{"type":"video","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Dailymotion","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com","title":"Rob Thomas Explains the Meme-Making History of \"Smooth\"","description":"According to Billboard, \"Smooth\" by Carlos Santana featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 is the second-greatest song of all time. According to the Recording Academy, it was the best song of 1999. According to The Onion, it swept the Grammy Awards for a full 13 years after that. It is a meme, a masterpiece, and a merch opportunity that nobody \u2014 not even Rob Thomas himself \u2014 could have expected when it first came out on Santana's Supernatural two decades ago.And yet here we are, sitting down with Thomas himself at The FADER offices to talk about the process behind the wildly popular single, the magical aura surrounding Santana, the now-iconic video for the song, and the lasting impact that it all had on him personally.Subscribe now for more The FADER \u00a0https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/thefader\/Read the FADER: http:\/\/www.thefader.comFollow the FADER on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/thefaderLike the FADER on Facebook: http:\/\/on.fb.me\/11JaNSJFollow the FADER on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefader\/","author_name":"The FADER","author_url":"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/thefader","width":480,"height":269,"html":"<iframe frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x7722e5&\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/s1.dmcdn.net\/v\/PxrkT1eotqMpDdRSF\/x240","thumbnail_width":428,"thumbnail_height":240}