Song
Mentira · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945
Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeonWho recorded it
Every version8Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1931
Pinned at 1945 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Pugliese recordings indexed 1943–1986 · gold: Early years, 1943–1945
Mentira · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945 was sung by Alberto Morán.†† Mentira · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945 is a tango.† Mentira · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945 lasts 02:51.†
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
7 orchestras recorded it
34 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Francisco Pracánico
- Words
- Celedonio Flores
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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Vos ,sabés que fuiste para mí la luz de mi cabeza alocada, el porqué de mi pobre vivir que vos alimentaste de amor... Muñequita de trapo que yo adoré santamente y fingías quererme... ¡Mentira, mentira! ¡No tiene perdón! Me pregunto cuáles son las causas por que vos quebraste mi felicidad, por qué razón fatal vos me causaste tanto mal... No te vengo a mendigar cariños que tal vez a otros le entregaste como a mí, ni me arrepiento de haberte querido así. Y pensar que yo te vi llorar de amor entre mis brazos de hombre, que escuché jurarme tu querer por todo lo más grande que hay, por tu santa viejita, que Dios la tenga en la gloria... ¡Y eran todas mentiras, mentiras, mentiras de mala mujer!
English · machine translation
You know that you were for me the light of my crazy head, the reason for my poor life that you fed with love... Little rag doll that I adored saintly and pretended to love me... Lies, lies! You are unforgivable! I wonder what are the reasons why you broke my happiness, for what fatal reason you caused me so much harm... I don't come to beg you affection that perhaps you gave to others as you did to me, nor do I regret of having loved you so. And to think that I saw you cry of love in my man's arms, that I heard you swear to love me for all the greatest things there are, for your holy old lady, God rest her soul... And they were all lies, lies, bad woman's lies!
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 9 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, with 59% of the 34 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
9 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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.
- Sexteto TangoMentiraSexteto TangoJorge Macieltango10 dances · 29%1972
- Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMentiraFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon2 dances · 6%1931
- Adolfo CarabelliMentiraAdolfo CarabelliCarlos Lafuentetango1 dance · 3%1931
- Alfredo De AngelisMentiraAlfredo De AngelisOscar LarrocatangoOdeon1 dance · 3%1954
- Ángel D'AgostinoMentiraÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA VictorNo match yet1945
- Enrique AlessioMentiraEnrique AlessioAlberto CastillotangoNo match yet1945
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAlberto Vila1930
- Carlos Di SarliNot in our catalogueMercedes Carné1931
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Jul 71931
- Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueAgustín Irusta1932
- Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogueLuis Díaz · Jun 81932
- Carlos GardelNot in our catalogueJul 221932
- Raúl AldaoNot in our catalogue1954
- Alfredo De AngelisNot in our catalogueCarlos Aguirre · Aug 211969
- Orquesta Típica CorrientesNot in our catalogue1978
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Osvaldo Pugliese
MentiraOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeonCouples filmed dancing this recording · 20 Performances
Recorded the same day
What else Osvaldo Pugliese recorded on Sep 24, 1945.
Danced to it
Music from 1945 · danced on film 2014–2026
2014: 2, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2019: 3, 2021: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 2
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
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.
The one complete set on film
Maja Petrović and Marko Miljevic
2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1Un momentoAníbal Troilo, 1951
- 2El Tigre MillánJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
- 3MentiraOsvaldo Pugliese, 1945
- 4Milonga queridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
Read more
- EntryAlberto MoránSinger
- EntryLa mentirosa · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1954Recording
- EntryEn secreto · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1947Recording
- EntryHoy al recordarla · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945Recording
- EntryMentira · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1977Recording
- EntryPríncipe · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1946Recording
- EntryCobardía · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1950Recording
- EntryLlamame · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1950Recording
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Connected
From TangoTube's videos · our data
Danced at
- Viva La Pepa1 video
- Sunderland Club1 video
- La Boca Tango Festival1 video
Danced by
- Demian García2 videos
- Milena Plebs2 videos
- Maja Petrović2 videos
- Marko Miljevic2 videos
- Silvana Anfossi1 video
- Krishna Olmedo1 video
- Nida İnceoğlu1 video
- Samantha Dispari1 video
- Paula Emerick1 video
- Karina Colmeiro1 video
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Singers1
Sung by Alberto MoránSep 24, 1945
In other catalogues14
tango.info · 04024236201105-1-5
tango.info · 07798108080040-2-12
tango.info · 07798108080071-2-7
tango.info · 08427328130714-1-20
tango.info · 08427328130738-1-9
tango.info · 08712273036182-1-18
tango.info · 00077778132622-1-16
tango.info · 00724349537323-1-8
tango.info · 02480002005223-1-16
tango.info · 02480002101222-2-125
tango.info · 02480002122029-1-16
tango.info · 02480002334125-2-6
tango.info · 02480002709336-2-1
tango.info · 02480002709367-1-1
Is a1
Is a tango
Duration1
Duration 02:51
Audio feature14
Audio feature 114.8
Audio feature 0.933
Audio feature C
Audio feature minor
Audio feature 0.793
Audio feature -23.2
Audio feature 0.36
Audio feature 0.19
Audio feature 0.417
Audio feature 0.0
Audio feature 0.582
Audio feature 118.0
Audio feature 59.0
Audio feature step
Vocal1
Vocal sung
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