Recording
La Cumparsita
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
- Released
- 1916
- On one list
- Tango
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Ranked No. 1 in Tango
Written by a Uruguayan student and now the tune every tango evening ends with, everywhere on earth. Its authorship was litigated for decades, which is very much in the spirit of the thing.