2005Released
3:03

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Santeria. By Songfacts®.

This song is about a guy contemplating the use of black magic, voodoo, or "santeria" - anything he can to get back his girl. The lyric was written by Sublime lead singer Brad Nowell, who died two months before the album was released.

Santeria means "Way of The Saints" in Spanish, and is a religion where the focus is on worship of saints. It is practiced in Cuba, Brazil, Panama, and a few other countries. There are some followers of Santeria in California, where the band is from.

An early version of this song appears as an instrumental called "Lincoln Highway Dub" on Sublime's second album, Robbin' The Hood, released in 1994. "I wrote the music," Sublime bass player Eric Wilson said in his Songfacts interview. "It was the music from a four-track, I wrote it in my head, and we re-tracked it and put those lyrics on it."

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Santeria.
C♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
90BPM

Album

The album Santeria is released on.
GoldSublime
2005Compilation

Released By

The record label that has released Santeria.
Universal Strategic Marketing
© 2005 Gasoline Alley, J.V.
℗ 2005 Gasoline Alley, J.V.

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