Song
El motivo · Aníbal Troilo · 1961
1942: 1, 2; 1944: 1, 30; 1947: 1, 3; 1949: 1, 0; 1951: 1, 0; 1961: 1, 106; 1962: 1, 0; 1965: 4, 0; 1966: 1, 8; 1968: 1, 6; 1970: 1, 2; 1987: 1, 0
Aníbal Troilo’s 1961 version holds 67% of its dancing (106 of 157).
How we know
Of the dances to its 15 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.
Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1961 and 1965.
How we know
Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.
El motivo · Aníbal Troilo · 1961 was sung by Roberto Goyeneche.†† El motivo · Aníbal Troilo · 1961 is a tango.† El motivo · Aníbal Troilo · 1961 lasts 03:00.† El motivo · Aníbal Troilo · 1961: A Juan Carlos Cobián tango given a new lease of life; Lavocah asks listeners to notice the band's opening riff, but warns that a sudden tempo change two minutes in is hard to dance to.†
Credit
- Music
- Juan Carlos Cobián
- Lyrics
- Pascual Contursi
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
15 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Aníbal TroiloMost dancedRoberto Goyeneche · RCA Victor · Aug 23106 dances1961
- Aníbal TroiloTito Reyes · RCA Victor · Dec 1Not danced on film yet1965
- Aníbal TroiloTito Reyes · RCA Victor · Dec 16Not danced on film yet1965
- Osvaldo PugliesePhilips · Aug 18 dances1966
- Julio De CaroEarliest we hold2 dances1942
- Alberto MancioneFrancisco Fiorentino · Mar 30Not danced on film yet1951
- José BassoFloreal Ruiz · Music Hall · Apr 1Not danced on film yet1962
- Horacio SalganPhilipsNot danced on film yet1965
- Nuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)PhilipsNot danced on film yet1987
- Juan Carlos Cobian30 dances1944
- Roberto GoyenecheApr 106 dances1968
- Alberto MarinoNov 63 dances1947
- Aníbal Troilo y Astor PiazzollaInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 132 dances1970
- Eduardo Del PianoÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Dec 28Not danced on film yet1949
- Reynaldo NicheleMicrofonNot danced on film yet1965
- Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1919
- José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1920
- Emilio BalcarceNot in our catalogueAlberto Marino · Nov 61947
- Ciriaco Ortiz, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue1965
- Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
Lyrics
Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.
Mina que fue en otro tiempo la más papa y en esas noches tangueras fue la reina del festín. Hoy no tiene pa' ponerse ni zapatos ni vestidos, anda enferma y el amigo no aportó para el . Ya no tienen sus ojazos esos fuertes resplandores y en su cara los colores se le ven palidecer. Está enferma, sufre y llora y manya con sentimiento de que así, enferma y sin más naide la va a querer. Pobre que ha tenido a la gente rechiflada y supo con la mirada conquistar una pasión. Hoy no tiene quien se arrime por cariño a su . ¡Pobre arrabalera que quedó sin corazón! Y cuando de los bandoneones se oyen las notas de un tango, pobre florcita de fango siente en su alma vibrar las nostalgias de otros tiempos de placeres y de amores, ¡hoy sólo son sinsabores que la invitan a llorar!
English · machine translation
Mina who was once the most papa milonguera and in those tango nights she was the queen of the feast. Today she has no shoes or dresses neither shoes nor dresses, she is sick and her friend did not contribute to the bulín. Her big eyes no longer have no longer have those strong glares and in his face the colors pale on her face. She is sick, she suffers and cries and manya with feeling that this way, sick and without wind no one will love her anymore. Poor paica who has had the people reproached and knew how to conquer a passion to conquer a passion. Today she has no one to come close for affection to her catrera. Poor little paica who was left without a heart! And when from the bandoneons the notes of a tango are heard, poor little mud flower feels in her soul vibrating the nostalgia of other times of pleasures and loves, today they are only sorrows that invite her to weep!
Danced to it
Music from 1961 · danced on film 2010–2026
2010: 2, 2013: 1, 2014: 4, 2015: 7, 2016: 3, 2017: 3, 2018: 2, 2019: 14, 2020: 1, 2021: 7, 2022: 11, 2023: 10, 2024: 4, 2025: 9, 2026: 4
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
Danced alongside it
Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.
- 1El Tigre MillánJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 11 Performances
- 2Sombra de humoOsvaldo Fresedo, 1951 · danced together in 6 Performances
- 3Rie payasoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 5 Performances
- 4Siempre siempreOsvaldo Fresedo, 1944 · danced together in 5 Performances
- 5Milonga queridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
- 6El fleteJuan D'Arienzo, 1936 · danced together in 3 Performances
- 7RawsonJuan D'Arienzo, 1936 · danced together in 3 Performances
- 8Indio mansoCarlos Di Sarli, 1958 · danced together in 3 Performances
- 9A mis compañerosOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956 · danced together in 3 Performances
- 10MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
Connected
From TangoTube's videos · our data
Danced at
- Mediterranean Summer Tango Festival5 videos
- Milongueros All Aboard5 videos
- Lyon Tango Festival4 videos
- TanGo To Istanbul3 videos
- Planetango3 videos
- Viva La Pepa2 videos
- Bailemos Tango Festival2 videos
- El Motivo Tango2 videos
- Muy Martes2 videos
- Ankara Tango Festival2 videos
- Bratislava Tango Festival1 video
- Tango Salon Extremo1 video
Danced by
- Mariano Chicho Frúmboli49 videos
- Juana Sepulveda45 videos
- Yanick Wyler8 videos
- Eugenia Parrilla8 videos
- Noelia Hurtado6 videos
- Moira Castellano4 videos
- Leandro Capparelli3 videos
- Carlitos Espinoza3 videos
- Laia Barrera3 videos
- Mariana Dragone2 videos
- Diego Riemer2 videos
- Andres Molina2 videos
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Singers1
Sung by Roberto GoyenecheAug 23, 1961
Supported · 2In other catalogues7
tango.info · 00828766424928-1-7
Single sourcetango.info · 00743214129029-1-12
Single sourcetango.info · 00828768362228-1-15
Single sourcetango.info · 02480002028437-1-4
Single sourcetango.info · 00743215860525-1-4
Single sourcetango.info · 00828765997829-1-3
Single sourcetango.info · 02480002330462-2-3
Single sourceIs a1
Is a tango
Single sourceDuration1
Duration 03:00
Single sourceNotes1
A Juan Carlos Cobián tango given a new lease of life; Lavocah asks listeners to notice the band's opening riff, but warns that a sudden tempo change two minutes in is hard to dance to.
Single sourceVocal1
Vocal sung
Single sourceListen
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