The title track "Bandido" was chosen to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

The song has been covered in Turkish by singer Askin Nur Yengi under the title "Zehir Gibisin", in Dutch as "Alleen maar de zon" by Paul de Leeuw and the Deep Mix version of the song was recorded in Spanish by Serbian singer Ceca Raznatovic.

The Bandido album, which sold triple platinum in Spain, was the first to be released in most parts of the world, including Europe, the Middle East, South and Central America and later also Japan, Australasia and the United States, where it reached #3 on Billboard's Latin Pop chart.

Besides original material the album also included a number of cover versions of songs from a diverse range of genres, including Latin traditionals like "A Caballo" (also known as "El Carretero"), American jazz and mambo king Tito Puente's standard "Oye Como Va" coupled with Santana's "Guajira", Spanish Flamenco singer-songwriter Pepe de Lucía's "Rumba Rumba" - and even a house music/flamenco version of Mary Hopkin's 60's hit "Those Were the Days", originally a Russian folk melody.

The second single released from the album in Spain was a cover of Lalo Rodríguez' 80s hit "Ven Devórame Otra Vez" which became an even bigger success than "Bandido", reaching #9 on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart,[3] and today counts as one of the duo's signature tunes, they even re-recorded the track on their 2006 album Bailando Con Lola.