He entered onto the scene in the early 1990s, being the first rural bachatero to reach a mainstream audience with his hit "Voy pa'lla", shortly after Blas Durán had appropriated the electric guitar for the genre. Santos' adoption of soft romantic lyrics was more socially accepted than the bawdy cabaret style common to bachata before him, and he shortly became the genre's leading artist, helping move bachata into the Caribbean Latino mainstream.
Antony Santos is currently the best paid bachatero in the Dominican Republic. He has already signed the contract to offer a concert in Puerto Rico at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, a venue with a seating capacity of 10,000 people. This concert was on May 12, 2007 and he's said to have been paid an unprecedented US$90,000 for this one presentation alone.
El Chico Del Apartamento 5-12
Antony Santos Lyrics
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Por mi pasillo
Nunca llego a mi puerta
Sin oir el chiflido
De un chavo que me dice
Que me esta esperando
Lo que el debia hacer
Y un aburrido me detiene otra vez
Y yo le finjo interes
Cuando de pronto sale del ascensor
La imagen de mis sueños
El que yo quiero para mi dueño
(coro)
El chico del apartamento 512
Es el que hace a mi pobre corazon saltar
Es a quien le hago cartas noche y dia
Que no puedo entregar
El chico del apartamento 512
Es el que me hace tartamuda y mas
Es en quien yo pienso y sueño noche y dia
El, solo el
Y un viejo me invita, chica ven a verme
Y le digo, no me caen los viejos rabos verdes
Y camino a mi cuarto muy lentamente
Con la esperanza de verlo
Y cuando sale a caminar
Me saluda con una sonrisa
Que de veras me conquista
(Coro)
Pere hoy por fin me he decidido de veras
Todo mi amor a confersarle
Toco su puerta y se me enchina la piel
Y me contesta una güera
Y mi corazon se quiebra
(Coro)
De veras que que senti mi corazon quebrandose
Cuando de repente me pregunto
¿Buscabas a mi hermano?
(Coro)
El chico del apartamento 512
Es el que hace a mi pobre corazon saltar
Es a quien le hago cartas noche y dia
Que no puedo entregar
El chico del apartamento 512
(4x)
The song "El Chico Del Apartamento 5-12" by Antony Santos is about a girl who lives in an apartment complex and falls in love with a guy who lives in apartment 512. She describes her daily routine, walking through the hallway and hearing a guy whistle at her, but she doesn't pay him much attention because she is in love with the guy in apartment 512. She fantasizes about him day and night, writing letters to him that she can't bring herself to deliver.
The chorus of the song repeats that the guy in apartment 512 makes her heart skip a beat and is the one she thinks about day and night. She is determined to tell him about her feelings one day, but when she finally gets the courage to knock on his door, she is greeted by his sister instead. Her heart breaks, realizing that the guy she has been dreaming about is not available.
The song captures the universal feeling of unrequited love and the frustration of not being able to express your feelings to someone you admire from afar. It also touches on the disappointment and heartache that come with hoping for something that may never materialize.
Line by Line Meaning
Cada dia es igual
Every day is the same
Por mi pasillo
Through my hallway
Nunca llego a mi puerta
I never make it to my door
Sin oir el chiflido
Without hearing the whistle
De un chavo que me dice
From a guy who tells me
Que me esta esperando
That he's waiting for me
Lo que el debia hacer
What he should do
Es ir y darse un baño
Is to go take a bath
Y un aburrido me detiene otra vez
And a boring guy stops me once again
Y yo le finjo interes
And I pretend to be interested
Cuando de pronto sale del ascensor
When suddenly he comes out of the elevator
La imagen de mis sueños
The image of my dreams
El que yo quiero para mi dueño
The one I want as my owner
(coro)
(chorus)
El chico del apartamento 512
The guy from apartment 512
Es el que hace a mi pobre corazon saltar
He's the one who makes my poor heart skip a beat
Es a quien le hago cartas noche y dia
He's the one to whom I write letters day and night
Que no puedo entregar
That I can't deliver
El chico del apartamento 512
The guy from apartment 512
Es el que me hace tartamuda y mas
He's the one who makes me stutter and more
Es en quien yo pienso y sueño noche y dia
He's who I think about and dream of day and night
El, solo el
Him, only him
Y un viejo me invita, chica ven a verme
And an old man invites me, girl come see me
Y le digo, no me caen los viejos rabos verdes
And I say to him, I don't like old perverts
Y camino a mi cuarto muy lentamente
And I walk to my room very slowly
Con la esperanza de verlo
With the hope of seeing him
Y cuando sale a caminar
And when he goes out for a walk
Me saluda con una sonrisa
He greets me with a smile
Que de veras me conquista
That truly conquers me
(Coro)
(Chorus)
Pere hoy por fin me he decidido de veras
But today I've finally decided for real
Todo mi amor a confersarle
To confess all my love to him
Toco su puerta y se me enchina la piel
I knock on his door and my skin gets goosebumps
Y me contesta una güera
And a blonde answers me
Y mi corazon se quiebra
And my heart breaks
(Coro)
(Chorus)
De veras que que senti mi corazon quebrandose
Truly, I felt my heart breaking
Cuando de repente me pregunto
When suddenly he asked me
¿Buscabas a mi hermano?
Were you looking for my brother?
(Coro)
(Chorus)
El chico del apartamento 512
The guy from apartment 512
Es el que hace a mi pobre corazon saltar
He's the one who makes my poor heart skip a beat
Es a quien le hago cartas noche y dia
He's the one to whom I write letters day and night
Que no puedo entregar
That I can't deliver
El chico del apartamento 512
The guy from apartment 512
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@adonisreyes6420
Este tema está súper bien entonado 🤙🤙🤙🤙
@joseviniciorosario7984
excelente interpretación de susy espinal.
y el sonido pegajoso del más grande bachatero que ha partido la república Dominicana
el mayimbe Anthony Santos.
@domingomartinez5439
Excelente tema
@domingomartinez5439
Me encanta
@carloscastillo7262
Durísimo
@victoramaro9373
Tremenda adaptación esa el mayimbe es el mejor sin lugar a dudas
@aleximejia3009
El mas duro antoni santos
@yasminmonegro8937
Me encanta esa vaina
@domingomartinez5439
El mejor siempre sinduda
@jorgemedina6611
Esa cancion El Chico del Apartmento 512 la canta Selena.