Pistolero (song)

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"Pistolero"

Single by Juno Reactor
from the album Shango
Released	UK 09/06/1999 US 14/11/2000
Format	12 inch vinyl record CD single
Recorded	Bowl Court Studios Brownhill Farm Studios
Genre	Electronica
Length	3:22 Pistolero [Radio Edit]
Label	Metropolis Records Blue Room
Writer(s)	Ben Watkins Steve Stevens
Producer(s)	Same as above

Pistolero is a song realeased by electronica band Juno Reactor, and recorded on 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.

1 Trivia
2 Cd single
3 Rough lyrics
4 Appearances in media

[edit] Trivia

The voice sample at the beginning of the track "I hate robbing banks" was said by Anne Baxter in the 1966 Batman (TV series), episode Zelda The Great...A Death Worse Than Fate.

Pistolero was also featured during the trailer for the movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico, as well as the film itself.

Pistolero means gunman in Spanish.

[edit] Cd single

Track Listing

Pistolero [Radio Edit] 3:22
Pistolero [Juno Reactor Mix] 6:18
Pistolero [Fluke 'Hang 'Em High'] 5:20
Pistolero [Headrillaz 'Sandinista] 6:50
Man With No Name 6:30
Picture of Man 6:49
Pistolero [Tarantino Radio Mix] 3:37