Pistolero (song)

"Pistolero"
Single by Juno Reactor
from the album Shango
Released	UK 09/06/1999 US 14/11/2000
Recorded	Bowl Court Studios Brownhill Farm Studios
Genre	Flamenco, goa trance, acoustic, electronica
Length	3:22 Pistolero [Radio Edit] 6:14 (Full Song)
Label	Metropolis Records Blue Room
Songwriter(s)	Ben Watkins Steve Stevens
Producer(s)	Same as above

Pistolero is a single released by the trance band Juno Reactor taken from their fifth album Shango.
The song opens with Spanish acoustic guitar and a female voice saying, "I hate robbing banks" followed by a blast of gun fire that introduces the Goa Trance beat.
Pistolero was done in a collaboration between Ben Watkins and Steve Stevens, guitarist for Billy Idol. The song opened up an entirely new direction for Juno Reactor.

Trivia[]

The voice sample used at the beginning of the song, "I hate robbing banks", was said by Anne Baxter in the 1966 Batman episode "Zelda the Great".

Pistolero was featured during the trailer for the movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico as well as the film itself and was subsequently included on the film's soundtrack. It also featured in Jet Moto 3 and Sugar & Spice and is the background music of the Israeli TV Spanish Football League Matches.

CD single[]

Track Listing

• Pistolero (Radio Edit) 3:22
• Pistolero (Juno Reactor Mix) 6:18
• Pistolero (Fluke "Hang 'Em High" Remix) 5:20
• Pistolero ( "Sandinista" Remix) 6:50
• Pistolero (Man With No Name Remix) 6:30
• Pistolero (Picture of Man Remix) 6:49
• Pistolero (Tarantino Radio Mix) 3:37
• Pistolero (Astrix Remix) 7:06

References[]

• Pistolero at AllMusic. Retrieved 23:44, 22 December 2020 (UTC).