Ang Huling El Bimbo
| "Ang Huling El Bimbo" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Eraserheads | |
| from the album Cutterpillow | |
| Released | December 8, 1995 |
| Recorded | 1995 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 7:30 (full version) 5:30 (radio version) |
| Label | |
| Songwriter | Ely Buendia |
| Producer | Robin Rivera |
| Audio sample | |
"Ang Huling El Bimbo" | |
| Music video | |
| "Ang Huling El Bimbo" on YouTube | |
"Ang Huling El Bimbo" (lit. 'The Last El Bimbo"') is a song by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads from their third album Cutterpillow (1995).
Composition
[edit | edit source]The song is described as a bittersweet "mini-epic" inspired by the Beatles, referencing the actress Paraluman and the tango standard "El Bimbo".[1][2] "I had a huge crush on this girl who was older; she was the one who taught me the dance, and I think that was the first time I was really in love with a girl. Then I never saw her again,” writer Ely Buendia said about the song in a podcast interview.[3]
The song became the basis for the 2018 musical of the same name.[4] Its title was also used for the band's reunion concert in 2022 and its subsequent world tour.
Music video
[edit | edit source]The music video was directed by Auraeus Solito and shot at his residence. It premiered on GMA Supershow on February 25, 1996.[5] The video won the band MTV Asia's Viewer's Choice Award at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, making them the first Philippine artist to receive such a distinction.[6][7]
Covers
[edit | edit source]- Rico J. Puno covered the song for the first Eraserheads tribute album Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music of the Eraserheads, released in 2005.
- The CompanY covered the song in 2008.
- Kamikazee recorded an unreleased version of the song in 2009.[8]
- Jay Durias covered the song for the second Eraserheads tribute album, The Reunion: An Eraserheads Tribute Album, released in 2012.
- Janine Berdin performed the song for the Tawag ng Tanghalan singing competition as part of the Philippine noontime show It's Showtime in 2018.[9]
- Sungha Jung covered the song in 2019.[10]
- Ace Banzuelo covered the song in 2022 to commemorate Eraserheads's Huling El Bimbo reunion concert.[11]
- Morissette and Filipino-American music producer Troy Laureta covered the song for Laureta's 2023 album Dalamhati: A Troy Laureta OPM Collective, Vol. 3.[12]
- Pinkmen covered the song for Cutterpillow: Tribute Album in 2025.
In other media
[edit | edit source]- Buendia sang the song as a guest artist for FilharmoniKA album as conducted by Gerard Salonga, Kumpas: An Orchestral Celebration of Pinoy Music.[13]
- When local radio station NU 107 signed off for the last time on 8 November 2010, "Ang Huling El Bimbo" played as its final song.[14]
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