Bésame Mucho is a popular Spanish language song written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez covered by many artist all over the world and translated into various other languages.

According to Velázquez herself, she wrote this song even though she had never been kissed yet at the time, and kissing as she heard was considered a sin.

She was inspired by the piano piece "Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruiseñor" from the 1911 suite Goyescas by Spanish composer Enrique Granados, which he later also included as Aria of the Nightingale in his 1916 opera of the same name.

Emilio Tuero was the first to record the song, but the Lucho Gatica version made the song famous. Joséphine Baker recorded a song of the same title and tune, but with different lyrics. The Beatles covered the song numerous times, both on stage and in the studio, including during their audition for Decca Records, their first EMI recording session and the Get Back sessions.

In 2007, composer/arranger and jazz trombonist Steve Wiest was nominated for a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for his version of "Besame Mucho" that was recorded by Maynard Ferguson on "The One and Only Maynard Ferguson".

In January 2010, at the 52nd Grammy Awards, Herb Alpert was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.