"Perdido" is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol, a longtime member of Duke Ellington's orchestra.

The Duke Ellington Orchestra recorded it again, this time for Victor, on January 21, 1942.

[1] In 1944, Ervin Drake and Hans Lengsfelder were hired to write lyrics for the song.

[3] "Perdido" was not usually sung with the Ellington band, the exception being Ella Fitzgerald on her 1957 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook.

Many others recorded the song, including: Ben Webster, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Art Tatum, Quincy Jones, The Charlie Parker Quintet, Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus