The ubiquitous "tango" song...

While I'm sure there are more than I can think of at the moment, and "Forever Tango" aside, does it seem like there are a lot of tango-themed songs in non-tango-related musicals?

"Tango Maureen" from Rent, "Morphine Tango" from Spider Woman, "El Tango de Roxanne" from Moulin Rouge, "Cell Block Tango" from Chicago and another one or two I can't quite remember...

Would this count as a its own genre of song types? Moving the story along with a tango-influenced song that has tango in the title? Sort of like "Requiem for ___" or "_____'s Theme."

Anyone think of others?

" Tango of Roses " - - - - -

Doesn't The Threepenny Opera have The Tango Ballade?

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There's "The Sailor's Tango" in HAPPY END by Weill & Brecht.

There's a wonderful song called "Tango Tragique" in SHE LOVES ME. Unfortunately, it was cur from the Roundabout revival and is no longer included in the licensed version.

"Whatever Lola Wants" from DAMN YANKEES has a tango rhythm.

There are tango sections in FOLLIES )(Vincent and Vanessa) and GRAND HOTEL.

In the 1962 Off-Broadway revision of ANYTHING GOES (the one that available before the Lincoln Cemter version) Sir Evelyn and Reno's rendition of "Let's Misbehave" had a tango section.

In the recent revival of NINE, Chita Rivera did a tango with Antonio Banderas during her big number.

In the Marx Brothers bio-musical MINNIE'S BOYS, Groucho sings the tango "You Remind Me of You" to the Margaret Dumont-esque character.

And in A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE, the Groucho character sings the tango "Natasha" to the Margaret Dumont-esque character.

"I'd be Surprisingly Good for You"

Aldolpho from Drowsy Chaperone

That segment in Timeless to Me in the Hairspray movie

Lumière and Babette's tango during Be Our Guest in BEAUTY, one of their shining moments. =)

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Bare Naked Lads Singing in Provincetown do their OWN rendition of the ubiquitous tango song - take off from the one in CHICAGO - "they should have been ashamed" - FUNNY OMG 'crack whore, uh-oh' you'll HOWL!

"What the F*uck Was That?" from Evil Dead: The Musical

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