10 Cover Songs Much Better Than The Original

8. Santana - "Black Magic Woman" (Fleetwood Mac)

Look, there's nothing wrong with the Fleetwood Mac original, but Santana made "Black Magic Woman" into five minutes of complete perfection. The rhythm gets jazzier as Santana saunters all over the place with his seductive guitar lines, and the vocals are a little smokier under Gregg Rolie's direction.

Again, Fleetwood Mac did a fine job on this track, nicely mixing together blues guitar and rock vocals, but it sounds a little too understated and rigid, like everyone was trying too hard to be perfect, instead of letting it all ooze out on its own. That's what Santana did, every note sounding as if he it was being pumped through him by a higher, more musically-inclined power.