# The best José Alfredo Jiménez songs

The king of the ranchera wrote more than three hundred songs; these are the ones all of Mexico can sing.

- 30 votes · 12 items
- Mar 11, 2025 · Alba Cano
- https://even.best/en/l/3730/the-best-jose-alfredo-jimenez-songs

## Top 12

1. **El rey** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — His most iconic song: pride and dignity in defeat.
2. **La media vuelta** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1963. Part of the traditional Mexican repertoire.
3. **Si nos dejan** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A song of hope.
4. **Ella** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Abandonment and wounded pride.
5. **Un mundo raro** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A love drifting away.
6. **Que te vaya bonito** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A generous farewell.
7. **Paloma querida** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A ranchera love song.
8. **Camino de Guanajuato** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Dedicated to his birthplace; an anthem of the state.
9. **Amanecí en tus brazos** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — One of his most covered songs.
10. **Cuando el destino** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — What fate tears apart.
11. **Tú y las nubes** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — A love as far away as the sky.
12. **El jinete** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — A rider riding with his sorrow.

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