"El Rey" ("The King") is a 1971 song by Mexican singer José Alfredo Jiménez.
[1][2][3][4] The song is about "a macho guy convinced his rough-and-tumble life doesn't preclude him from remaining the king among his peers".
[3] A chart published by Record World credited "El Rey" as reaching number one in Mexico in 1974,[5] a year after Jiménez' death.
"El Rey" remains a staple of Ranchera and traditional Mexican music.
"The Queen") from her ninth studio album, Aguilera (2022) as a "respectful response" to Fernández' version of "El Rey".