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Song

El otario

Music by Gerardo Metallo, lyrics by Juan Velich. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1950.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Cuarteto Típico Los Ases, 1941

  1. Alfredo De Angelis1950
  2. Cuarteto Típico Los Ases1941

Versions of El otario recorded 1941–1950

El otario is a tango.

El otario was composed by Gerardo Metallo.

The lyrics of El otario are by Juan Velich.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

6 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Gerardo Metallo
Words
Juan Velich
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 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1941 to 1950.
1940’50
Recordings of El otario 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 · 4 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.

  1. Alfredo De AngelisMost dancedEl otarioAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentalmilongaOdeon
    6 dances
    1950
  2. Cuarteto Típico Los AsesEarliest we holdEl otarioCuarteto Típico Los Asestango
    No match yet
    1941
  3. Vicente GrecoNot in our catalogue1912
  4. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueMay 211941
  5. Ariel PederneraNot in our catalogueOct 311951
  6. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue
All recordings of El otario

One recording

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

Alfredo De Angelis

El otarioAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentalmilongaOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 6 Performances

Demian García & Ines MuzzopappaWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072018 · 2:10

Danced to it

Music from 1941–1950 · danced on film 2016–2018

20162018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2016: 1, 2018: 2

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

  1. Francesca Del Buono and Santiago Castro

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El otarioAlfredo De Angelis, 1950
    2. 2Corazón encadenadoFrancisco Canaro, 1942
    3. 3EnsueñosNuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán), 1987
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Yo quiero para mí, para que sepas, tener siempre a mi lado a un hombre bien templado, no a un otario como vos, a un hombre que se juegue si llega la pasión, la vida

    Georgina Vargas · 12 NOTAS Canal 12 ENTREVISTA Completa Georgina Vargas

    open at 18:36

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every sentence cites a published fact

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/4987

tango.info · Z0000073274

MusicBrainz · 151212ac-6bcb-4221-bfa7-e2b9761772e9source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Gerardo Metallo

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Juan Velich

Listen

  1. El otarioCuarteto Típico Los Asestango
  2. El otarioAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentalmilongaOdeon

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