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Song

Mentías

Music by Juan Carlos Casaretto, lyrics by ALFREDO NAVARRINE. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1937.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Roberto Firpo, 1927

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1937
  2. Roberto Firpo1927

Versions of Mentías recorded 1927–1937

Mentías was composed by Juan Carlos Casaretto.† The lyrics of Mentías are by ALFREDO NAVARRINE.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

53 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan Carlos Casaretto
Words
ALFREDO NAVARRINE
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Juan D'Arienzo’s 1937 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1927 to 1937.
1920’30
Recordings of Mentías by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, 1937, with 100% of the 53 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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.

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedMentíasJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor
    53 dances · 100%
    1937
  2. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdMentíasRoberto FirpotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1927
All recordings of Mentías

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

MentíasJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 53 Performances

Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20052015 · 2:43

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1937 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 3, 2011: 2, 2012: 3, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 6, 2016: 2, 2017: 2, 2018: 2, 2019: 6, 2020: 1, 2022: 5, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sSebastián Achaval & Roxana Suárez2015
  2. The 2020sNéstor Azorín & Elizaveta Tavrovskaya2024

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 7 complete sets on film

  1. Daniela Barria and Julian Vilardo

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1MentíasJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    2. 2Oro de leyJuan D'Arienzo, 1944
    3. 3AmuradoPedro Laurenz, 1940
    4. 4Una vezOsvaldo Pugliese, 1946
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Fabian Ballejos and Gina Nikolitsa

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El puntazoJuan D'Arienzo, 1952
    2. 2Los mareadosOsvaldo Pugliese, 1977
    3. 3MentíasJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    4. 4Junto a tu corazónJosé Garcia, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Ekaterina Koptelova and Vladimir Makhalov

    2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Que Dios te ayudeJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    2. 2MentíasJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    3. 3Cosas olvidadasCarlos Di Sarli, 1940
    4. 4AlguienRodolfo Biagi, 1956
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370043041

tango.info · T0370018464

Composer1

Composed by Juan Carlos Casaretto

Lyricist1

Lyrics by ALFREDO NAVARRINE

Listen

  1. MentíasRoberto FirpotangoOdeon
  2. MentíasJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor

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