Song
Yo soy el tango
1941: 2, 130; 1968: 1, 0
Aníbal Troilo’s 1941 version holds 96% of its dancing (126 of 130).
How we know
Of the dances to its 3 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.
Yo soy el tango was composed by Domingo Federico.
Yo soy el tango is a tango.
Yo soy el tango was published in 1941.
The lyrics of Yo soy el tango are by Homero Expósito.
every sentence cites a published fact
Credit
- Music
- Domingo Federico
- Lyrics
- Homero Expósito
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Mar 4126 dances1941
- Miguel CalóAlberto Podestá · Odeon · Jun 124 dances1941
- Armando PontierJorge Durán · Apr 17Not danced on film yet1968
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Palacios · Jun 171941
Lyrics
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Soy el tango milongón nacido en los suburbios malevos y turbios. Hoy, que estoy en el salón, me saben amansado, dulzón y cansado. Pa' qué creer, pa' qué mentir que estoy cambiado, si soy el mismo de ayer. Escuchen mi compás ¿No ven que soy gotán? Me quiebro en mi canción como un puñal de acero pa' cantar una traición. Me gusta , soy reo pa' bailar, escuchen mi compás: Yo soy el viejo tango que nació en el arrabal. Hoy, que tengo que callar, que sufro el desengaño, la moda y los años. Voy, costumbre de gotán, mordiendo en mis adentros la rabia que siento. Pa' qué creer, pa' qué mentir que estoy muriendo, si yo jamás moriré.
English · machine translation
I am the tango milongón born in the suburbs and murky suburbs. Today, I am in the salon, they know me tame, sweet and tired. Why believe, why lie that I've changed, if I'm the same as yesterday. Listen to my beat Can't you see that I'm a gotán? I break in my song like a steel dagger to sing a betrayal. I like to chum, I'm a prisoner to dance, listen to my beat: I am the old tango that was born in the slum. Today, I have to keep quiet, that I suffer the disillusionment, fashion and the years. I go, the custom of gotán, biting inside me the rage I feel. Why believe, why lie that I'm dying if I will never die.
Danced to it
Music from 1941–1968 · danced on film 2006–2026
2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2011: 6, 2012: 4, 2013: 3, 2014: 11, 2015: 11, 2016: 10, 2017: 7, 2018: 3, 2019: 21, 2020: 4, 2022: 1, 2023: 5, 2024: 4, 2025: 7, 2026: 4
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by Domingo Federico
Supported · 2In other catalogues3
TodoTango · tema/851
Single sourcetango.info · T0370170414
Single sourceMusicBrainz · df0a8953-f441-4fb8-b0ad-df03d8ff2434source
Single sourceIs a1
Is a Tango
Single sourcePublished1
Published 1941
Single sourceLyricist1
Lyrics by Homero Expósito
Single sourceUsed in lyric1
compadrear — used in lyric Yo soy el tango
Single sourceListen
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