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Pa' que bailen los muchachos

Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–2014.
1942: 1 · danced 22 times1962: 1 · danced 0 times1963: 1 · danced 1 times1970: 1 · danced 2 times2014: 1 · danced 0 times
1942’50’60’70’80’90’002014
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1942: 1, 22; 1962: 1, 0; 1963: 1, 1; 1970: 1, 2; 2014: 1, 0

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1942, 1963 and 1970.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Pa' que bailen los muchachos was composed by Aníbal Troilo.†† The lyrics of Pa' que bailen los muchachos are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

Credit

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Apr 16
    22 dances
    1942
  2. Aníbal TroiloRoberto Goyeneche · RCA Victor · Jun 18
    1 dance
    1963
  3. Aníbal TroiloInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 21
    2 dances
    1970
  4. Sexteto VisceralInstrumental · Jul 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2014
  5. Troilo-GrelaInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 13
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  6. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue1942
  7. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril1942
  8. Rubén JuárezNot in our catalogue
  9. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  10. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  11. Damián FicarraNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  12. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  13. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  14. Reinhard LangnickelNot in our catalogueFeline Lang
  15. Trio PantangoNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

Pa' que bailen los muchachos via' tocarte, bandoneón. ¡La vida es una milonga! Bailen todos, compañeros, porque el baile es un abrazo: Bailen todos, compañeros, que este tango lleva el paso. Entre el lento ir y venir del tango va la frase dulce. Y ella baila en otros brazos, prendida, rendida, por otro amor. No te quejes, bandoneón, Que me duele el corazón. Quien por celos va sufriendo su cariño va diciendo. No te quejes, bandoneón, que esta noche toco yo. Pa' que bailen los muchachos hoy te toco, bandoneón. ¡La vida es una milonga! Ella fue como una madre, ella fue mi gran cariño... nos abrimos y no sabe que hoy la lloro como un niño... Quién la va a saber querer con tanto amor, como la quise. Pobre amiga, pobre , ¡qué ganas más locas de irte a buscar! Pa' que bailen los muchachos via' tocarte, bandoneón. ¡La vida es una milonga!

English · machine translation

For the boys to dance via' tocarte, bandoneon. Life is a milonga! Everybody dance, comrades, because dancing is an embrace: Dance all of you, comrades, that this tango carries the step. Between the slow comings and goings of the tango goes the sweet phrase. And she dances in other arms, caught up, surrendered, for another love. Don't complain, bandoneon, That my heart aches. Whoever suffers from jealousy his love is saying. Don't complain, bandoneon tonight I'm playing. For the boys to dance today I'll play for you, bandoneon. Life is a milonga! She was like a mother, she was my great love... we opened up and she doesn't know that today I cry for her like a child... Who will know how to love her with as much love as I loved her. Poor friend, poor girl, what a crazy desire to go looking for you! For the boys to dance via' tocarte, bandoneon. Life is a milonga!

Danced to it

Music from 1942–2014 · danced on film 2008–2024

20082024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2010: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 3, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 3, 2022: 1, 2023: 3, 2024: 1

Octavio Fernández & Ines MuzzopappaWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072014 · 4:01

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sVeronica Alvarenga & Jose Garofalo2008
  2. The 2010sOctavio Fernández & Ines Muzzopappa2014
  3. The 2020sAgustín Agnez & Barbara Ferreyra2021

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Aníbal Troilo

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370185662

Single source

TodoTango · tema/508

Single source

MusicBrainz · b59d422e-d168-4c31-8447-06779d59b358source

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Single source

Listen

  1. Pa' que bailen los muchachosAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1942
  2. Pa' que bailen los muchachosTroilo-Grela · no clip yet1962
  3. Pa' que bailen los muchachosAníbal Troilo · Roberto Goyeneche1963
  4. Pa' que bailen los muchachosAníbal Troilo1970
  5. Pa' que bailen los muchachosno clip yet2014

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