The Cisco Kid (song)

This article is about the War song. For the Sublime song, see Robbin' the Hood.
"The Cisco Kid"
Single by War
from the album The World Is a Ghetto
B-side"Beetles in the Bog"
ReleasedFebruary 1973 (1973-02)
Genre
Length3:47 (Promo Version) 4:35 (Album/Single Version)
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)
  • Thomas Allen
  • Harold Brown
  • Morris "BB" Dickerson
  • Charles Miller
  • Howard Scott
  • Lee Oskar
  • Lonnie Jordan
Producer(s)Jerry Goldstein
War singles chronology
"The World Is a Ghetto"
(1972) 		"The Cisco Kid"
(1973) 		"Gypsy Man"
(1973)

"The Cisco Kid" is a song performed by War, and written by Thomas Allen, Harold Brown, Morris "BB" Dickerson, Charles Miller, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar and Lonnie Jordan, all members of War at the time. It is the first song on their 1972 album The World Is a Ghetto, and is the group's highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number two.

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