# Tango in "Some Like It Hot"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tango-in-some-like-it-hot/101839>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 4, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tango-in-some-like-it-hot/101839 "2002-04-04T19:02:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tango-in-some-like-it-hot/101839/1 "2002-04-04T19:02:21Z")

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In the movie “Some Like It Hot” Jack Lemmon (in drag) dances a wickedly funny tango with Joe E. Brown.

I want the song they are dancing to, but I can’t find the name of it via Google. I checked the soundtrack, but it did not have any likley sounding titles. I’d swear I can hear the tune of it in other tango pieces, so perhaps it is a traditional air. Does anybody know the name or a recodrding?

Thanks for any help.

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**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tango-in-some-like-it-hot/101839/2 "2002-04-04T20:51:33Z")

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Here’s the link to the imdb [soundtrack listing](http://us.imdb.com/Soundtracks?0053291) . From glancing at the titles, could it be “La Cumparsita?”