Why Don't You & I

Infobox Single
Name = Why Don't You & I?


Artist = Santana featuring Alex Band (radio version) & Chad Kroeger (album version)
from Album = Shaman
A-side =
B-side =
Released = Flagicon|United States July 1, 2003
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2002 - 2003
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 3:52
Label = Arista
Writer = Chad Kroeger
Producer = Lester Mendez
Certification =
Chronology = Santana singles
Last single = "Feels Like Fire"
(2003)
This single = "Why Don't You & I"
(2004)
Next single = "I'm Feeling You"
(2005)

"Why Don't You & I" is a 2003 top ten hit by Carlos Santana. The song was written by, and featured Chad Kroeger from Nickelback and was recorded for Carlos Santana's 2002 album "Shaman", on the Arista record label. [ [http://www.santana.com/shaman/index_shaman.html Shaman @ Santana.com] ] The song was re-recorded in 2003 with vocals by Alex Band of The Calling, as the third single in the United States. It was released as the second single in Canada in the winter of 2003. The Chad Kroeger version was also released alongside the Alex Band version in the United States.

Re-recording & single release

When Arista wanted to release the single in the summer of 2003, Roadrunner Records, the record label for Nickelback, refused permission citing concerns that Kroeger appearing on a "high-profile single" would compromise the excitement over Nickelback's fall 2003 release "The Long Road" and hurt the Nickelback album sales. Kroeger recommended Band, another BMG artist, to re-record the song's vocals for single release. The Alex Band version omits the guitar instrumental bridge, and was also included on Ultimate Santana, possibly over Chad Kroeger's version as he was already featured on the album on Into the Night. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13236 "NICKELBACK's Record Company Explains CHAD KROEGER Ban On SANTANA Single] " - July 2, 2003 @ RoadrunnerRecords.com] [ [http://www.foundrymusic.com/opieanthony/displayheadline.cfm/id/2966 "Nickelback's Kroeger Not Allowed on Santana Single"] @ foundrymusic.com] [ [http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12027230 "Carlos Santana Says Label Politics Forced Chad Kroeger/Alex Band Change On New Single"] @ Music.Yahoo!]

Produced and arranged by Lester Mendez, the song reached #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 2004. "Why Don't You & I" is Santana's last single to date to hit the Top 10 in the United States.

Charts

Credits

Song credits from the CD liner notes insert. [ [http://www.santana.com/shaman/why.html "Why Don't You & I" @ Santana.com] ]

* Carlos Santana: Electric lead guitar and keyboards
* Chad Kroeger: Lead vocals
* Alex Band: Lead vocals (Re-recorded version)
* Chester Thompson: Keyboards (Hammond B3)
* Karl Perazzo: Percussion
* Jesus "Chuchi" Jorge: Trumpet and trombone
* Ed Calle: Saxophone
* Lester Mendez: Keyboards; horn arrangement
* Tim Pierce: Additional guitars
* R. J.: Additional guitars
* Lee Sklar: Chorus bass

References

External links

* [http://www.santana.com/shaman/why.html "Why Don't You & I" @ Santana.com]
* [http://www.santana.com/shaman/lyrics/why_lyrics.html Lyrics @ Santana.com]