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Song

Espérame en el cielo

Music by Paquito López Vidal. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1957–1957.

Espérame en el cielo was composed by Paquito López Vidal.†

Credit

Music
Paquito López Vidal

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1950

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

  1. Rodolfo BiagiMost dancedHugo Duval · Columbia · May 24
    32 dances
    1957
  2. Enrique FranciniEarliest we holdRoberto Rufino · RCA Victor · Apr 3
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  3. Los señores del tangoNot in our catalogueOscar Serpa1957
  4. Rodolfo BiagiNot in our catalogueHugo Duval · May 241958

Lyrics

Español

Espérame en el cielo, corazón, Si es que te vas primero, Espérame que pronto yo me iré Allá donde tú estés. Espérame en el cielo, corazón, Si es que te vas primero, Espérame en el cielo, corazón, Para empezar de nuevo. Nuestro amor es tan grande y tan grande Que nunca termina, Y esta vida es tan corta y no basta Para nuestro idilio. Por eso yo te pido, por favor Me esperes en el cielo, Y allá entre las nubes de algodón Tendrás por fin mi amor.

English · machine translation

Wait for me in heaven, my heart, If you go first, Wait for me that soon I'll be gone Wherever you are. Wait for me in heaven, my heart, If you go first, Wait for me in heaven, my heart, To start all over again. Our love is so big and so great That it never ends, And this life is so short and not enough For our idyll. That's why I ask you, please Wait for me in heaven, And there among the cotton clouds You'll have my love at last.

Danced to it

Music from 1957 · danced on film 2008–2024

20082024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 3, 2015: 1, 2016: 3, 2017: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 3, 2022: 2, 2024: 2

Maximiliano Cristiani & Karina ColmeiroWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20132016 · 3:34

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDamian Rosenthal & Céline Ruiz2009
  2. The 2010sMaximiliano Cristiani & Karina Colmeiro2016
  3. The 2020sVeronica Toumanova & Asya Moiseeva2024

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Paquito López Vidal

Single source

In other catalogues2

tango.info · Z0000580399

Single source

TodoTango · tema/3873

Single source

Listen

  1. Espérame en el cieloEnrique Francini · Roberto Rufino · no clip yet1957
  2. Espérame en el cieloRodolfo Biagi · Hugo Duval1957

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