Fandango (disambiguation)

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Fandango is a term that originally described a style of folk dance and music. It may also refer to:

Geography

• Fandango Pass, Warner Mountains, Modoc County, California, USA

People

• Fandango (wrestler) (born 1981), ring name of professional wrestler Curtis Jonathan Hussey

Arts, media, and entertainment

Films

• Fandango, a 1928 Lupino Lane comedy short
• Fandango, a 1969 John Hayes movie
• Fandango (1985 film), a 1985 film starring Kevin Costner
• Fandango, a 2000 German film starring Nicolette Krebitz and Moritz Bleibtreu

Games

• Grim Fandango, a 1998 computer game

Literature and publications

• "Fandango", an 1891 poem by Norwegian writer Vilhelm Krag

Music

Artists

• Fandango (Mexican band), a 1980s Mexican pop band
• Fandango (US band), a 1970s band featuring Joe Lynn Turner
• Nick Simper's Fandango, a 1970s band featuring Nick Simper

Albums

• Fandango!, 1975 album by ZZ Top
• Fandango, 1982 album by Herb Alpert
• Fandango (The Phoenix Foundation album), 2013

Songs

• "Fandango", song by Pain of Salvation from 2002 album Remedy Lane
• "Fandango", song by DJ Quik (featuring B-Real) from 2005 album Trauma

Musicals and theater

• Fandango Ballroom, the fictional dance hall in the musical Sweet Charity

Television

• Fandango (game show), a 1983 game show hosted by Bill Anderson

Companies and events

• Fandango Media, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal that sells movie tickets
• Club Fandango, a live music promotions company based in Highbury, London
  • Label Fandango, an independent record label run out of the above company
• Fandango Days, the nickname of the Modoc County Fair in Cedarville, California

In other uses

• Fandango (color), a colour in the fuchsia range
• Fandango on core, data corruption in computer memory due to a runaway pointer

Lyrical uses of the term

• "Bohemian Rhapsody", a 1975 song by Queen.
• "A Whiter Shade of Pale", a 1967 song by Procol Harum.
• "It's Not the Night", a song by The Cars on Heartbeat City.
• "The Man from the Land of Fandango", a picture book by Margaret Mahy and Polly Dunbar.