"Down in Mexico"
Single by The Coasters
from the album The Coasters
B-side"Turtle Dovin'"
Released1956
GenreDoo-wop
Length3:15
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Coasters singles chronology
"Down in Mexico"
(1956)		 "One Kiss Led to Another"
(1956)

"Down in Mexico" is the debut single by the Coasters, released in 1956. The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and appears on the 1957 album, The Coasters.[1] It reached No. 8 on the R&B chart in 1956.[2]

This song is about a person, who goes down to Mexico, where he meets a boss, who wears a red bandanna, and plays the piana in a honky-tonk. Also, a dance erupts, where a Mexican girl dances wildly with the narrator of the song.

This song features castanets.

This song features a spoken recitation, in a Mexican accent, before the song's fade, by Carl Gardner.

The song appears in the film Death Proof, directed by Quentin Tarantino. The version used is a re-recording done in 1973. The song also appears in The Hangover Part III, directed by Todd Phillips.

Personnel

Cover versions

References

  1. ↑ Leiber & Stoller interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  2. ↑ The Coasters charting singles Retrieved February 22, 2012
  3. ↑ The Coasters: The Complete Singles As & Bs 1954-62, Acrobat Licensing LTD., ADDCCD3180, 2016, UK
  4. ↑ Bobby Short, Speaking of Love Retrieved February 22, 2012
  5. ↑ Ella Mae Morse, Sensational Retrieved February 22, 2012
  6. ↑ Deja Voodoo, Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die Retrieved February 22, 2012
  7. ↑ Kaleidoscope, Greetings from Kartoonistan...(We Ain't Dead Yet) Retrieved February 22, 2012
  8. ↑ Ronnie Dawson, Monkey Beat! Retrieved February 22, 2012
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