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Song

Hay que acomodarse

Music by Edgardo Donato, lyrics by Antonio Botta. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–1935.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Edgardo Donato, 1935

  1. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos1935

Versions of Hay que acomodarse recorded 1935

Hay que acomodarse was composed by Edgardo Donato.† The lyrics of Hay que acomodarse are by Antonio Botta.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

6 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Edgardo Donato
Words
Antonio Botta
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Edgardo Donato’s 1935 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1935 to 1935.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

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  1. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdMost dancedHay que acomodarseEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
    6 dances
    1935
All recordings of Hay que acomodarse

One recording

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

Edgardo Donato

Hay que acomodarseEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 7 Performances

Gustavo Naveira & Giselle AnneCatania Summer Tango Week · 2017 · 3:34

Danced to it

Music from 1935 · danced on film 2012–2023

20122023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 1, 2017: 1, 2019: 1, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sGustavo Naveira & Giselle AnneCatania Summer Tango Week · 2017
  2. The 2020sLoukas Balokas & Georgia Priskou2023

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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Lucila Bardach and Marcelo Lavergata

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Mi novia de ayerAlfredo De Angelis, 1944
    2. 2Hay que acomodarseEdgardo Donato, 1935
    3. 3Tres esquinasÁngel D'Agostino, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Pero el trabajito de ir descubriendo qué te calza bien a vos, eso es lo que creo que hay que tratar de descubrir para acomodarse.

    Vanina Bilous · VANINA BILOUS Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 1:01:37

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · Z0999900322

TodoTango · tema/8574

Composer1

Composed by Edgardo Donato

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Antonio Botta

Listen

  1. Hay que acomodarseEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor

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