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Milonga

Milonga is tango's quick rhythm, danced in two: 452 songs, 251 of them with a filmed Dance.

Milonga is 5.1% of recordings and 14.6% of filmed Dances
5.1% of recordings (648 of 12,742)
14.6% of filmed Dances (12,393 of 84,647)

Counted: 84,647 of 189,572 filmed Dances, those whose song names one recording; the others have no song named or no known take. Filmed means mostly stage performances, not all social dancing.

Milonga, by place in a filmed Performance

First dance: 2.6% (119 of 4,554)
Second dance: 12.2% (456 of 3,725)
Third dance: 28.6% (681 of 2,384)
Fourth dance: 29.6% (367 of 1,240)
Fifth dance: 22.1% (56 of 253)

Counted: 12,156 of 189,572 filmed Dances, those whose video title gives the number, such as 2/4, and whose song names one recording. A Dance without a number in its title has no known place.

The most danced

  • Reliquias porteñas

    Milonga · Francisco Canaro

    554
  • La cicatriz

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    521
  • Milonga del recuerdo

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    519
  • Ella es así

    Milonga · Edgardo Donato

    419
  • Estampa de varón

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    410

452 songs

  • ABC del amor

    Milonga · Jorge Dragone

  • Advertencia

    Milonga · Trío Ciriaco Ortiz

    3
  • Agarrate Catalina

    Milonga · Esteban Morgado

    3
  • Alergia

    Milonga · Enrique Francini

  • Al galope

    Milonga · Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)

    38
  • Almafuerte

    Milonga

  • Alma porteña

    Milonga · Francisco Canaro

    2
  • A mis manos

    Milonga · Alfredo Gobbi

    2
  • Amor con amor se paga

    Milonga · Rodolfo Sciammarella

  • Amor de fortinera

    Milonga

  • Amor y baile

    Milonga

  • Ana Maria

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    3
  • Andá que te cure Lola

    Milonga · Luis Caruso

  • Apología tanguera

    Milonga · Rosita Quiroga

  • Apronte

    Milonga · Carlos Mayel

  • A puño limpio

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    11
  • Aquel encuentro

    Milonga

  • Aquí me pongo a cantar

    Milonga · Francisco Lomuto

    2
  • Arrabal

    Milonga

  • Arrabalera

    Milonga · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)

    38
  • Así es la milonga

    Milonga · Ricardo Tanturi

    29
  • Así fui yo

    Milonga

  • Así me gusta a mí

    Milonga · Ángel D'Agostino

    5
  • Así nació esta milonga

    Milonga · Ángel Cabral

  • A todo trapo

    Milonga · Osvaldo Fresedo

    1
  • Ayer

    Milonga

  • Azucar pimienta y sal

    Milonga · Héctor Varela

    42
  • Bailarina

    Milonga

  • Bailonga

    Milonga · Mariano Mores

  • Baldosa floja

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    10
  • Baldosa floja

    Milonga · Argentino Ledesma

    2
  • Bandera baja

    Milonga · Héctor Varela, Juan D'Arienzo

  • Barracas al sud

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    19
  • Barrio viejo del ochenta

    Milonga · Enrique Maciel

  • Begin the beguine

    Milonga · The Tango Group

    3
  • Betinoti

    Milonga · Sebastián Piana

  • Bettinotti

    Milonga · Sebastián Piana

  • Bien criolla y bien porteña

    Milonga · Miguel Caló

    10
  • Bien porteña

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    60
  • Bolada de aficionado

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    35
  • Boliche El Cuco

    Milonga

  • Bordoneo y novecientos

    Milonga · Juan José Mosalini

    5
  • Buenos Aires de ayer

    Milonga · Alfredo De Angelis

    2
  • Cacareando

    Milonga · Típica Victor

    71
  • Cachirliando

    Milonga · Adolfo Berón

  • Cajita de música

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    1
  • Calandria Pampa

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    2
  • Calavereando

    Milonga · Ernesto Baffa Y

    6
  • Camino del recreo

    Milonga · Fulvio Salamanca

  • Campeona

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    4