Secada arrived with his parents in the United States in 1971 at the age of nine. While attending school, his family managed a coffee shop. As a teen, Secada discovered his gift for music. In the culturally diverse city of Miami, Secada was exposed to salsa and merengue. Secada also became interested in R&B and pop music performed by Barry Manilow, Marvin Gaye, Billy Joel, Elton John and Stevie Wonder.
Secada graduated from South Florida's Hialeah High School in 1979 and then enrolled at the University of Miami. During college, he became an accomplished jazz musician. He was inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society, the highest honor afforded a University of Miami student. He completed a Bachelor's degree in Music and then earned a Master's degree in Jazz Vocal Performance.
In the late 1980s, Gloria Estefan hired Secada as a background singer. He also started composing music for Estefan, including some of her best-known ballads. Among other songs, Secada co-wrote and sang background on Coming Out of the Dark Gloria's number one hit from her 1991 album Into the Light. During Estefan's "Coming Out of the Dark" tour, Secada was given the life-changing opportunity of taking over the stage and performing solo. It launched his career as a solo performer.
In 1991, Secada legally changed his first name from Juan to Jon. The following year, Secada released his self-titled debut album Jon Secada (SBK/EMI), which sold over six million copies worldwide and being certified triple platinum in the U.S., where it reached No. 15 among the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Secada scored a No. 5 Pop hit (and a No. 5 UK hit) with his Gold single "Just Another Day", and three more top 30 hits, Angel (No. 18 Pop, No. 23 UK), I'm Free (No. 27 Pop, No. 50 UK), Do You Believe in Us? (No. 13 Pop, No. 30 UK), and Do You Really Want Me (No. 30 UK) received national radio play. The Spanish-language version of Secada's solo album, Otro Día Más Sin Verte (EMI-Latin), became the Number One Latin album of 1992 and earned Secada his first Grammy Award for "Best Latin Pop Album".
In 1994 by Secada's second album, Heart Soul and Voice (EMI) featured members of The Miami Sound Machine and guests Arturo Sandoval (trumpeter) and Betty Wright (background vocals). The album went Platinum in the US. One of its singles had a top ten Pop hit If You Go and a Top 30 hit Mental Picture, which was used in the soundtrack for the film "The Specialist". His third album on EMI, Amor, was released in 1995 and earned Secada his second Grammy for "Best Latin Pop Performance".
Secada co-wrote the song Bella, the Spanish version of She's All I Ever Had for Ricky Martin's 1999 Multi-platinum self-titled album. He also co-wrote and co-produced the song Baila for Jennifer Lopez, which appeared on her 1999 multi-platinum album, On the 6. He worked with teen singing sensation Mandy Moore on two of her tracks, One Sided Love and It Only Took a Minute from her self-titled multi-platinum album. In 2001 he was a backing vocalist on Enrique Iglesias's album multi-platinum Escape on the tracks Don't turn off the Lights and Love 4 Fun.
Secada has performed with opera legend Luciano Pavarotti and recorded a duet with Frank Sinatra on "The Best Is Yet to Come" from Sinatra's Duets II album.
In 1995, Secada starred on Broadway's hit musical Grease, where he acted in the lead role of "Danny Zuko". Broadway called upon Secada once again in 2003, where he played the Emcee role in Sam Mendes' acclaimed version of Cabaret. In the fall of 2004, Secada also starred as "Joseph" in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's theatrical hit Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Nov 30, 2007: Jon participated in the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade which taped inside the Magic Kingdom at Disney World Orlando, Florida.
Jon Secada Albums
1992 Jon Secada SBK
1992 Otro Dia Mas Sin Verte Capitol
1994 Heart, Soul & A Voice SBK
1994 Si Te Vas EMI International
1995 Amor EMI Latin/SBK
1997 Secada Capitol
1997 Secada (Spanish Version) EMI International
1999 Greatest Hits Virgin
1999 Grandes Exitos EMI International
2000 Better Part Of Me Epic/550 Music
2001 The Gift Sony
2002 Solo Lo Mejor: 20 Exitos EMI Latin
2002 Latin Classics EMI International
2002 Amanecer Sony International
2003 30 Exitos Insuperables EMI International
2005 Same Dream Big3 Records
2006 Lo Esencial De Jon Secada EMI Latin
2008 Dentro De Mí Big3 Records
Links
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http://www.jonsecada.net
http://www.justsecada.com
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/secada/
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Misunderstood
Jon Secada Lyrics
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I've been misunderstood
By daylight I'll be gone
I've been living life, ooh without a reason, yeah
I've been living love, ooh without the time, oh
You've lost touch with what I'm feeling baby
I got way too tired to read between the lines, yeah, yeah
I've been misunderstood, I've been mistreated
Somehow I knew you would not take back what you said
I've been misunderstood but your wish in granted
By daylight I'll be gone, baby by daylight I'll be gone, oh yeah
Are you asking me if there's a reason, baby
To continue what I thought was doing fine, so, so fine
Oh, oh contentment lacks mutual pleasing
Is much different than both being satisfied
I've been misunderstood, I've been mistreated
Somehow I knew you would not take back what you said
I've been misunderstood but your wish in granted
By daylight I'll be gone, by daylight I'll be gone, baby yeah
Never thought I would consider
Loving someone new
'Cause in my plans for happiness
I only thought of, only thought of you
I've been misunderstood
Somehow I knew you would not take back what you said
I've been misunderstood but your wish in granted
By daylight I'll be gone, by daylight I'll be gone
I've been misunderstood
Somehow I knew you would not
I've been misunderstood
By daylight I'll be gone
By daylight I'll be gone
I've been misunderstood
Somehow I knew you would not
I've been misunderstood
By daylight I'll be gone
By daylight I'll be gone
In Jon Secada's song Misunderstood, the singer is reflecting on a past relationship in which he felt misunderstood and mistreated. He admits to living his life without a reason and his love without the requisite time. He suggests that his ex-partner has lost touch with his feelings, causing him to become too exhausted to try and read between the lines. He expresses pain and disappointment over the hurtful things said to him, but despite that, he acknowledges that his ex-partner's wish of not wanting him around has been granted.
The singer reveals that though he never thought he would consider loving someone new, he now feels it's time to move on. In the end, he reiterates that he has been misunderstood and will leave by daylight.
Line by Line Meaning
I've been misunderstood
I have not been correctly understood by others
By daylight I'll be gone
I will leave when the day comes
I've been living life, ooh without a reason, yeah
I have been living my life without purpose or direction
I've been living love, ooh without the time, oh
I have been loving without giving enough time or attention to it
You've lost touch with what I'm feeling baby
You no longer understand or empathize with my emotions
I got way too tired to read between the lines, yeah, yeah
I became too exhausted to decipher hidden meanings or intentions
I've been mistreated
I have been treated badly
Somehow I knew you would not take back what you said
I had a feeling you would not take back what you said to me
But your wish in granted
Your wish has been granted
Are you asking me if there's a reason, baby
Are you questioning if there is a valid reason, my dear?
Oh, oh contentment lacks mutual pleasing
True contentment cannot be achieved without mutual satisfaction
Is much different than both being satisfied
It is vastly different from both parties being content
Never thought I would consider loving someone new
I never imagined I would think about loving another person
In my plans for happiness I only thought of you
I only had you in mind when planning for my happiness
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: TOM MCWILLIAMS, SCOTT JOSEPH SHAPIRO, JO PAT CAFARO SECADA, JON SECADA
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