Figueroa began using the artistic name of "Chayanne" when he was a little kid. He auditioned for Menudo, but was told that at the time that he was too young for the group. He didn't give up and he heard that Titi Soto was trying to create a new group that would compete with Menudo, and so he went and tried out. He was chosen for the group and his meteoric rise to the top began.
That group, Los Chicos, made several #1 hits, including Puerto Rico Son Los Chicos, and Terremoto. And while it never achieved the popularity of Menudo, it did give Menudo good competition, becoming famous all over Latin America, participating in a movie (Coneccion Caribe), and producing millions of Los Chicos-related memorabilia like t-shirts, rulers, magazines etc.
After Los Chicos went bankrupt in 1984 and separated, Chayanne, having become famous all over Latin America, retired for a little while, moving to Mexico and staying in the background for a few years, so his fans wouldn't get tired of seeing him. In 1987, he came back like a storm, his first solo album producing the Spanish pop classic Fiesta En America. Chayanne was back. He became an instant pop idol all over Latin America again. He toured all over Latin America, and in 1989 he produced his second solo album, which produced another smash hit in Tu Pirata Soy Yo.
The 1990s brought some changes for Chayanne. He started acting, married Marilisa Maronese, with whom he formed a family, and moved to Miami. He is well known for fiercely protecting the privacy of his wife and children. His acting career has been extremely favorable. Some of his roles include portraying himself in Volver A Empezar, playing a Cuban dancer along with Vanessa L. Williams in Hollywood's Dance With Me, and a few soap operas in Argentina, including Provocame.
He has also kept on touring and producing CDs, and along with Ricky Martin, is considered to be Puerto Rico's biggest pop idol ever. Songs such as Salomé, Torero, Boom Boom, Enamorado, Atado A Tu Amor, No Te Preocupes Por Mi, Caprichosa or Y Tú Te Vas are some of his greatest hits.
In 2006 he had a small role with famous singer and actress Natalia Oreiro in Sos Mi Vida (an Argentinian telenovela). Chayanne, today, having moved beyond teen idol, is a full-fledged Puerto Rican superstar.
Torero
Chayanne Lyrics
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El corazón prendido allí en el calendario
Buscándote y buscando como un mercenario
Tú dime donde estás que yo no te he encontrado
Las manecillas giran, yo voy al contrario
Bebiéndome la vida a sorbos y a tragos
Me viste así de frente, qué tremendo impacto
Para unirme a tu mirada dime si hay que ser
Torero
Poner el alma en el ruedo
No importa lo que se venga
Pa' que sepas que te quiero
Como un buen torero (ole)
Me juego la vida por ti
Si hay que ser torero
Poner el alma en el ruedo
No importa lo que se venga
Pa que sepas que te quiero
Como un buen torero (ole)
Me juego la vida por ti
Te cuentan que ya me vieron solitario en un callejón
Que ya no duermo y desvarío, que el humor ya me cambió
Y tú por dónde estás que mi presión ya no me da
Te buscaré, vuelve conmigo porque tú no sabes
Que yo te necesito como el perro al amo
Que si tú no respondes, aquí todo es caos
Me viste así de frente, qué tremendo impacto
Para unirme a tu mirada dime
Si hay que ser torero
Poner el alma en el ruedo
No importa lo que se venga
Pa que sepas que te quiero
Como un buen torero (ole)
Me juego la vida por ti
Si hay que ser torero
Poner el alma en el ruedo
No importa lo que se venga
Pa que sepas que te quiero
Como un buen torero (ole)
Me juego la vida por ti
De noviembre hasta enero
Sé que te necesito
Ay de junio a febrero
Quiero que estés conmigo
Y en marzo el amor
En diciembre tú y yo
No importa mi amada
Si hay, si hay que ser
Torero
Poner el alma en el ruedo
No importa lo que se venga
Pa que sepas que te quiero
Como un buen torero (ole)
Me juego la vida por ti
Si hay que ser torero
Poner el alma en el ruedo
No importa lo que se venga
Pa que sepas que te quiero
Como un buen torero (torero)
Me juego la vida por ti
Si hay que ser torero
Poner el alma en el ruedo
No importa lo que se venga
Pa que sepas que te quiero
Como un buen torero (ole)
Me juego la vida por ti
Si hay que ser torero
Poner el alma en el ruedo
No importa lo que se venga
Pa que sepas que te quiero
Como un buen torero (ole)
Me juego la vida por ti
Si hay que ser torero
The song Torero by Chayanne talks about a man who is desperately searching for his love interest. The lyrics describe how the song's protagonist looks for and longs for his love interest every day of the week, all year long, like a mercenary. The man's search for his love interest leaves him feeling lost, struggling to find direction or meaning in his life, as he constantly searches for the woman who has captured his heart. He describes how he is drinking up life, taking it in sip by sip, hoping that one day he will find the woman he's been searching for.
The singer is deeply devoted to the woman he loves, sacrificing himself like a bullfighter in the ring. He puts everything on the line to win her heart, playing a game of love like a bullfighter does in a bullfighting match. He is determined to win the game, facing whatever challenges come his way. The song's chorus repeats the phrase "Torero" several times, implying that the man is ready to take on the world like a bullfighter and win his love's hand, no matter the odds.
Overall, the song Torero conveys powerful emotions of love, passion, desperation, and sacrifices. The singer is a dedicated lover who would stop at nothing to win his love interest's heart.
Line by Line Meaning
De lunes a domingo
Every day of the week
Voy desesperado
I go desperate
El corazón prendido
The heart on fire
Allí en el calendario
There on the calendar
Buscándote y buscando
Looking for you and searching
Como un mercenario
Like a mercenary
Tú dime donde estás
You tell me where you are
Que yo no te he encontrado
Because I haven't found you
Las manecillas giran
The clock hands turn
Yo voy al contrario
I go the opposite way
Bebiéndome la vida
Drinking life
A sorbos y a tragos
In sips and gulps
Me viste así de frente
You saw me like this face to face
Que tremendo impacto
What a tremendous impact
Para unirme a tu mirada
To join together with your gaze
Dime si hay que ser
Tell me if it has to be
Torero
Bullfighter
Poner el alma en el ruedo
Putting the soul in the ring
No importa lo que se venga
No matter what comes
Pa' que sepas que te quiero
So you know I love you
Como un buen torero
Like a good bullfighter
Me juego la vida por tí
I risk my life for you
Te dicen que ya me vieron
They tell you they already saw me
Solitario en un callejón
Solitary in an alleyway
Que ya no duermo y desvarío
That I don't sleep anymore and I'm delirious
Que el humor ya me cambió
That my mood already changed
Y tú por dónde estás
And where are you
Que mi presión ya no me da
That my pressure isn't giving me anything
Te buscaré, vuelve conmigo
I will look for you, come back to me
Porque tu no sabes
Because you don't know
Que yo te necesito
That I need you
Como el perro al amo
Like the dog to the owner
Aquí todo es caos
Here everything is chaos
De noviembre hasta enero
From November to January
Sé que te necesito
I know I need you
Ay de junio a febrero
Oh, from June to February
Quiero que estés conmigo
I want you to be with me
Y en marzo el amor
And in March, love
En diciembre tú y yo
In December, you and me
No importa mi amada
My beloved doesn't matter
Si hay, si hay que ser
If it has to be, it has to be
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Marcello Luiz Azevedo, F. Estefano Salgado
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