Song
Yo soy el tango · Miguel Caló · 1941
Miguel CalóAlberto PodestátangoOdeonWho recorded it
Every version3Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1941
Pinned at 1941 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Miguel Caló recordings indexed 1933–1972 · gold: Orchestra of the stars, 1939–1944
Yo soy el tango · Miguel Caló · 1941 was sung by Alberto Podestá.†
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
3 orchestras recorded it
130 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Domingo Federico
- Words
- Homero Expósito
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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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.
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 Aníbal Troilo, 1941, with 97% of the 130 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “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.
- Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedYo soy el tangoAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor126 dances · 97%1941
- Miguel CalóYo soy el tangoMiguel CalóAlberto PodestátangoOdeon4 dances · 3%1941
- Armando PontierYo soy el tangoArmando PontierJorge DurántangoNo match yet1968
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Palacios · Jun 171941
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Miguel Caló
Yo soy el tangoMiguel CalóAlberto PodestátangoOdeonCouples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances
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- EntryLa cantina · Miguel Caló · 1954Recording
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- EntryEl Tango es el Tango · Ricardo Tanturi · 1942Recording
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- Sebastian Alzogaray1 video
- Alexandra Trofimova1 video
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Singers1
Sung by Alberto PodestáJun 12, 1941
Audio feature15
Audio feature 132.5
Audio feature 0.943
Audio feature A
Audio feature major
Audio feature 0.816
Audio feature -25.3
Audio feature 0.361
Audio feature 0.318
Audio feature 0.301
Audio feature 0.079
Audio feature 0.0
Audio feature 0.62
Audio feature 133.4
Audio feature 66.7
Audio feature step
Vocal1
Vocal sung
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