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Yo soy el tango · Miguel Caló · 1941

Miguel CalóAlberto PodestátangoOdeon
Music by Domingo Federico, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1968.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1941

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino1941
  2. Miguel CalóAlberto Podestá1941
  3. Armando PontierJorge Durán1968

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
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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

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1941 to 1968.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Yo soy el tango · Miguel Caló · 1941 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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.

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedYo soy el tangoAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
    126 dances · 97%
    1941
  2. Miguel CalóYo soy el tangoMiguel CalóAlberto PodestátangoOdeon
    4 dances · 3%
    1941
  3. Armando PontierYo soy el tangoArmando PontierJorge Durántango
    No match yet
    1968
  4. -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 PodestátangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances

Cinzia Lombardi2:35

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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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  1. Yo soy el tangoAníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino

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