Early life
David Archuleta was born to Jeff Archuleta and Lupe Marie, a salsa singer and dancer from Honduras. Archuleta has four siblings. Archuleta's family moved to the Salt Lake Valley, to the city of Sandy, Utah, when Archuleta was six. He was raised in Murray, Utah after moving there when he was 6 years old.
Archuleta started singing at age six, inspired by a Les Misérables video. "That musical is what started all of this," he said. He started performing publicly at age 10 when he participated in the Utah Talent Competition singing "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton; he received a standing ovation and won the Child Division.
Archuleta was inspired by watching both Tamyra Gray and Kelly Clarkson to "see what performing and really getting into a song was like" during the beginning weeks of the premiere season of American Idol. He later made his television debut, at eleven years old, singing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" on a Jenny Jones show for future Latino stars alongside season one finalist A.J. Gil. Through A.J. Gil he was able to meet and sing for Gray who had sung the song on American Idol as well as Clarkson (that year's winner) and Justin Guarini (the runner up).
Musical influences
Archuleta's mother is from Honduras, and much of the music he listened to as a child was Latin-influenced including watching his mom sing at events with her sisters. She also "was big on dancing" according to Archuleta, and would "make" him dance to traditional music with his older sister. He also listened to jazz music, he said, from his father's collection as well as gospel, pop, rock and "soulful music." In a later interview, he revealed that his father was a jazz musician. Archuleta also said he enjoys Broadway musicals.
On his American Idol "Fast Facts" page, Archuleta cites his musical influences as Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Kirk Franklin and Bryan Adams. When asked to list his top pop artists, he cited Natasha Bedingfield, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, Kirk Franklin, and Robbie Williams. Like Elliot Yamin and another singer he admires, John Mayer, Archuleta tries to infuse his pop selections with a soulful vibe.
Star Search
In 2003, at age 12, Archuleta sang on several episodes of the television show Star Search. He ended up as the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2. On one episode, he sang against then-11-year-old Alexandréa Lushington, who also became a "top 20" semi-finalist on American Idol alongside Archuleta. Around the second year of being on Star Search he started focusing on the lyrics, "I didn't even pay attention to the lyrics when I was 12, 13".
Archuleta's competing on Star Search led to appearances on The Jenny Jones Show and CBS' The Early Show, and meeting the finalists from American Idol's first season, for whom he performed a spontaneous a cappella rendition of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls, and received enthusiastic praise from Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson. The year after Star Search he found out he had partial vocal paralysis but declined risky surgery and has said he feels he is almost fully recovered. He limited his singing for specific occasions like Stadium of Fire, the Independence Day celebration at Brigham Young University Stadium.
American Idol
Archuleta won his ticket to the Hollywood final auditions (with a performance of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change") with the help of idol judge, Randy Jackson, who sang the background "waiting" in the song. (at the San Diego tryouts held at Qualcomm Stadium July 30 and July 31, 2007) He was 16 during the Hollywood auditions (where he sang Bryan Adams' "Heaven" and Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" to unanimous praise) and because he was not yet 18, had to attend school while a part of American Idol's seventh season. His parents were there because he was a minor. Archuleta also took advantage of the decision to allow contestants to play musical instruments when he accompanied himself on piano for his performances of "Another Day in Paradise" and "Angels."
A Los Angeles Times article speculated why Archuleta avoided singing the first verse of "Imagine": because "of his religion (Mormonism), he's unlikely to espouse the song's agnostic ideal . . . with the line about 'no religion too.'" Archuleta did, however, sing the entire song on Good Things Utah when he was 13. During his first performance of Imagine on American Idol, when asked by judge Randy Jackson why he didn't sing the first verse, Archuleta said the third verse was his favorite because it has "a great message."
In the finale he sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," "In This Moment" and "Imagine." Judge Simon Cowell declared that Archuleta won the evening and even David Cook, who ultimately won, thought Archuleta would win: "I have to concede it, the kid came out all three songs and nailed it," said Cook. In the final tally, Archuleta received 44 percent of the votes. During the finale show, both Archuleta and fellow finalist Cook appeared in separate but nearly identical commercials for the game franchise Guitar Hero, mimicking a Tom Cruise scene from Risky Business.
