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Yo soy el tango

Music by Domingo Federico, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1968.
1941: 2 · danced 130 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times
1941’50’601968
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1941: 2, 130; 1968: 1, 0

  1. 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

1940’50’60

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Mar 4
    126 dances
    1941
  2. Miguel CalóAlberto Podestá · Odeon · Jun 12
    4 dances
    1941
  3. Armando PontierJorge Durán · Apr 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  4. -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

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

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.

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance
Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Domingo Federico

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/851

Single source

tango.info · T0370170414

Single source

MusicBrainz · df0a8953-f441-4fb8-b0ad-df03d8ff2434source

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Published1

Published 1941

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

Single source

Used in lyric1

compadrear — used in lyric Yo soy el tango

Single source

Listen

  1. Yo soy el tangoAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1941
  2. Yo soy el tangoMiguel Caló · Alberto Podestá1941
  3. Yo soy el tangoArmando Pontier · Jorge Durán · no clip yet1968

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