Talking about Guadalupe Pineda is to talk of a voice and a style that have … Read Full Bio ↴Talking about Guadalupe Pineda is to talk of a voice and a style that have marked the musical scene in Mexico and Latin America.

She's been worthy of innumerable recognitions, awards and special mentions from the critics. Guadalupe Pineda has proved through 30 years of career that quality and purity of music are not opposed to the popular approval.

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Guadalupe moved to Mexico City where she got her roots since early age. After studying Sociology at the faculty of Politic Sciences (UNAM), started a career as singer in samll forums and coffee shops.

Not too many people knows that before starting to sing, Guadalupe had experience at different jobs as a real estate seller, apprentice to a mechanic and as a guitar teacher. Her first opportunity came in 1974 singing Latin America and Jewish folkloric songs. In that period she formed 2 groups: "La Propuesta" and "Sanampay", with this second one she recorded 3 discs and showcased herself for first time in the United States.

In 1980 recorded an album with Carlos Diaz "Caito" and in 1981 she formally started a solo artist career.

She took her voice to many civic squares, correctional buildings, mental health institutions, reformatories, offices and parks until in 1984, after 10 years of hard work, she recorded the track "Yolanda", also know as "Te Amo" (duet with Pablo Milanes), which conquered the hearts of all Mexico. Just in our country, the sales of the album reached million and a half copies.

Now-a-days, Guadalupe Pineda has a discography of 22 albums, with at least the latest 4 produced by herself as an independent artist. She has received Gold and Platinum certifications with some of her albums due to high sales, including a Double Platinum certification for her album "Arias de Opera" (2004).

Her voice has transcended Mexican frontiers, she has been included in national and foreign movies and also has been part of important collections such as "Buddha-bar" of France, or the "Monte Carlo" Italian collection, that have been edited and released all over the world.

Her albums have been released in countries as far as Japan and she has performed on stage around the world (United States, Ireland, Spain, Italy, France, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Central and South America). Her most recent shows took place at Paris in 2005, and at the historic Argentinian opera house, "Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires" in November of 2006.

There have been also shows at some of the more important and recognized forums in Mexico, like "El Palacio de Bellas Artes", "Sala Nezahualcoyotl", "Teatro de la Ciudad de Mexico" (which was restored in 1985), "El Teatro Degollado", "El Teatro Juarez", and forums of the "Cervantino" festival, as well in the most representative and famous civic square of the country, the "Zocalo de la Ciudad de Mexico". All these places have been witness to the art of Guadalupe and the great love from her public.

Desesperadamente
Guadalupe Pineda Lyrics

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Ven, mi corazón te llama
Ay, desesperadamente
Ven, mi vida te reclama
Ven, que necesito verte

Sé que volverás mañana
Con la cruz de tu dolor
Mira, qué forma de quererte

Ven, que necesito verte

Ven, mi corazón te llama
Ay, desesperadamente
Ven, mi vida te reclama
Ay, ven, que necesito verte

Sé, que volverás mañana
Con la cruz de tu dolor
Mira, qué forma de quererte
Ven, que necesito verte

Ven, que necesito verte
Eh-eh, ah-ah-ah

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Guadalupe Pineda's song "Desesperadamente" depict the desperate yearning of a person for the return of a loved one. The song is a plea to the loved one to come back and ease the pain of separation. The opening lines "Ven, mi corazón te llama, Ay, desesperadamente" set a tone of urgency and desperation. The singer is expressing the emotional pain of being separated from someone they love and is reaching out, begging for them to return.

The lyrics continue in the same vein, with each stanza emphasizing the singer's deep longing for their loved one. "Ven, mi vida te reclama" and "Ven, que necesito verte" both express the intensity of the singer's longing and their desire to be reunited with their loved one. The final lines of the song, "Ven, que necesito verte, Eh-eh, ah-ah-ah" are a repetition of the anguished plea to return and finally see their loved one again.

Overall, the lyrics of "Desesperadamente" are a passionate and heartfelt expression of the universal experience of separation and the intense yearning for reunion.

Line by Line Meaning

Ven, mi corazón te llama
Come, my heart is calling you

Ay, desesperadamente
Oh, desperately

Ven, mi vida te reclama
Come, my life demands you

Ven, que necesito verte
Come, I need to see you

Sé que volverás mañana
I know you will return tomorrow

Con la cruz de tu dolor
With the burden of your pain

Mira, qué forma de quererte
Look, what a way of loving you

Ven, que necesito verte
Come, I need to see you

Ven, mi corazón te llama
Come, my heart is calling you

Ay, desesperadamente
Oh, desperately

Ven, mi vida te reclama
Come, my life demands you