"Ang Huling El Bimbo" (English: "The Last El Bimbo") is a song by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads from their third album Cutterpillow (1995).
Composition
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 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]
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]
In other media
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]
