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Song

Mala pinta

Music by Francisco de Caro, Julio de Caro. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1956.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Julio De Caro, 1928

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese1944
  2. Julio De Caro19281951
  3. Carlos Figari1956

Versions of Mala pinta recorded 1928–1956

Mala pinta was composed by Julio De Caro and Francisco De Caro.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

23 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco de Caro, Julio de Caro
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 3 orchestras, 1928 to 1956.
1920’30’40’50
Recordings of Mala pinta 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 · 1 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. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedMala pintaOsvaldo PugliesetangoOdeon
    22 dances
    1944
  3. Carlos FigariMala pintaCarlos Figaritango
    No match yet
    1956
  4. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Mala pinta

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

Mala pintaOsvaldo PugliesetangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 21 Performances

Sebastian Jimenez & Agostina TarchiniWorld Champion · Tango Escenario 2017 · World Champion · Tango de Salón 20102022 · 2:53

Danced to it

Music from 1928–1956 · danced on film 2012–2025

20122025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 3, 2015: 1, 2018: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sPancho Martinez Pey & Milena Plebs2012
  2. The 2020sSebastian Jimenez & Agostina Tarchini2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances

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 2 complete sets on film

  1. Emiliano Pilloni and Pamela Marmo

    2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Mala pintaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    2. 2En el salónRicardo Tanturi, 1944
    3. 3La espuelaJuan D'Arienzo, 1946
    4. 4TucumánJuan D'Arienzo, 1950
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Anita Ponce and Julio Saavedra

    2024 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1No esperaba verte másCarlos Di Sarli, 1946
    2. 2Contra luzJuan D'Arienzo, 1947
    3. 3Mala pintaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    4. 4El desafíoMiguel Caló, 1944
    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 · T0370086784

TodoTango · tema/424

Composer2

Composed by Julio De Caro

Composed by Francisco De Caro

Listen

  1. Mala pintaJulio De Carotango
  2. Mala pintaOsvaldo PugliesetangoOdeon
  3. Mala pintaJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
  4. Mala pintaCarlos Figaritango

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