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Como dos extraños · Pedro Laurenz · 1940

Pedro LaurenzJuan Carlos CasastangoRCA Victor
Music by Pedro Laurenz, lyrics by José María Contursi. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–2006.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Pedro Laurenz, 1940

  1. Pedro LaurenzJuan Carlos Casas19401968
  2. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá1940
  3. Armando PontierOscar Ferrari1960
  4. José BassoFloreal Ruiz1961
  5. Orquesta Típica ImperialJulio César Fernán2006

Pinned at 1940 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Pedro Laurenz recordings indexed 1937–1968 · gold: Victor years, 1937–1943

Como dos extraños · Pedro Laurenz · 1940 was sung by Juan Carlos Casas.† Como dos extraños · Pedro Laurenz · 1940 is a tango.† Como dos extraños · Pedro Laurenz · 1940 lasts 02:30.†

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
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

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

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

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 · Pedro Laurenz · 1940 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 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.

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

One recording

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

Pedro Laurenz

Como dos extrañosPedro LaurenzJuan Carlos CasastangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 27 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Pedro Laurenz recorded on Jun 28, 1940.

  1. Milonga de mi florPedro LaurenzJuan Carlos CasasmilongaRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1940 · danced on film 2009–2025

20092025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2011: 2, 2013: 3, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 2, 2023: 1, 2025: 1

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Issued on record

Label, catalogue and matrix numbers of each record. A year is the year the record was issued. Source: TangoCloud catalogue.

  • 1940

    Victor 39016 · Pedro Laurenz Y Su Orquesta Típica

    Shellac · Argentina · side A

Recordings1

Recorded by Pedro LaurenzJun 28, 1940

In other catalogues15

tango.info · 02480002043157-1-12

tango.info · 02480002101123-2-153

tango.info · 08427328149037-2-3

tango.info · 02480002027416-1-5

tango.info · 02480002032007-1-8

tango.info · 02480002032014-1-2

tango.info · 02480002102533-1-19

tango.info · 02480002114420-1-10

tango.info · 02480002152491-1-18

tango.info · 02480002301523-1-4

tango.info · 02480002332220-2-4

tango.info · 02480002708032-1-1

tango.info · 04024236204243-1-5

tango.info · 08427328130820-1-8

tango.info · 08427328134149-1-8

Singers1

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:30

Audio feature15

Audio feature 129.2

Audio feature 0.935

Audio feature F

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.927

Audio feature -21.2

Audio feature 0.392

Audio feature 0.25

Audio feature 0.305

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.694

Audio feature 129.6

Audio feature 64.8

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Como dos extrañosPedro LaurenzJuan Carlos Casas

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