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Song

Comme il faut · Aníbal Troilo · 1938

Aníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoOdeon
Music by Eduardo Arolas, lyrics by Gabriel Clausi. 13 recordings in our catalogue, 1936–2019.

Pinned at 1938 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Aníbal Troilo recordings indexed 1938–1971 · gold: The young Pichuco, 1937–1941

Comme il faut · Aníbal Troilo · 1938 is a tango.† Comme il faut · Aníbal Troilo · 1938 lasts 02:39.† Comme il faut · Aníbal Troilo · 1938: Troilo's only 1938 recording, a one-off test disc for Odeon that did not sell, leaving a three-year gap before his next session; chosen to show his extrovert-to-introvert mood shift already present at the end. and Played back to back to hear the dynamic range Troilo adds compared with D'Arienzo's 1936 version. Start time approximate.††

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

11 orchestras recorded it

132 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Eduardo Arolas
Words
Gabriel Clausi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Luna, farol y canción, dulce emoción del ayer fue en París, donde viví tu amor. Tango, Champagne, corazón, noche de amor que no está, en mi sueño vivirá... Es como debe ser, con ilusión viví las alegrías y las tristezas; en esa noche fue que yo sentí por vos una esperanza en mi corazón. Es como debe ser en la pasión de ley, tus ojos negros y tu belleza. Siempre serás mi amor en bello amanecer para mi vida, dulce ilusión. En este tango te cuento mi tristeza, dolor y llanto que dejo en esta pieza. Quiero que oigas mi canción hecha de luna y de farol y que tu amor, mujer, vuelva hacia mí.

English · machine translation

Moon, lantern and song, sweet emotion of yesterday it was in Paris where I lived your love. Tango, Champagne, heart, night of love that is not here, in my dream will live... It is as it should be, I lived with illusion the joys and the sorrows; on that night I felt for you a hope in my heart. It is as it should be in the passion of law, your black eyes and your beauty. You will always be my love in beautiful sunrise for my life, sweet illusion. In this tango I tell you my sadness, pain and tears that I leave in this piece. I want you to hear my song made of moon and lantern and that your love, woman return to me.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 13 recordings of this song by 11 orchestras, 1936 to 2019.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Comme il faut · Aníbal Troilo · 1938 by year, taller the more they are danced · 13 of 13 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

13 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 13 more we know of

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

The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, with 64% of the 132 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

9 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. Aníbal TroiloComme il fautAníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    22 dances · 17%
    1938
  3. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdComme il fautJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    11 dances · 8%
    1936
  4. Orquesta Forever TangoComme il fautOrquesta Forever Tangosinger unknowntango
    7 dances · 5%
    1998
  5. Tango BardoComme il fautTango Bardosinger unknowntango
    7 dances · 5%
    2017
  6. Héctor VarelaComme il fautHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    1 dance · <1%
    1966
  7. Los Astros Del TangoComme il fautLos Astros Del Tangosinger unknowntangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  8. Los Señores Del TangoComme il fautLos Señores Del TangoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1962
  9. Alfredo De AngelisComme il fautAlfredo De Angelissinger unknowntangoMicrofon
    No match yet
    1980
  10. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroComme il fautOrquesta Típica Fernández Fierrosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2001
  11. Matilde VitulloComme il fautMatilde Vitullosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2019
  12. Quintin VerdúNot in our catalogue1948
  13. Carlos DemariaNot in our catalogueAug 141951
  14. Carlos García, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueOct 191965
  15. Horacio Salgán, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogueJan 191996
  16. Quinteto ÁngelNot in our catalogueJul 102012
  17. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue
  18. Horacio SalgánNot in our catalogue
  19. Horacio Salgán, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue
  20. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogue

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Aníbal Troilo

Comme il fautAníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 24 Performances

Eduardo Pareja & Laura Grandi2:56

Danced to it

Music from 1938 · danced on film 2013–2026

20132026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 4, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2023: 4, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sEduardo Pareja & Laura Grandi2017
  2. The 2020sGianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino2023

Read more

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues16

tango.info · 09789507826603-1-1

tango.info · 00724349360228-1-7

tango.info · 00724352042524-1-6

tango.info · 02480002102588-1-21

tango.info · 02480002107620-1-16

tango.info · 02480002121220-1-1

tango.info · 02480002150312-1-6

tango.info · 02480002717010-1-1

tango.info · 04024236201228-1-1

tango.info · 05099964043227-10-20

tango.info · 07798089730828-1-1

tango.info · 07798145107496-1-1

tango.info · 08427328133067-1-1

tango.info · 00718750152220-1-11

tango.info · 02480002010128-1-9

tango.info · 02480002027263-1-4

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:39

Audio feature13

Audio feature 132.5

Audio feature 0.96

Audio feature 0.532

Audio feature -20.4

Audio feature 0.398

Audio feature 0.471

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.034

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.965

Audio feature 131.6

Audio feature 65.8

Audio feature step

Notes2

Troilo's only 1938 recording, a one-off test disc for Odeon that did not sell, leaving a three-year gap before his next session; chosen to show his extrovert-to-introvert mood shift already present at the end.

Played back to back to hear the dynamic range Troilo adds compared with D'Arienzo's 1936 version. Start time approximate.

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

Listen

  1. Comme il fautJuan D'Arienzosinger unknown

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