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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 (12,395 of 84,681)

Counted: 84,681 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 4,555)
Second dance: 12.2% (456 of 3,725)
Third dance: 28.6% (681 of 2,385)
Fourth dance: 29.6% (367 of 1,240)
Fifth dance: 22.1% (56 of 253)

Counted: 12,158 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

28 songs

  • Pa' Dumesnil

    Milonga

  • Pampeana

    Milonga · Pedro Laurenz

  • Papá Baltasar

    Milonga · Aníbal Troilo

    4
  • Papas calientes

    Milonga · Edgardo Donato

    37
  • Pa' qué te voy a contar

    Milonga · Alfredo De Angelis

    1
  • Para negros solamente

    Milonga · José Servidio

  • Para que lo oigan

    Milonga · Miguel Bucino

  • Parque Patricios

    Milonga · Francisco Lomuto

    242
  • Patria

    Milonga

  • Patrona

    Milonga · Juan Larenza

  • Payada criolla

    Milonga · José Basso

  • Pena mulata

    Milonga · Carlos Di Sarli

    14
  • Peringundín

    Milonga · Pintín Castellanos

  • Picante

    Milonga · Rodolfo Biagi

    77
  • Pica pica bajada de cordon

    Milonga · Gerardo Martínez Argibay

  • Pobre negra

    Milonga · Enrique Francini, Héctor Stamponi

  • Pobre negrito

    Milonga · Rodolfo Biagi

    76
  • Pollito picarón

    Milonga

  • Por algo soy el marido

    Milonga

  • Por dos caminos

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    2
  • Por h o por b

    Milonga · Edgardo Donato

  • Por la huella

    Milonga · Rodolfo Biagi

    143
  • Porque me siento feliz

    Milonga · Mario Perini

  • Porteña linda

    Milonga · Edgardo Donato

    72
  • Porteña y nada más

    Milonga · Carlos Di Sarli

    1
  • Porteñisima

    Milonga · Aquiles Roggero, Miguel Caló

  • Prometedora

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    10
  • Pueblera

    Milonga · Carlos Di Sarli

    2