Pistolero (song)

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"Pistolero"
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Single by Juno Reactor
from the album Shango
Released9 June 1999 (UK)
14 November 2000 (US)
RecordedBowl Court Studios
Brownhill Farm Studios
Genre
Length3:22 (Radio edit)
6:14 (Full Song)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ben Watkins
  • Steve Stevens

Pistolero is a single released by trance band Juno Reactor, taken from their fifth album Shango , released in 1998.

The song opens with Spanish acoustic guitar and sample of actress Anne Baxter saying, "I hate robbing banks" followed by a blast of gun fire that introduces the beat. The audio recording of Baxter originated with the 1966 Batman TV series episode "Zelda The Great". [1] [2]

"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.

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