{{Infobox song | name = Mexican Girl | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Smokie | album = The Montreux Album | B-side = "You Took Me by Surprise" | released = 8 September 1978<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1978/Music-Week-1978-09-23.pdf|title=Music Week|page=39}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 3:57 | label = RAK<!--UK s/n: RAK 283--> | writer = Chris Norman, Pete Spencer | producer = Mike Chapman | prev_title = Oh Carol | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Do to Me | next_year = 1979 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|iSJu_uyJNTU|"Mexican Girl"}}}} }}

"'''Mexican Girl'''" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1978 studio album ''The Montreux Album''. It was the album's third and final single. The song first came out in September 1978 as a single and later appeared on the album, which was released in October.

== Background and writing == The song was written by Chris Norman and Smokie drummer Pete Spencer and produced by Mike Chapman. <!-- == Music video == The music video was directed by [[]]. -->

== Commercial performance == The song reached no. 1 in Germany.

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=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1978) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=279}}</ref> | 19 |- {{single chart|Austria|2|artist=Smokie|song=Mexican Girl|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 October 2017}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|14|artist=Smokie|song=Mexican Girl|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 October 2017}} |- {{single chart|Dutch40|11|year=1978|week=46|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2022}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=Smokie|song=Mexican Girl|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 October 2017}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|16|artist=Smokie|song=Mexican Girl|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 October 2017}} |- {{single chart|UK|19|date=19781015|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 October 2017}} |- {{single chart|West Germany|1|songid=531|artist=Smokie|song=Mexican Girl|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2022}} |} {{col-2}}

=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1978) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1978|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1978|publisher=Dutch Top 40|accessdate=22 January 2022}}</ref> | 92 |} {{col-end}}

== Cover versions == In 2000, Chris Norman issued his solo version of the song as a CD maxi-single in Europe. This version was released as the second single from his eleventh studio album, ''Full Circle'' (2000).<ref name="spanishcharts.com - Chris Norman - Full Circle">{{cite web|url=http://www.spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Chris+Norman&titel=Full+Circle&cat=a|title=spanishcharts.com - Chris Norman - Full Circle|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://www.discogs.com/Smokie-Mexican-Girl/master/120194 Smokie — "Mexican Girl" (1978)] at Discogs * [https://www.discogs.com/Chris-Norman-Mexican-Girl/release/2237449 Chris Norman — "Mexican Girl" (2000)] at Discogs

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Category:1978 songs Category:1978 singles Category:Smokie (band) songs Category:Chris Norman songs Category:Songs written by Chris Norman Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman Category:RAK Records singles Category:Number-one singles in Germany