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Qué importa · Juan D'Arienzo · 1939

Juan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor
Music by Ricardo Tanturi, lyrics by Juan Carlos Thorry. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–1939.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1939

  1. Juan D'ArienzoAlberto Echagüe1939
  2. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá1939

Pinned at 1939 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: Faster with Polito, 1938–1939

Qué importa · Juan D'Arienzo · 1939 was sung by Alberto Echague.† Qué importa · Juan D'Arienzo · 1939 is a tango.† Qué importa · Juan D'Arienzo · 1939 lasts 02:17.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

138 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Ricardo Tanturi
Words
Juan Carlos Thorry
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Poco tiempo atrás era tu querer la luz que alumbraba mi existencia y para los dos, fue tan sólo ayer, mo existía la palabra ausencia. El nuestro era el amor de los veinte años, amor de Margarita y de Duval. Pero, lo de siempre, un desengaño al final nos tuvo que apartar. ¡Qué importa que me digan que has cambiado y un brillante has colocado en el sitio del corazón! ¡Qué importa si te fuiste de mi lado, sólo yo sé porque fue tu cariño lo pagué con maldad y con traición.

English · machine translation

A short time ago it was your love the light that illuminated my existence and for both of us, it was only yesterday, there was no such word as absence. Ours was the love of twenty years, love of Marguerite and Duval. But, as always, a disillusionment in the end had to separate us. What does it matter that they tell me that you have changed and a shining you have placed in the place of the heart! What does it matter if you left my side, only I know why it was your affection I paid for it with wickedness and betrayal.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1939 to 1939.
1930
Recordings of Qué importa · Juan D'Arienzo · 1939 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, 1939, with 99% of the 138 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

15 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.

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedQué importaJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor
    137 dances · 99%
    1939
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdQué importaFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
    1 dance · <1%
    1939

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Qué importaJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 134 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Sep 27, 1939.

  1. De antañoJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüemilongaRCA Victor
  2. Santa MilonguitaJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor
  3. Don PacificoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1939 · danced on film 2009–2026

20092026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2012: 13, 2013: 3, 2014: 3, 2015: 7, 2016: 14, 2017: 19, 2018: 8, 2019: 6, 2020: 2, 2021: 3, 2022: 7, 2023: 4, 2024: 7, 2026: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club JuvenilAlmagro
    1 performance
  2. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance
  3. Salón CanningPalermo
    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 14 complete sets on film

  1. Guille Barrionuevo and Mariela Sametband

    2017 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1RawsonJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
    2. 2MarionetaAlfredo De Angelis, 1943
    3. 3Qué importaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    4. 4AtanicheJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Roberto Zuccarino and Virginia Pandolfi

    2022 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Jamás retornarásMiguel Caló, 1942
    2. 2Qué importaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    3. 3Nos encontramos al pasarLucio Demare, 1945
    4. 4Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Katy Simonova and Stanislav Fursov

    SULTANS OF ISTANBUL · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Qué importaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    2. 2Duelo criolloCarlos Di Sarli, 1946
    3. 3Silueta porteñaFrancisco Canaro, 1936
    4. 4El adiósOsvaldo Pugliese, 1963
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Milonga del 83Juan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 5 Performances
  2. 2Cabeza de noviaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3RawsonJuan D'Arienzo, 1936 · danced together in 3 Performances
  4. 4La cicatrizJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6Recuerdos de la PampaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7De antañoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8Decime qué pasóCarlos Di Sarli, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9Gime el vientoAníbal Troilo, 1943 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10Y la perdiAníbal Troilo, 1947 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 02480002332916-2-6

tango.info · 08427328130431-1-21

tango.info · 02480002337133-2-5

tango.info · 02480002761679-1-1

tango.info · 02480002003069-1-10

tango.info · 02480002027720-1-20

Singers1

Sung by Alberto Echague (the catalogue credits Alberto Echagüe)

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:17

Audio feature15

Audio feature 136.0

Audio feature 0.965

Audio feature E

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.7

Audio feature -24.4

Audio feature 0.337

Audio feature 0.526

Audio feature 0.472

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.527

Audio feature 136.2

Audio feature 68.1

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Qué importaFrancisco CanaroErnesto Famá

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