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Cortez the killer is een nummer van Neil Young van zijn album Zuma uit 1975. Het nummer, dat Neil Young opnam met zijn band Crazy Horse, staat op de 39e plaats op Guitar Worlds lijst van 100 Greatest Guitar Solos en staat op nummer 321 op The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time van het muziekblad Rolling Stone.

"Cortez the Killer" is a song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young from his 1975 album, Zuma. It was recorded with the band Crazy Horse. It has since been ranked No. 39 on Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitar Solos and No. 329 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Young has stated in concert that he wrote the song while studying history in high school in Winnipeg. According to Young's notes for the album Decade, the song was banned in Spain under Francisco Franco; according to Xavier Valiño, when Zuma was released in Spain following Franco's death, the song was listed as "Cortez, Cortez".