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Song

Chacabuqueando

Music by Roberto Alvarez. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1982–2014.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Pugliese, 1982

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese19821985
  2. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)19962014

Versions of Chacabuqueando recorded 1982–2014

Chacabuqueando was composed by Roberto Alvarez.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

20 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Roberto Alvarez
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1982 to 2014.
1980’90’00’10
Recordings of Chacabuqueando by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  3. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogue1989
  4. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueJun 261989
All recordings of Chacabuqueando

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

ChacabuqueandoOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 20 Performances

Javier Rodríguez & Moira CastellanoArgentina Tango Salon Festival · 2022 · 3:35

Danced to it

Music from 1982–2014 · danced on film 2017–2025

20172025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2017: 4, 2019: 4, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 4, 2025: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJavier Rodríguez & Fatima VitaleMoscow Tango Holidays · 2019
  2. The 2020sJavier Rodríguez & Moira CastellanoArgentina Tango Salon Festival · 2022

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.

2 of 3 complete sets on film

  1. Fatima Vitale and Javier Rodríguez

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

    1. 1Tres esquinasÁngel D'Agostino, 1941
    2. 2Saca chispasJulio De Caro, 1938
    3. 3ChacabuqueandoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1982
    4. 4Indio mansoCarlos Di Sarli, 1958
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Javier Rodríguez and Moira Castellano

    Argentina Tango Salon Festival, 2022 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1ChacabuqueandoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1982
    2. 2Sencillo y compadreAníbal Troilo, 1941
    3. 3Del tiempo guapoAníbal Troilo, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0371947351

TodoTango · tema/1418

Composer1

Composed by Roberto Alvarez

Listen

  1. ChacabuqueandoOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. ChacabuqueandoOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  3. ChacabuqueandoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)tango
  4. ChacabuqueandoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)tango

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