"Americanos" is a song by former Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer Holly Johnson, released as the second single from his 1989 debut album Blast. The song was written by Holly Johnson and was recorded at Studio Guillaume Tell, Townhouse, London and Battery, London.

In the MCA press release for the Blast album, the release stated "Besides 'Love Train' and 'Americanos,' key tracks include 'Heavens Here' and 'Atomic City.'"

In a 1989 issue of the German Bravo magazine, an article based on the music video was published under the headline "Holly Johnson plays lotto fairy". The article revealed the music video's storyline and stated "Living across America you see so called "game-show" games of all kinds, which are the biggest business in the American live television. Everybody takes everyone dreams, and insert the big win. Therefore Holly Johnson chose this topic for his new video "Americanos". Together with photographer Eric Watson, who was already responsible for some Pet Shop Boys videos and for Holly's "Americanos". Directed by Holly, he thought of a fictional television show called "Solid Gold Lottery Show" from where he himself the moderator in a gold lamé suit plays. Superimposed is a typical Mexican-American average family that watches during the broadcast virtually on the screen and have a burning desire to make a big profit in the guessing game. In the lyrics of "Americanos", Holly goes all All-American at the best stockings: How you can become president without a penny, where you wear nothing but blue jeans or chinos and only drink Coke and Pepsi".

In a 1989 article based on Johnson's favourite TV show, he spoke of America and the music video for the "Americanos" song. "Americans are much better at producing sitcoms than the British. They seem to have a much bigger budget than our TV companies, so can afford to spend more on sets and story lines. But I think that British dramas are much better than American ones. The telly is always on at home if I'm in. I read or eat or chat with my friends while it's on, but unless I really want to watch something I basically ignore it. And there's one thing I refuse to watch on telly - American-style game shows. They're absolutely mindless and a real subject of ridicule. But I used them in my Americanos video to show how intrinsic they are to the American way of life. Videos are very important to a song because they represent your image worldwide. It's all very well doing Top Of The Pops here, but that won't get your song played elsewhere. An impressive video will. I always have lots of meetings with the record company over how a video will look and it really pays off."

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