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Champagne tango · Carlos Di Sarli · 1958

Music by Manuel Aróztegui, lyrics by Pascual Contursi. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–2014.
1938: 2 · danced 21 times1944: 1 · danced 11 times1946: 1 · danced 2 times1952: 2 · danced 80 times1958: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 0 times2014: 1 · danced 0 times
1938’50’60’70’80’90’002014
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1938: 2, 21; 1944: 1, 11; 1946: 1, 2; 1952: 2, 80; 1958: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 0; 2014: 1, 0

  1. Carlos Di Sarli’s 1952 version holds 69% of its dancing (79 of 114).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 9 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Carlos Di Sarli recorded it in 1944, 1952 and 1958.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Credit

Music
Manuel Aróztegui
Lyrics
Pascual Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jun 22
    19 dances
    1938
  2. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 20
    11 dances
    1944
  3. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedInstrumental · Music Hall · Oct 27
    79 dances
    1952
  4. Carlos Di SarliPhilips · Nov 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  5. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoSep 25
    2 dances
    1946
  6. Héctor VarelaSep 19
    1 dance
    1952
  7. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Earliest we holdOdeon · May 9
    2 dances
    1938
  8. Donato Racciatti y sus tangueros del 900Instrumental · Mar 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1959
  9. Sexteto VisceralJul 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2014
  10. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1914
  11. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1918
  12. Orquesta Victor popularNot in our catalogue1929
  13. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueMay 91938
  14. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue1979
  15. Quinteto Francisco Canaro, dir. Antonio D'AlessandroNot in our catalogue
  16. Orquesta Victor popularNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

Esas minas veteranas que siempre se conformaban, que nunca la protestaban aunque picara el buyón, viviendo así en su pasando vida pibera en una pobre que le faltaba el colchón. ¡Cuántas veces a mate amargo el estomago engrupía y pasaban muchos días sin tener para ! La era el consuelo de esos ratos de amargura que, culpa 'e la mishiadura no tenía pa' . Se acabaron esas minas que siempre se conformaban con lo que el les daba si era de verdad. Hoy sólo quieren vestidos y riquísimas alhajas, coches de capota baja pa' pasear por la ciudad. Nadie quiere conventillo ni ser pobre costurera, ni tampoco andar fulera... Sólo quieren aparentar ser amigo de fulano y que tenga mucho que alquile departamento y que la lleve al Pigall. Tener un coche, tener mucama y gran 'chapó' y pa' las farras un gigoló; pieza alfombrada de gran parada, tener sirvienta y... ¡qué se yo! Y así... de esta manera en donde quiera 'champán tangó'.

English · machine translation

Those veteran mines who always conformed, who never protested even if the buyon bit, living like this in their cotorro spending their lives in their cotorro in a poor catrera that lacked a mattress. How many times with bitter mate the stomach would grow fat and many days went by without having anything to eat! The catrera was the consolation of those bitter moments that, because of the mishiadura I didn't have enough to eat. No more of those mines who were always satisfied with what the bacán gave them if it was really cool. Today they only want dresses and rich jewelry, low top cars to drive around the city. Nobody wants to live in a tenement nor to be a poor seamstress, nor to be a tramp... They only want to pretend to be so-and-so's friend and who has a lot of wind who rents an apartment and to take her to the Pigall. To have a car, have a maid and big 'chapó and for the parties a gigolo; carpeted room of great stop, have a maid y... I don't know! And so... in this way wherever you want 'champagne tango'.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Audio feature15

Audio feature 117.5

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Audio feature 0.959

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Audio feature -23.4

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Audio feature 0.478

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Audio feature 0.279

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Audio feature 0.003

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Audio feature 0.792

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Audio feature 119.3

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Audio feature 59.6

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