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Dos fracasos

Music by Miguel Caló, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–2014.
1941: 1 · danced 109 times1963: 1 · danced 0 times2014: 1 · danced 11 times
1941’50’60’70’80’90’002014
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1941: 1, 109; 1963: 1, 0; 2014: 1, 11

  1. Miguel Caló’s 1941 version holds 90% of its dancing (109 of 120).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 3 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Miguel Caló recorded it in 1941 and 1963.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Dos fracasos was composed by Miguel Caló.

Dos fracasos is a tango.

The lyrics of Dos fracasos are by Homero Expósito.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Miguel Caló
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedAlberto Podestá · Odeon · Jul 31
    109 dances
    1941
  2. Miguel CalóLuis Correa · Odeon · Nov 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1963
  3. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciEl Chino Laborde
    11 dances
    2014

Lyrics

Español

Me sorprendí cuando te hallé como un dolor, sin palabras, la voz mareada de copas se me anudó en la garganta. Quise gritar, pero pa' qué si al fin yo estoy igual. Sueños que gastamos conversando cuando nos hablábamos de amor. Horas que ya están en el olvido, sensación de haber perdido la esperanza en el adiós. Rabia de sabernos tan cambiados, miedo de gritar esta verdad. Somos dos fracasos que se amaron y partieron y olvidaron y hoy se miran asombrados de morder la realidad. Vuelve otra vez a tu rincón que yo me voy con los años. Ya llueve plata en mis sienes y hay un dolor en tus manos. Pa' qué llorar todo el ayer si ya no puede ser.

English · machine translation

I was surprised when I found you like a pain, without words, my voice dizzy with drinks knotted in my throat. I wanted to scream, but what's the use if at last I'm the same. Dreams that we spend talking when we talked about love. Hours that are already forgotten, feeling of having lost the hope of goodbye. Anger of knowing we are so changed, fear of shouting this truth. We are two failures who loved each other and left and forgot and today they look at each other in amazement of biting reality. Come back again to your corner I'm leaving with the years. It's already raining silver on my temples and there is a pain in your hands. Why cry all of yesterday if it can't be anymore.

Danced to it

Music from 1941–2014 · danced on film 2006–2026

20062026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2010: 3, 2011: 8, 2012: 7, 2013: 9, 2014: 9, 2015: 8, 2016: 7, 2017: 5, 2018: 3, 2019: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 4, 2026: 3

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    4 performances
  2. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    2 performances
  3. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  4. Círculo TrovadorVicente López
    1 performance
  5. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  6. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Miguel Caló

Supported · 2

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/1160

Single source

tango.info · T0370169473

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

Single source

Listen

  1. Dos fracasosMiguel Caló · Alberto Podestá1941
  2. Dos fracasosMiguel Caló · Luis Correa1963
  3. Dos fracasosOrquesta Típica Sans Souci · El Chino Laborde2014

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