Song
Dos fracasos
Who recorded it
Every version3Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1941
Versions of Dos fracasos recorded 1941–2014
Dos fracasos was composed by Miguel Caló.
Dos fracasos is a tango.
The lyrics of Dos fracasos are by Homero Expósito.
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
2 orchestras recorded it
126 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Miguel Caló
- Words
- Homero Expósito
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
Español
Me sorprendí cuando te hallé como un dolor, sin palabras, la voz mareada de copas se me anudó en la garganta. Quise gritar, pero pa' qué si al fin yo estoy igual. Sueños que gastamos conversando cuando nos hablábamos de amor. Horas que ya están en el olvido, sensación de haber perdido la esperanza en el adiós. Rabia de sabernos tan cambiados, miedo de gritar esta verdad. Somos dos fracasos que se amaron y partieron y olvidaron y hoy se miran asombrados de morder la realidad. Vuelve otra vez a tu rincón que yo me voy con los años. Ya llueve plata en mis sienes y hay un dolor en tus manos. Pa' qué llorar todo el ayer si ya no puede ser.
English · machine translation
I was surprised when I found you like a pain, without words, my voice dizzy with drinks knotted in my throat. I wanted to scream, but what's the use if at last I'm the same. Dreams that we spend talking when we talked about love. Hours that are already forgotten, feeling of having lost the hope of goodbye. Anger of knowing we are so changed, fear of shouting this truth. We are two failures who loved each other and left and forgot and today they look at each other in amazement of biting reality. Come back again to your corner I'm leaving with the years. It's already raining silver on my temples and there is a pain in your hands. Why cry all of yesterday if it can't be anymore.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Miguel Caló, with 91% of the 126 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
3 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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.
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One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Couples filmed dancing this recording · 111 Performances
Danced to it
Music from 1941–2014 · danced on film 2006–2026
2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2010: 3, 2011: 8, 2012: 7, 2013: 10, 2014: 10, 2015: 8, 2016: 7, 2017: 7, 2018: 3, 2019: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 4, 2026: 4
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
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.
3 of 12 complete sets on film
Laila Oliver and Leandro Oliver
2016 · In the order danced: the video titles number them
- 1Dos fracasosMiguel Caló, 1941
- 2ChiquéDonato Racciatti, 1960
- 3Viejo portónRodolfo Biagi, 1938
- 4Milonga queridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
Mimi Hirsch and Nikita Gerdt
EMBRACE BERLIN, 2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1Ella es asíEdgardo Donato, 1938
- 2La brujaJuan D'Arienzo, 1959
- 3Si tú quisierasMiguel Caló, 1943
- 4Dos fracasosMiguel Caló, 1941
Gabriel Angio and Natalia Games
2024 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1Dos fracasosMiguel Caló, 1941
- 2El aeroplanoJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
- 3Flor de tangoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1945
- 4Café DomínguezÁngel D'Agostino, 1955
Read more
- EntryMiguel CalóPerson
- EntryHomero ExpósitoPerson
- EntryCómo le digo a la viejaComposition
- EntryDos corazonesComposition
- EntryMiguel CalóOrchestra
- EntryDos dedosComposition
- EntryLo pasao pasoComposition
- EntryLa milonga que faltabaComposition
every sentence cites a published fact
What we don't know yet3 of 4 known
The year it was written.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by Miguel Caló
In other catalogues2
TodoTango · tema/1160
tango.info · T0370169473
Is a1
Is a Tango
Lyricist1
Lyrics by Homero Expósito
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