Carmelita (song)

"Carmelita" is a country rock song written by Warren Zevon. The song was originally recorded by Canadian singer Murray McLauchlan on his self-titled album of 1972.

Other recordings
Various covers have followed. These include:
 * Zevon himself recorded it four years later, in 1976, on his self-titled album.
 * Linda Ronstadt recorded a well known version in 1977 on her Simple Dreams album.
 * GG Allin
 * Flaco Jimenez
 * Texas Tornados
 * Los Super Seven recorded a version featuring Dwight Yoakam for his 1992 album Partners.
 * Cross Canadian Ragweed covered the song on their fifth and final studio album, Happiness and All the Other Things, released August 2009.
 * Izaak Opatz covered the song on his EP Mariachi Static B-Sides. It was released July 13, 2018.
 * FIDLAR covered the song in March of 2012
 * The Copyrights covered the song on their album Shit's Fucked in 2013