Jingo

This is a variation of the 1960 song "Jin-Go-Lo-Ba" by the Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji, who is credited as the writer on Santana's track. "Jin-Go-Lo-Ba" is part of an album called Drums Of Passion, which is likely the first-ever African drums record released in America. Santana, with two percussionists and a drummer in the group, built their sound around African rhythms, which they melded with Latin flavors and Carlos Santana's guitar work. On "Jingo," Santana drummer Mike Shrieve tried to keep the drum patterns as similar as possible as the original.

An edited version cut down to 2:40 (it runs 4:23 on the album) was released as Santana's first single. The adventurous track made a surprisingly strong showing, climbing to #56 in the US; their next single, the more traditional "Evil Ways," went to #9.

This was one of the songs Santana played at the Woodstock festival, just two weeks before their first album was released. Their Woodstock performance exhilarated the crowd and built anticipation for the album, which went on to sell over 2 million copies.