Song

Chiqué · Donato Racciatti · 1960

Music by Ricardo Luis Brignolo, lyrics by Ricardo Luis Brignolo. 28 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–2020.

1927’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’102020

records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1953 version holds 67% of its dancing (315 of 470).
How we know
Of the dances to its 28 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.
Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1944 and 1952. 2 other orchestras recorded it more than once.
How we know
Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Credit

Music: Ricardo Luis Brignolo
Lyrics: Ricardo Luis Brignolo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

28 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 34 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

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Lyrics

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Ya me estoy poniendo mal de verte así con las pilchas tan de bute y ese que un de mucho te compró para tenerte a su lado. Si supiera que mañana te fugás para la vieja querencia, aquel donde los viejos recuerdos y alegrías que vivistes te hicieron tan feliz. Recuerdo que eras más linda que una guinda y un pelpa de cien, y venías paseando tarde a tarde con una piel de zorro y un encantador vaivén... Y la barra de muchachitos te acechaba por doquier... Te batían muchas cosas que te dije yo también. Y hoy que el tiempo aquel ya se ha fugado y sin grupo te amaré, porque manyo como te has portado y conmigo nunca empleastes un chiqué. Es por eso que te he respondido en todas las rachas de la vida… Mi encantito, mi querida, soy de línea, soy de línea yo también.

English · machine translation

I'm already getting sick to see you like this with the pilchas so bute and that little berretín that a very vento guy bought for you to have you by his side. If I knew that tomorrow you'd run away for the old querencia, that bulín where the old memories and joys that you lived made you so happy. I remember you were prettier than a cherry and a hundred times more beautiful than a cherry, and you came strolling around evening after evening with a fox fur and a charming sway... And the bar of little boys stalked you everywhere... They beat you with many things that I told you too. And today that time has already gone away and without a group I will love you because manyo as you have behaved and with me you have never used a child. That's why I have answered you in all the spells of life... My darling, my dearest girl, I'm a line, I'm a line too.

Danced to it

Music from 1960 · danced on film 2015–2023

20152023

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

Leandro Oliver & Laila Rezk2015 · 3:26

Through the decades

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Argentine Tango USA Championship1 video

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What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

The day it was recorded, the record label.

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ChiquéFrancisco Lomuto1927

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