Lady Gaga debuted this Mexican-themed footstomper about immigrants at the Estadio Tres de Marzo in Guadalajara, Mexico on May 3, 2011. She performed an acoustic version of the tune in both Spanish and English. Note that Gaga isn't the first with a song called Americano: Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers released their Americano! in 2004.
Speaking with Vogue magazine, Gaga explained the song is: "a big mariachi techno-house record, where I am singing about immigration law and gay marriage and all sorts of things that have to do with disenfranchised communities in America. It sounds like a pop record, but when I sing it, I see Edith Piaf in a spotlight with an old microphone."
Mexican music producer Fernando Garibay and DJ White Shadow produced this mariachi-influenced track. It was one of several contributions they made to Born This Way. Gaga told the UK magazine NME: "This was my first proper collaboration with Fernando and White Shadow. Labels had been telling Fernando to tone down his Mexican influences, but here we rally brought them out."
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