El Matador

Song infobox
Name = El Matador


Artist = Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Album = Vasos Vacíos
Background = lightsteelblue
Released = February 15, 1994 (CD)
track_no = Track 2
Recorded = August 1993 in A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:33
Label = Sony Music
Writer = Vicentico
Producer = K. C. Porter
Chart position =
prev = "Cadillacs"
prev_no = Track 1
next = "Te tiraré del altar"
next_no = Track 3

"El Matador" (Spanish for "The Killer") is a song written by Vicentico, the lead singer of the Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, a rock band from Argentina. It was first released in their 1993 album "Vasos Vacíos" and it is considered their signature song since the song topped the charts all across Latin America.

The song is about oppression during the years of military juntas across Latin America. There is a reference to Víctor Jara, a Chilean folksinger and supporter of the Allende government who was tortured and assassinated shortly after the Chilean coup of 1973.

This song is played when Nicaraguan boxer Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga walks to the ring.

External links

* [http://www.fabulosos-cadillacs.com/ Los Fabulosos Cadillacs] "Official Site"