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Song

Si tú quisieras

Music by Francisco Pracánico, lyrics by Luis Rubistein. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1943.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1943

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1943
  2. Miguel CalóAlberto Podestá1943

Versions of Si tú quisieras recorded 1943

Si tú quisieras is a tango.

Si tú quisieras was composed by FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO.

The lyrics of Si tú quisieras are by Luis Rubistein.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

71 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Pracánico
Words
Luis Rubistein
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Removiendo fotos en mi corazón Tu imagen sin igual, Llenó mi vida. ¿Qué recodo de camino hizo pausa en tu destino? Si supiera dónde hallarte, Te buscaría Para besarte... Y esa noche Habrá en mi corazón En vez de sombra y mal, La luz de una canción Sentimental. Si tú quisieras Parar el tiempo, Si tú quisieras Volver sonriendo... No hablar de aquel adiós Sin fe, Vivir de nuevo. Besar tus ojos Llenos de sueños Igual que ayer. Tiempo ni distancia No podrán jamás Hacernos olvidar Nuestro romance. Sé que hay brumas en tus ojos Que tus sueños Son despojos, Que mi alma va a encontrarte, No sé qué noche Para besarte. Y esa noche Habrá en mi corazón En vez de sombra y mal, La luz de una canción Sentimental.

English · machine translation

Stirring pictures in my heart Your image without equal, Filled my life. What bend in the road Did pause in your destiny? If I knew where to find you I'd look for you To kiss you... And that night There will be in my heart Instead of shadow and evil, The light of a song Sentimental. If you would To stop time, If you wanted To come back smiling... Not to talk about that goodbye Without faith, To live again. To kiss your eyes Full of dreams Just like yesterday. Time and distance Can never Make us forget Our romance. I know there are mists in your eyes That your dreams Are spoils, That my soul is going to find you, I don't know which night To kiss you. And that night There will be in my heart Instead of shadow and evil, The light of a song Sentimental.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1943 to 1943.
1940
Recordings of Si tú quisieras 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 Miguel Caló, 1943, with 61% of the 71 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. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedSi tú quisierasMiguel CalóAlberto PodestátangoOdeon
    43 dances · 61%
    1943
  2. Carlos Di SarliSi tú quisierasCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
    28 dances · 39%
    1943
All recordings of Si tú quisieras

One recording

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

Miguel Caló

Si tú quisierasMiguel CalóAlberto PodestátangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 42 Performances

Fabián Peralta & Lorena ErmocidaWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2006Ankara Tango Festival · 2012 · 3:07

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2008–2024

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

2008: 1, 2009: 2, 2010: 3, 2011: 3, 2012: 4, 2013: 7, 2014: 3, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 3, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2022: 8, 2023: 4, 2024: 4

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sPablo Villarraza & Dana FrigoliChicago Tango Week · 2009
  2. The 2010sFabián Peralta & Lorena ErmocidaAnkara Tango Festival · 2012
  3. The 2020sJuan Malizia & Manuela RossiArgentina Tango Salon Festival · 2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    4 performances
  2. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance

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 5 complete sets on film

  1. Pancho Martinez Pey and Roxana Suárez

    2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Si tú quisierasMiguel Caló, 1943
    2. 2MalenaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1974
    3. 3Entre pitada y pitadaCarlos Di Sarli, 1942
    4. 4El viejo valsFrancisco Rotundo, 1951
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Mimi Hirsch and Nikita Gerdt

    EMBRACE BERLIN, 2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Ella es asíEdgardo Donato, 1938
    2. 2La brujaJuan D'Arienzo, 1959
    3. 3Si tú quisierasMiguel Caló, 1943
    4. 4Dos fracasosMiguel Caló, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Alonso Alvarez and Serena Alvarado

    2017 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El olivoJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    2. 2Tango intimoDomingo Federico, 1961
    3. 3Si tú quisierasMiguel Caló, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

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

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/3502

tango.info · T0370196136

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Luis Rubistein

Listen

  1. Si tú quisierasMiguel CalóAlberto PodestátangoOdeon
  2. Si tú quisierasCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor

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