The Cabeceo

We've caught your eye across the milonga. Like any good tango, this starts with consent — nothing optional runs until you say so.Cookies only with your yes. What we store.

Skip to content

Song

Mariposita · Orquesta El Arranque · 2000

Orquesta El ArranqueAriel Ardittango
Music by Anselmo Aieta, lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–2020.

Who recorded it

Every version9

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1941

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1969
  2. Ricardo Tanturi1947
  3. Rodolfo BiagiHugo Duval1965
  4. Osvaldo Fresedo1941
  5. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche1979
  6. Orquesta El ArranqueAriel Ardit20002002

Recorded 2000 · Electronic and festival era 2000– · Orquesta El Arranque recordings indexed 1998–2002

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

8 orchestras recorded it

10 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Anselmo Aieta
Words
Francisco García Jiménez
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Rodolfo Biagi’s 1965 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 9 recordings of this song by 8 orchestras, 1941 to 2020.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20
Recordings of Mariposita · Orquesta El Arranque · 2000 by year, taller the more they are danced · 9 of 9 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 11 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMaripositaJuan D'ArienzotangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1969
  2. Ricardo TanturiMaripositaRicardo TanturiinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    2 dances
    1947
  3. Rodolfo BiagiMost dancedMaripositaRodolfo BiagiHugo DuvaltangoMusic Hall
    4 dances
    1965
  4. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdMaripositaOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    3 dances
    1941
  5. Armando PontierMaripositaArmando PontierRoberto Goyenechetango
    No match yet
    1979
  7. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraMaripositaOrquesta Romantica MilongueraXimena Gimeneztango
    1 dance
    2020
  8. Los Astros del TangoMaripositaLos Astros del TangotangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  9. Francisco RotundoNot in our catalogueAug 181950
  10. Rodolfo BiagiNot in our catalogueHugo Duval1962
  11. Fulvio SalamancaNot in our catalogueJulio Rodolfo1964
  12. Fulvio SalamancaNot in our catalogue1985
  13. Alberto MarinoNot in our catalogue
  14. Franco LucianiNot in our catalogue
  15. Fulvio SalamancaNot in our catalogueJulio Rodolfo
  16. Gabriel ClausiNot in our catalogue
  17. José ColángeloNot in our catalogue
  18. Osvaldo ManziNot in our catalogueAlberto Marino
  19. Otros AiresNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Orquesta El Arranque

MaripositaOrquesta El ArranqueAriel Ardittango

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Read more

Cite this

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. MaripositaOsvaldo Fresedo

Ask Tangopedia

Answers only from cited facts, each with its source.