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.
Desesperado
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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Se me da esperar por si te da llegar
why por si te diera un ataque de fe
Por si descubre que yo te hacia bien
Se me da la vida
Si estoy pegado ati
Lloro por mi mismo
Desesperado casi hecho leños
Desesperado de cara a la pared,
Desesperado con pesadumbre
Desesperado de volver why no volver
Si me da una asfixia es que al aire renuncie
why todo lo que quise fue amar a una mujer
Por si más tarde te ataca el corazón
Si quieres verme avisa por favor
Desesperado casi hecho leños
Desesperado de cara a la pared,
Desesperado con pesadumbre
Desesperado de volver why no volver
Si me da una asfixia es que al aire renuncie
why todo lo que quise fue amar a una mujer
Por si más tarde te ataca el corazón
Si quieres verme avisa por favor
In Ricardo Montaner's song Desesperado, the first verse depicts a longing for someone. The singer admits that they cannot help but look out at the window, waiting for their loved one to arrive. The singer waits, hoping that their loved one might have a change of heart and return to them. The lyrics suggest that the singer has done something to push their loved one away and now regrets it. In the chorus, Montaner amplifies the intensity of the singer's feelings of desperation. The singer feels as though they are falling apart and have hit rock bottom. They have given everything to their loved one, and now they are lost and alone.
The second verse continues the theme of despair and desperation. The singer is willing to give up everything in order to be with their loved one again. They admit that their whole life revolves around their loved one, and they cannot bear to be without them. The singer acknowledges that their actions might have hurt their loved one and leaves the door open for reconciliation if their loved one was to change their mind. The song paints a poignant picture of lost love, desperation, and regret.
Line by Line Meaning
Se me da extrañarte pendiente al ventanal
I naturally miss you, always looking out the window
Se me da esperar por si te da llegar
I naturally wait for you, just in case you arrive
why por si te diera un ataque de fe
And just in case you have a change of heart
Por si descubre que yo te hacia bien
If you realize that I was good for you
Se me da la vida
I naturally give my life
Si estoy pegado ati
If I am stuck to you
Lloro por mi mismo
I cry for myself
Por que en tu piel mori
Because I died in your embrace
Desesperado casi hecho leños
Desperate, almost reduced to ashes
Desesperado de cara a la pared,
Desperate, facing the wall
Desesperado con pesadumbre
Desperate, burdened with sadness
Desesperado de volver why no volver
Desperate to come back and not come back at the same time
Si me da una asfixia es que al aire renuncie
If I suffocate, it's because I gave up on breathing
why todo lo que quise fue amar a una mujer
And all I wanted was to love a woman
Por si más tarde te ataca el corazón
Just in case your heart is attacked later
Si quieres verme avisa por favor
If you want to see me, please let me know
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JUAN CARLOS CALDERON, RICARDO MONTANER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Thalia Linares
Esta es una de mis favoritas de Ricardo, es de las canciones que llegan hasta lo mas profundo de mi ser. Gracias Riky, Dios te bendiga por esa hermosa voz =)
Miguel Ángel Ramírez Ambríz
De mis favoritas también
paola Dominguez
CUANDO UN CORAZON ESTA ROTO DECIDE ESCUCHAR MUSICA TRISTE PERO RECUERDEN QUE HAY MIL ESPERANDO Y PERSONAS QUE LO AMAN Y QUIEREN AUN MAS UNO NO ES NINGUNO
Teresa Lohigorry
todas las canciones de ricardo montaner son hermosas y el es un genio
Sandra Gener Serralta
electrizante y sublime a la vez...me inspira sobremanera... Gracias Ricardo! por tu voz, por llevarme al cielo con esta canción y al amor de mi vida!! ❤️😔
Marilyn Vera Pinto
Hermosa canción hace años tantos recuerdos eres excelente Ricardo Montaner
ramon johnson
Hermano Montaner, esta es una gran cancion,bendiciones de Dios para usted y familia.
purobochinche
Excelente tema de la autoría de Juan Carlos Calderón, el mismo que le produjo la mayoría de los discos a Luis Miguel, Canciones como: La incondicional, Entrégate, Tengo todo excepto a ti.. etc.. Fue realmente un genio como productor..
Thalia Linares
Waaaooo!! Apenas la escuche, no tiene mucho y me fascino esta canción. Amo a Montaner, pero también amo su voz =)
Irina Perez
Hermoso tema , fue usado en algunos capítulos de la novela Padre Coraje con los inigualables Facundo Arana y Nancy Duplaa ♥️♥️♥️