Song
Para qué te quiero tanto · Domingo Federico · 1945
Domingo FedericoCarlos VidaltangoRCA VictorWho recorded it
Every version3Earliest we hold: Domingo Federico, 1945
Pinned at 1945 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Domingo Federico recordings indexed 1944–1969
Para qué te quiero tanto · Domingo Federico · 1945 was sung by Carlos Vidal.† Para qué te quiero tanto · Domingo Federico · 1945 is a tango.† Para qué te quiero tanto · Domingo Federico · 1945 lasts 02:34.†
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
3 orchestras recorded it
35 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Juan Larenza
- Words
- Catulo Castillo
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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Fue tu sombra oscura... Fue el castigo de tu adiós... Fue esta ausencia de ternura que me amarra a la tortura de tu voz... Qué fatal encanto me encadena a tu desdén, cuando grito hasta el quebranto... ¿Para qué te quiero tanto, para qué? Para qué te quiero tanto si no puedo ser feliz, si vivir es un espanto... si al morir te llevo en mí. ¡Tu amor!... ¡Tu amor!... traidor que una vez dejó entre mis cenizas sus brasas y se fue... ¡Tu amor!... ¡Tu amor!... Que clamo desde aquí, cuando oigo que tus risas se burlan de mí... ¡Cuánto mal me hiciste!... Llueve siempre en el ayer, con la lluvia mansa y triste de la tarde en que te fuiste sin volver... Fue tu sombra oscura... Fue el castigo de tu adiós... Y es la hiel de esta amargura que me amarra a la tortura de tu voz.
English · machine translation
It was your dark shadow... It was the punishment of your goodbye... It was this absence of tenderness that ties me to the torture of your voice... What a fatal charm chains me to your disdain.., when I cry out until I break... Why do I love you so much, why do I love you so much? Why do I love you so much if I can't be happy if living is a terror... if when I die I carry you in me. Your love!...your love!... traitor who once left among my ashes its embers and left... Your love! ...Your love!... That I cry out from here, when I hear your laughter mock me... How much evil you did to me!... It rains always in yesterday, with the gentle and sad rain of the afternoon when you left without coming back... It was your dark shadow... It was the punishment of your farewell... And it is the gall of this bitterness that binds me to the torture of your voice.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Domingo Federico, 1945, with 54% of the 35 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
“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.
- Domingo FedericoEarliest we holdMost dancedPara qué te quiero tantoDomingo FedericoCarlos VidaltangoRCA Victor19 dances · 54%1945
- Carlos Di SarliPara qué te quiero tantoCarlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor14 dances · 40%1946
- Alfredo De AngelisPara qué te quiero tantoAlfredo De AngelisCarlos DantetangoOdeon2 dances · 6%1945
- Gabriel ClausiNot in our catalogueRaúl Garcés1946
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Domingo Federico
Para qué te quiero tantoDomingo FedericoCarlos VidaltangoRCA VictorCouples filmed dancing this recording · 19 Performances
Recorded the same day
What else Domingo Federico recorded on Jul 19, 1945.
Danced to it
Music from 1945 · danced on film 2013–2025
2013: 3, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 2
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
Filmed sets
One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.
2 of 2 complete sets on film
Muharrem Yılmazkaya and Nilay Yılmazkaya
2019 · In the order danced: the video titles number them
- 1Para qué te quiero tantoDomingo Federico, 1945
- 2No me extrañaPedro Laurenz, 1940
- 3Dichas que vivíRodolfo Biagi, 1939
- 4Milonga bravaFrancisco Canaro, 1938
Dante Sánchez and Roxana Suárez
Milonga en lo de Balmaceda, 2025 · In the order danced: the video titles number them
- 1Para qué te quiero tantoDomingo Federico, 1945
- 2Tu boca mintióJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
- 3La vida es una milongaPedro Laurenz, 1941
Read more
- EntryCarlos VidalSinger
- EntryQuiereme como soy · Domingo Federico · 1945Recording
- EntryPara qué te quiero tanto · Carlos Di Sarli · 1946Recording
- EntryDejame volver para mi pueblo · Domingo Federico · 1945Recording
- EntryYo · Domingo Federico · 1945Recording
- EntryDonde todos olvidan · Domingo Federico · 1945Recording
- EntryEl huérfano · Domingo Federico · 1945Recording
- EntryQuisiera pedirle a Dios · Domingo Federico · 1947Recording
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.
- 1La vida es una milongaPedro Laurenz, 1941 · danced together in 2 Performances
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Connected
From TangoTube's videos · our data
Danced at
- Milonga en lo de Balmaceda3 videos
- TanGo To Istanbul1 video
- Tango Ensueño1 video
Danced by
- Dante Sánchez5 videos
- Ines Muzzopappa3 videos
- Alper Ergökmen2 videos
- Maria Filali2 videos
- Selen Sürek2 videos
- Maria Smirnova1 video
- Miguel Calvo1 video
- Noelia Hurtado1 video
- Marisol Morales1 video
Data: recordings, facts and sources
In other catalogues5
tango.info · 05204833007259-1-15
tango.info · 02480002043348-1-15
tango.info · 00743217777029-1-2
tango.info · 08427328131353-1-6
tango.info · 08427328134071-1-2
Singers1
Sung by Carlos Vidal
Is a1
Is a tango
Duration1
Duration 02:34
Audio feature14
Audio feature 123.0
Audio feature 0.941
Audio feature G
Audio feature minor
Audio feature 0.769
Audio feature -23.3
Audio feature 0.252
Audio feature 0.341
Audio feature 0.516
Audio feature 0.0
Audio feature 0.484
Audio feature 124.0
Audio feature 62.0
Audio feature step
Vocal1
Vocal sung
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