studio album by Santana. The album has had several releases, and several different colour backgrounds for the cover have been produced, including pink and red...
. It is the sixth track on the album and was released as its third single with a promotional music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
. The video shows the band performing on stage. The lead singer is Mike Carter.
The song reached number 2 on the Mainstream Rock Charts and number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, making it Santana's tenth most successful song.