Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, he moved to Venezuela when he was 6 years old. During his youth he performed in the church chorus in the city of Maracaibo. In 1983, he released his first album titled Cada Día. Although the album was not a great success, it was a start for Montaner's career. He describes this album:"as his own version of death metal"
It wasn't until 1987 when Montaner became widely popular in Venezuela with the singles "Yo Que Te Amé" and "Vamos a Dejarlo" belonging to his self-titled album.
The following year he came out with Ricardo Montaner 2 which featured hit songs like "Tan Enamorados" and "A Donde Va El Amor". At the same time, he acted in the popular soap opera Niña Bonita. This also became a tool to make his songs known to the rest of Latin America. He won 4 platinum albums in Argentina alone. His next two albums, Un Toque de Misterio and En el Último Lugar del Mundo, became classics of the popular music in Mexico, Central and South America with hits such as "La Cima del Cielo", "Me Va a Extrañar", "Déjame Llorar" and "Será".
By 1992 Ricardo decided to hit the Spanish Caribbean with Los Hijos del Sol, an album that contained songs like "Castillo Azul", "Honda" and "Piel Adentro". That year, he also recorded a duet with Michelle, which was the Latinamerican version for the Aladdin song "A Whole New World" titled "Un Mundo Ideal".
Although Montaner has written most of his songs he has worked closely with other great song writers in Latin America such as Pablo Manavello, Ilan Chester and Oscar Gómez. But in 1994, Ricardo Montaner wrote and produced all the songs in his album Una Mañana y un Camino, which became popular only years after his release due to the lack of promotion by his new record label EMI Latin, with which Ricardo would also release Viene del Alma in 1995, an Italian pop flavored album. Also in 1995 he teamed up with Yolandita Monge to establish a Guinness World Record for performing 3 concerts in different cities on the same day in Puerto Rico. This was only possible by air transportation via helicopter from stage to stage.
By 1997, Montaner was already a well established artist in the Spanish speaking music world and could give himself the luxury of experimenting with other styles of music, without forgetting the roots that had made him so popular a decade earlier. Working one more time with Pablo Manavello and with a new record company, Warner Music proved to be the promoter Ricardo was expecting for. Es Así brought Ricardo much popularity in the United States Spanish speaking areas and allowed Montaner to tour more than 17 countries in Latin America making him even more popular in Spain. Songs like "La Mujer de Mi Vida", "Para Llorar" and "Es Así" became very popular all around.
In 1999, Montaner recorded his best album ever with his past hits decorated with the strings of the London Metropolitan Orchestra. This proved to be very successful and sold over 1 million copies. Ricardo made another attempt in 2001 with Sueño Repetido that included the bolero style song "Bésame" arranged by Bebu Silvetti which became a hit all over the world. Future works with Juan Carlos Calderón, Kike Santander and Silvetti would be the key for Ricardo to move his songs and popularity to another level in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
2002's Suma (Bolero style songs) and 2003's Prohibido Olvidar (balada pop) had fair results in terms of sales and acceptance. "Si Tuviera Que Elegir" in Suma was written for his daughter. In 2003 he broke the record for the most concerts on a same tour in the theater of Bellas Artes in Puerto Rico. He sold out 18 concerts breaking his past record of 12, which also held it Yolandita Monge and Ricardo Arjona.
In 2004, he made another album with the London Metropolitan Orchestra named Con La London Metropolitan Orchestra Vol. 2 featuring his latest hits songs and two exclusive songs such as "Desesperado" and "Esta Escrito". In 2005, Montaner launched Todo y Nada which featured the songs "Cuando a mi Lado Estas" and "Nada". For this album he's already nominated in the Latin Grammys with album and song of the year for "Cuando a mi Lado Estas". "Amarte es mi Pecado" and "Heridas de Amor" are non-album songs that have been chosen to be the theme songs on two very popular Mexican soap operas and that much popular have become these songs.
In 2007, Ricardo released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo produced by Adrian Posse with the songs "Hoy Tengo Ganas De Ti", "Nostalgias (Argen Version)", "Échame A Mí La Culpa (Artista Invitado: Juanes)".
In 2008, he released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo II - Y Algunas Mías...! with the songs "Cuando Un Amigo Se Va", "Ansiedad", "Bésame (Featuring Pasión Vega)".
Ricardo Montaner has sold over 22 million albums, and keeps breaking records in arenas and theaters all over the world.
