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Como dos extraños · Alberto Morán · 1970

Alberto MoránAlberto MorantangoRCA Victor
Music by Pedro Laurenz, lyrics by José María Contursi. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–2006.

Pinned at 1970 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Alberto Morán recordings indexed 1954–1970

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

66 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Pedro Laurenz
Words
José María Contursi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Me acobardó la soledad y el miedo enorme de morir lejos de ti... ¡Qué ganas tuve de llorar sintiendo junto a mí la burla de la realidad! Y el corazón me suplicó que te buscara y que le diera tu querer... Me lo pedía el corazón y entonces te busqué creyéndote mi salvación... Y ahora que estoy frente a ti parecemos, ya ves, dos extraños... Lección que por fin aprendí: ¡cómo cambian las cosas los años! Angustia de saber muertas ya la ilusión y la fe... Perdón si me ves lagrimear... ¡Los recuerdos me han hecho mal! Palideció la luz del sol al escucharte fríamente conversar... Fue tan distinto nuestro amor y duele comprobar que todo, todo terminó. ¡Qué gran error volverte a ver para llevarme destrozado el corazón! Son mil fantasmas, al volver burlándose de mí, las horas de ese muerto ayer...

English · machine translation

I was cowed by loneliness and the enormous fear of dying far from you... How I wanted to cry feeling next to me the mockery of reality! And my heart begged me to look for you and to give it your love... My heart asked me to do so and then I looked for you believing you to be my salvation... And now that I am in front of you we seem, you see, two strangers... Lesson I finally learned: how the years change things! Anguish of knowing that illusion and faith illusion and faith... Forgive me if you see me cry... Memories have made me sick! The sunlight paled as I listened to you coldly conversing... Our love was so different and it hurts to see that everything, everything is over. What a great mistake to see you again to take my heart shattered! There are a thousand ghosts, coming back mocking me, the hours of that dead yesterday...

Every version

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The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1940 to 2006.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Como dos extraños · Alberto Morán · 1970 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 11 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Pedro Laurenz, with 76% of the 66 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

11 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  2. Francisco CanaroComo dos extrañosFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
    8 dances · 12%
    1940
  3. José BassoComo dos extrañosJosé BassoFloreal RuiztangoOdeon
    7 dances · 11%
    1961
  4. Orquesta Típica ImperialComo dos extrañosOrquesta Típica ImperialJulio César Fernántango
    1 dance · 2%
    2006
  5. Armando PontierComo dos extrañosArmando PontierOscar FerraritangoCBS Columbia
    No match yet
    1960
  6. Ciriaco Ortiz, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue1965
  7. Pedro LaurenzNot in our catalogue1966
  8. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue1998
  9. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  10. María GrañaNot in our catalogue
  11. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  12. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  13. Juan Carlos CáceresNot in our catalogue
  14. Juan Carlos CáceresNot in our catalogueJuan Carlos Cáceres
  15. Néstor MarconiNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-
  16. -unspecified female-Not in our catalogue

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  1. Como dos extrañosPedro LaurenzJuan Carlos Casas

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