Volver (song)

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"Volver"
Sheet music of the tango Volver.jpg
Sheet music of the tango Volver, 1961.
Song
Genre Tango
Length2:48
Songwriter(s) Composer: Carlos Gardel
Lyricist: Alfredo Le Pera

Volver is a tango song created in 1934 by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera. Gardel composed and performed the music, and Le Pera wrote the lyrics. This tango has been covered by multiple singers, including Luis Miguel, Julio Iglesias, Libertad Lamarque, Los Panchos, Elisa [1] and Andres Calamaro.

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Also singers like Caetano Veloso, Concha Buika and Dulce Pontes performed it on stage.

The title of Pedro Almodóvar’s film Volver (2006) is inspired by this tango. [2] The song is also sung in one of the film’s scenes. [3]

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References

  1. "Tango Macondo: Musica di Paolo Fresu e voci di Malika Ayane, Tosca ed Elisa". 26 October 2021.
  2. Rapetti, Alejandro (2022-07-11). ""Volver", la canción más nostálgica de todos los tiempos y el designio trágico que siempre la acompañará". LA NACION (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  3. "La banda sonora de la filmografía de Pedro Almodóvar: las grandes canciones de sus mejores películas". EuropaFM (in Spanish). 2024-10-18. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  4. estrella-morente.es (ed.). "Estrella Morente". Archived from the original on 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  5. sonymusic.es, ed. (30 September 2015). "El original y mejor grupo de música clásica crossover Il Divo lanzan su esperado nuevo álbum 'AMOR & PASION' a través de Syco Music".