Arrancame La Vida
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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que te hace madurar
vas de prisa
como un potro en el corral
Toma tiempo, mucho tiempo
sentir que has encontrado
un buen amor
que te trajo a mi portal
Vida mía
que acabaste de llegar
La neblina
la mañana y la lluvia
dan ambiente a nuestro amor
Arráncame la vida
destruye mi deseo
Quédate dormida
no hay prisa en despertar
Arráncame la vida
descúbreme despacio
domíname la ira
de amarte hasta gritar
Amándote dormida
amándote vestida
Amándote a escondidas
amarte y continuar
Es la vida
un velero en alta mar
tú eres puerto
y a tí tengo que llegar
Se hizo lejos, muy lejos
ya se puede
mi pañuelo divisar
Vuela muy alto otra vez
deja que sea mi piel tu cárcel
Arráncame la vida
Amarte y continuar
The lyrics of Ricardo Montaner's song "Arrancame La Vida" speaks about how life can make us mature quickly, and how love can come unexpectedly but requires time and patience to find the right one. The imagery of a horse in a corral illustrates how we can sometimes feel trapped in life and moving quickly without much control. The first stanza talks about the journey of finding a good love that takes time and effort. The second stanza talks about how the singer's life changed when the love interest arrived, and they must navigate through things like fog, rain, and time to explore their love further.
The chorus talks about the intensity of the love and how the singer wants to be consumed by it, to the point where he begs for the love interest to "take his life away" and discover him one step at a time, taming his anger and desire in the process. The last stanza talks about how love is like a journey, both metaphorically and literally, comparing life to a sailboat in the vast ocean and his love interest to the endpoint, the safe harbor he must reach.
Line by Line Meaning
Es la vida
Life is the driving force behind everything that happens
que te hace madurar
Life has the power to make you grow and mature
vas de prisa
Life moves quickly, like a horse in a corral
como un potro en el corral
Life moves with the same kind of energy and urgency as a young horse in its pen
Toma tiempo, mucho tiempo
It takes a long time, often much longer than we expect, to truly find a good love
sentir que has encontrado
To truly experience the feeling of having found a good love
un buen amor
Is a rare and precious thing that should be treasured
que te trajo a mi portal
Life brought you to my doorstep
Vida mía
My life
que acabaste de llegar
And you've just arrived
La neblina
The mist
la mañana y la lluvia
The morning and the rain
dan ambiente a nuestro amor
Create the perfect atmosphere for our love
Arráncame la vida
Take my life
destruye mi deseo
Destroy my desire
Quédate dormida
Stay asleep
no hay prisa en despertar
There's no rush to wake up
descúbreme despacio
Take your time discovering every part of me
domíname la ira
Control the anger
de amarte hasta gritar
Of loving you so much I scream
Amándote dormida
Loving you while you sleep
amándote vestida
Loving you while you're dressed
Amándote a escondidas
Loving you in secret
amarte y continuar
To love you and keep going
un velero en alta mar
Life is like a sailboat on the open sea
tú eres puerto
You are my port of refuge
y a tí tengo que llegar
And it's to you that I must make my way
Se hizo lejos, muy lejos
It seems like it's far, very far away
ya se puede
But now I'm getting closer
mi pañuelo divisar
And I can see my handkerchief waving in the distance
Vuela muy alto otra vez
Fly up high once again
deja que sea mi piel tu cárcel
Let my skin be your prison
Amarte y continuar
To love you and keep moving forward with you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: PABLO MANAVELLO, HECTOR MONTANER REGLERO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Enzo Quintero
Mi adolescencia marcada con este cd.. Que recuerdos de primaria❤🇻🇪
Alma Haydee Gonzalez
Hermoso... lo amo desde niña amo su voz.... por siempre....
Martin Martinez
Gracias viejo! Más allá de nuestras diferencias, me marcaste con este artista. Nuestra diferencias se desvanece al escuchar estos temas. me transporta a mi niñes,me recuerda cuando nos levantavas las mañana con estos temas, y con un beso nos recibía. Sería muy feliz revivirlo papá, Te amo!
Lorenzo Eze Reque Ibañez
Que hermosas canciones de este disco, realmente.
Andrea Garcia
Mi sueño siempre fue cantar esta canción contigo. Te quiero mucho. Desde Aguascalientes. Saludos
Norma Medina
Amor eterno por Ricardo, lo amooooooo!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩🤩
Melisa diaz
que temazo arrancame la vida...
Lorenzo Eze Reque Ibañez
que significa : arrancame la vida ?
Leo alexis
Que grande Ricardo montaner
Brenda Flores
MONTANER SIEMPRE MONTANER!!!