Information about the famous tango song "Por Una Cabeza"

2. – Por una cabeza

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"Por una Cabeza" is an tango song
with music and lyrics written in 1935
by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le
Pera respectively.

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The name is a Spanish horse-racing
phrase meaning "by a head", which
refers to a horse winning a race by the
length of one head.

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The lyrics speak of a
compulsive horsetrack gambler who
compares
his addiction for
horses with his
attraction to women.

9. 
The tango has since been performed
by numerous tango orchestras.

11. 
Tango scenes with "Por una Cabeza"
appear in various films or the song
itself is mentioned.

13. 
The most famous tango scene is the
one in the film “Scent of a
Woman”, starring Al Pacino.