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.
Fue Por Ti
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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El porqué todo este tiempo
Fui agotando mi paciencia
De tanto esperarte
Tantos días de pelearme
Con el reloj por ser tan lento
Vi morir en cada hora
Se acabó lo que aquí tanto se daba
Fue tanta la pasión
Que ya no queda ni un beso
Fue por ti por ti
Terminábamos en la madrugada
Presos del amor
Sin ser amor ni nada
Fue por ti por ti
Un amor exagerado
Un amor un tanto endeble
Un papel que se humedece
Y se pierde
Universo de tensiones
Dos ilustres desconocidos
Una estrella con recibo de luz
Que ha vencido
Se acabó lo que aquí tanto se daba
Fue tanta la pasión
Que ya no queda ni un beso
Fue por ti por ti
Terminábamos en la madrugada
Presos del amor
Sin ser amor ni nada
Fue por ti fue por ti
Tantos días de pelearme
Con el reloj por ser tan lento
Fue a parar al piso roto
Cómo lo nuestro
Se acabó lo que aquí tanto se daba
Fue tanta la pasión
Que ya no queda ni un beso
Fue por ti fue por ti
Terminábamos en la madrugada
Presos del amor
Sin ser amor ni nada
Fue por ti por ti
These lyrics are about someone who has come to explain why they have been impatiently waiting for so long. The singer has been fighting against time which seems to be moving too slowly while waiting for the person they love. However, despite their steadfast devotion, their love has petered out. The singer describes their relationship as an excessive and unstable love that has now evaporated without leaving any trace, except for the memory of their passion.
The song appears to be about a relationship that has run its course. The singer describes their love as intense and consuming, but ultimately unsustainable. They acknowledge that they have invested so much energy and time into the relationship, only to be left with nothing in the end. The constant fighting against time is a recurring motif in the song, symbolizing the struggle to keep the relationship alive despite its flaws.
Overall, the song seems to convey a sense of disappointment and loss. The singer has come to terms with the end of their love affair and acknowledges that it was not meant to be. They have grown tired of waiting in vain for someone who does not reciprocate their feelings. The song's wistful tone and mournful lyrics evoke a sense of melancholy and regret.
Line by Line Meaning
He venido a comentarte
I have come to tell you
El porqué todo este tiempo
The reason why all this time
Fui agotando mi paciencia
I was exhausting my patience
De tanto esperarte
From waiting for you so much
Tantos días de pelearme
So many days of fighting
Con el reloj por ser tan lento
With the clock for being so slow
Vi morir en cada hora
I saw die in each hour
El sentimiento
The feeling
Se acabó lo que aquí tanto se daba
It's over what was so given here
Fue tanta la pasión
The passion was so much
Que ya no queda ni un beso
That there is not even a kiss left
Fue por ti por ti
It was for you, for you
Terminábamos en la madrugada
We ended in the early morning
Presos del amor
Prisoners of love
Sin ser amor ni nada
Without being love or anything
Un amor exagerado
An exaggerated love
Un amor un tanto endeble
A somewhat frail love
Un papel que se humedece
A paper that gets wet
Y se pierde
And gets lost
Universo de tensiones
Universe of tensions
Dos ilustres desconocidos
Two illustrious strangers
Una estrella con recibo de luz
A star with a light receipt
Que ha vencido
That has won
Tantos días de pelearme
So many days of fighting
Con el reloj por ser tan lento
With the clock for being so slow
Fue a parar al piso roto
It ended up on the broken floor
Cómo lo nuestro
Like ours
Fue por ti por ti
It was for you, for you
Terminábamos en la madrugada
We ended in the early morning
Presos del amor
Prisoners of love
Sin ser amor ni nada
Without being love or anything
Fue por ti por ti
It was for you, for you
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: DAVID SAYLOR, JON DEWSBURY
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He venido a comentarte El porqué todo este tiempo
Fui agotando mi paciencia De tanto esperarte
Tantos días de pelearme Con el reloj por ser tan lento
Vi morir en cada hora El sentimiento
Se acabó lo que aquí tanto se daba
Fue tanta la pasión Que ya no queda ni un beso
Fue por ti por ti
Terminábamos en la madrugada
Presos del amor Sin ser amor ni nada
Fue por ti por ti
Un amor exagerado
Un amor un tanto endeble
Un papel que se humedece Y se pierde
Universo de tensiones
Dos ilustres desconocidos
Una estrella con recibo de luz Que ha vencido
Se acabó lo...
Tantos días de pelearme
Con el reloj por ser tan lento
Fue a parar al piso roto
Cómo lo nuestro
Se acabó lo que...
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