SATURDAY'S SINGLES : SAMANTHA FOX and SANTANA FEATURING THE PRODUCT G&B

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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. Today we celebrate the 57th Birthday of the beautiful and talented, London born dance pop singer, model, actress, Samantha Fox. Happy Birthday Samantha ! With her in mind, we spotlight her debut single, "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)". Some 20 years later, the title track to her first record was released on March 10, 1986 on the Jive label  and was written by Mark Shreeve, Jon Astrop, and Pete Q. Harris, with the latter two also producing. The tune topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Finland, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland, while only landing at #4 on the Hot 100. We have the 12" Maxi single with the following track list :

A1 Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (Extended Version) 5:19

A2 Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (Single Edit) 3:46

B1 Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (Blue Mix) 5:49

B2 Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (Alternative Version) 4:09

B3 Drop Me A Line
Producer – Phil Nicholas
Written-By – M.J. Mullins

Samantha Fox - vocals

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Fast forward 34 years later and the #12 song in the land is "Maria Maria" by Snatana featuring The Product G&B. The track, hailing from Santana's 18th studio album, Supernatural, was released  September 14, 1999 on Arista Records, Wyclef Jean, Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis, Carlos Santana,Karl Perazzo, and Raul Rekow and produced by Jean and Duplessis. It claimed the #1 spot in Canada, Europe, France, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, the Dance Singles Sales chart, the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs survey and the Hot 100, where it remained for 10 weeks. The song sees Santana teaming up with the R&B duo, The Product G&B. We have cassette single with the following jams :

A1 Maria Maria Featuring The Product G&B 4:21

A2 Maria Maria Featuring The Product G&B (Wyclef Remix) 4:21

B Migra 5:54

Wyclef Jean – writing, drum programming, production
Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis – writing, bass, drum programming, production
Carlos Santana – writing, additional vocals, guitar
Karl Perazzo – writing
Raul Rekow – writing
The Product G&B – lead vocals
Joseph Hébert – cello
Daniel Seidenberg – viola
Hari Balakrishnan – viola
Jeremy Cohen – violin
Andy Grassi – mixing, engineering
Michael McCoy – mixing assistant
Chris Theis – engineering
Steve Fontano – engineering
Chuck Bailey – engineering assistant
Jason Groucott – engineering assistant
Ted Jensen – mastering

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