<P> `` The Cisco Kid '' is a song performed by War , and written by Thomas Allen , B.B. Dickerson , Harold Brown , and Charles Miller , 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 , reaching # 1 on the RPM 100 Canadian singles chart , # 2 on the Billboard Top 40 for 2 weeks at the end of April and start of May 1973 , as well as # 5 on the R&B chart . It became a gold record . </P>
<P> `` The Cisco Kid '' is a song performed by War , and written by Thomas Allen , B.B. Dickerson , Harold Brown , and Charles Miller , 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 , reaching # 1 on the RPM 100 Canadian singles chart , # 2 on the Billboard Top 40 for 2 weeks at the end of April and start of May 1973 , as well as # 5 on the R&B chart . It became a gold record . </P>
who sang cisco kid was a friend of mine
who sang cisco kid was a friend of mine
War
War