"Se va el caimán" (translation "the alligator is going") is a cumbia written by the Colombian songwriter, José María Peñaranda.
[2] In its list of the 50 best Colombian songs of all time, El Tiempo, Colombia's most widely circulated newspaper, ranked the song at No.
[2] Viva Music Colombia rated the song No.
11 on its list of the 100 most important Colombian songs of all time.
[3] The song has been recorded by multiple artists, including Digno Garcia, Orquestra Plateria, Cuarteto Imperial, Pequeña Compañía, Luis Bordón, Rudy Ventura y Su Orquesta, Manolo Avalos Orquesta y Coros, Edmundo Arias Y Su Orquesta, Max Woiski, Luis Alberto Del Parana, Chico Hernandez Y Sus Muchachos, Garibaldi, Grupo Raices, Mike Laure, and Billo's Caracas Boys.