Maybe
David Archuleta Lyrics
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Hoping that you'll understand
The things I wanna say
As my love went stronger than before
I wanna see you more and more
But you closed your door
Why don't you try to open up your heart
I won't take so much of your time
Maybe it's wrong to say please love me too
'Cause I know you'll never do
Somebody else is waitin' there inside for you
Maybe it's wrong to love you more each day
'Cause I know he's here to stay
But I know to whom you should belong
I believe what you said to me
We should set each other free
That's how you want it to be
But my love went stronger than before
I wanna see you more and more
But you closed your door
Why don't you try to open up your heart
I won't take so much of your time
Maybe it's wrong to say please love me too
'Cause I know you'll never do
Somebody else is waitin' there inside for you
Maybe it's wrong to love you more each day
'Cause I know he's here to stay
But my love is strong
I don't know if this is wrong
But I know to whom you should belong
Ohh, yeah yeah
Ohhh ohh
Maybe it's wrong to say please love me too
'Cause I know you'll never do
Somebody else is waitin' there inside for you
Maybe it's wrong to love you more each day
'Cause I know he's here to stay
But my love is strong
I don't know if this is wrong
But I know to whom you should belong
David Archuleta's "Maybe" is a song about longing for a person who is with someone else. The song narrates the struggle of the singer who wants to express his love but the other person is already taken. The singer sees his love for that person getting stronger each day but realizes that he/she may never reciprocate it as there is somebody else in their life. The singer is conflicted about expressing his feelings, as he is aware that another person is already in a relationship with the one he loves. Despite this, he still longs for the affection of his love interest and feels that his love should belong to him or her because his feelings are strong, even though it seems unreasonable.
The lyrics showcase the pain of unrequited love, a situation that many people can relate to. The singer tries to come to terms with the situation and move on, but his feelings for this person are too strong, and he cannot help but think about and long for them. The chorus of the song emphasizes this dilemma, as the singer contemplates the right way to express his affection, but ultimately decides that he knows to whom his love should belong.
Overall, "Maybe" is a song that expresses the struggle and pain of unrequited love. It is a relatable song for anyone who has had a crush on someone who has already moved on. The lyrics are beautifully written, and David Archuleta's emotive delivery adds to the song's emotional impact.
Line by Line Meaning
There I was waiting for a chance
I was waiting for an opportunity
Hoping that you'll understand
Hoping you'll comprehend
The things I wanna say
The things I want to express
As my love went stronger than before
As my affection grew even more intense
I wanna see you more and more
I desire to see you repeatedly
But you closed your door
But you rejected me
Why don't you try to open up your heart
Why don't you attempt to be more open-minded
I won't take so much of your time
I won't demand too much of your time
Maybe it's wrong to say please love me too
Perhaps it's incorrect to ask you to love me too
'Cause I know you'll never do
Since I am aware that you will never do
Somebody else is waitin' there inside for you
Another person is waiting for you
Maybe it's wrong to love you more each day
Possibly it's incorrect to love you more every day
'Cause I know he's here to stay
Since I know he's here to stay
But I know to whom you should belong
However, I know who you truly belong with
I believe what you said to me
I believe what you told me
We should set each other free
We should liberate each other
That's how you want it to be
That's what you desire
But my love went stronger than before
However, my love grew even more intense
Maybe it's wrong to say please love me too
Perhaps it's incorrect to ask you to love me too
'Cause I know you'll never do
Since I am aware that you will never do
Somebody else is waitin' there inside for you
Another person is waiting for you
Maybe it's wrong to love you more each day
Possibly it's incorrect to love you more every day
'Cause I know he's here to stay
Since I know he's here to stay
But my love is strong
However, my love is still strong
I don't know if this is wrong
I'm not sure if this is incorrect
But I know to whom you should belong
But I know who you truly belong with
Ohh, yeah yeah
An exclamation expressing emotion
Ohhh ohh
An exclamation expressing emotion
Maybe it's wrong to say please love me too
Perhaps it's incorrect to ask you to love me too
'Cause I know you'll never do
Since I am aware that you will never do
Somebody else is waitin' there inside for you
Another person is waiting for you
Maybe it's wrong to love you more each day
Possibly it's incorrect to love you more every day
'Cause I know he's here to stay
Since I know he's here to stay
But my love is strong
However, my love is still strong
I don't know if this is wrong
I'm not sure if this is incorrect
But I know to whom you should belong
But I know who you truly belong with
Contributed by Anthony N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
nhate08
woooooah! I was surprised that you sang this song 😍 So beautiful!
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Ganda Ng version mo 😊
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