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Yo soy el tango · Aníbal Troilo · 1941

Music by Domingo Federico, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1968.
1941: 2 · danced 130 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times
1941’50’601968
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1941: 2, 130; 1968: 1, 0

  1. Aníbal Troilo’s 1941 version holds 96% of its dancing (126 of 130).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 3 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

Yo soy el tango · Aníbal Troilo · 1941 was sung by Francisco Fiorentino.†† Yo soy el tango · Aníbal Troilo · 1941 is a tango.† Yo soy el tango · Aníbal Troilo · 1941 lasts 02:25.†

Credit

Music
Domingo Federico
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

1940’50’60

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Mar 4
    126 dances
    1941
  2. Miguel CalóAlberto Podestá · Odeon · Jun 12
    4 dances
    1941
  3. Armando PontierJorge Durán · Apr 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  4. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Palacios · Jun 171941

Lyrics

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

Soy el tango milongón nacido en los suburbios malevos y turbios. Hoy, que estoy en el salón, me saben amansado, dulzón y cansado. Pa' qué creer, pa' qué mentir que estoy cambiado, si soy el mismo de ayer. Escuchen mi compás ¿No ven que soy gotán? Me quiebro en mi canción como un puñal de acero pa' cantar una traición. Me gusta , soy reo pa' bailar, escuchen mi compás: Yo soy el viejo tango que nació en el arrabal. Hoy, que tengo que callar, que sufro el desengaño, la moda y los años. Voy, costumbre de gotán, mordiendo en mis adentros la rabia que siento. Pa' qué creer, pa' qué mentir que estoy muriendo, si yo jamás moriré.

English · machine translation

I am the tango milongón born in the suburbs and murky suburbs. Today, I am in the salon, they know me tame, sweet and tired. Why believe, why lie that I've changed, if I'm the same as yesterday. Listen to my beat Can't you see that I'm a gotán? I break in my song like a steel dagger to sing a betrayal. I like to chum, I'm a prisoner to dance, listen to my beat: I am the old tango that was born in the slum. Today, I have to keep quiet, that I suffer the disillusionment, fashion and the years. I go, the custom of gotán, biting inside me the rage I feel. Why believe, why lie that I'm dying if I will never die.

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2006–2026

20062026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2011: 6, 2012: 4, 2013: 3, 2014: 11, 2015: 11, 2016: 10, 2017: 7, 2018: 3, 2019: 21, 2020: 4, 2022: 1, 2023: 5, 2024: 4, 2025: 7, 2026: 4

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance

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.

  1. 1InspiraciónOsvaldo Pugliese, 1962 · danced together in 8 Performances
  2. 2Mano a manoHugo Diaz, 1975 · danced together in 4 Performances
  3. 3Milonga del 83Juan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 3 Performances
  4. 4En el salónRicardo Tanturi, 1944 · danced together in 3 Performances
  5. 5La vida es una milongaPedro Laurenz, 1941 · danced together in 3 Performances
  6. 6Campo afueraRodolfo Biagi, 1939 · danced together in 3 Performances
  7. 7Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  8. 8Saca chispasJulio De Caro, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  9. 9PacienciaJuan D'Arienzo, 1970 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10Milonga queridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Francisco FiorentinoMar 4, 1941

Supported · 2

In other catalogues18

tango.info · 02480002332497-1-6

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tango.info · 07798145107168-1-1

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tango.info · 00743214972625-1-1

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tango.info · 02480002330073-1-2

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tango.info · 02480002102823-1-1

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tango.info · 02480002101321-1-165

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tango.info · 08427328020633-1-15

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tango.info · 08427328130011-1-1

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tango.info · 00743214129326-1-16

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tango.info · 02480002028024-1-1

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tango.info · 00828765943628-1-1

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tango.info · 08427328133067-1-3

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tango.info · 07798089730828-1-3

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tango.info · 05204833007167-1-2

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tango.info · 00743218887024-1-1

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tango.info · 04024236204038-1-2

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tango.info · 00743211440127-1-1

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tango.info · 00743217138028-1-1

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:25

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Audio feature15

Audio feature 136.0

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Audio feature 0.935

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Audio feature 0.721

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Audio feature -19.6

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Audio feature 0.417

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Audio feature 0.365

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Audio feature 0.358

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Audio feature 0.022

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Audio feature 0.0

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Audio feature 0.62

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Audio feature 137.0

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Audio feature 68.5

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Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Yo soy el tangoAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1941

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