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.
La Canción Que Necesito
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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La canción que necesito
Suena a historia triste
A melancolía
Y a caricias que no di jamas
Y cuando estas cerca de mi
La canción que necesito
A pasión sorpresa
A regalo que aun no abrí
Adónde vas sin mí
Adónde vas sin mí
Adónde va tu amor
Tu corazón
Y tu promesa
Adónde, va
Si ahora es cierto que te vas
La canción que necesito
Para ahogar de pena
Suena a amor solito
Que se muere despacito
Adónde vas sin mí
Adónde vas sin mí
Adónde va tu amor
Tu corazón
Y tu promesa
Voy a buscar una canción que le haga daño a mi dolor
Que me haga mal
Que me corte hasta sangrar
Adónde vas sin mí
Adónde vas sin mí
Adónde va tu corazón
Adónde va tu corazón
Sin mí
The lyrics of Ricardo Montaner's song La Canción Que Necesito are about the pain and uncertainty of a love that is being tested by distance and possibly even a separation. The singer expresses his need for a song that can capture the different emotions he feels depending on whether he is close to or far from his loved one. When she is far away, the song he needs is one that reflects the sadness, nostalgia, and regret he feels for not having been more affectionate with her. But when she is near, the song he needs is one that evokes the joy, beauty, and surprise of their love, which is still full of unexplored possibilities.
The refrain of the song, "Adónde vas sin mí" (where are you going without me), is a plea for the loved one to stay with him and not leave him alone. He wonders where her love, heart, and promise are going, and fears that they might be going away for good. As the song progresses, his fear turns into resignation and even masochism, as he says he will look for a song that can hurt him and make him bleed, as if he needed to feel the pain of their separation in order to cope with it.
Line by Line Meaning
Cuando estas lejos de mi
When you are far away from me
La canción que necesito
The song that I need
Suena a historia triste
Sounds like a sad story
A melancolía
Of melancholy
Y a caricias que no di jamas
And of caresses I never gave
Y cuando estas cerca de mi
And when you're close to me
Suena a amor bonito
It sounds like beautiful love
A pasión sorpresa
Of unexpected passion
A regalo que aun no abrí
Of a gift I haven't opened yet
Adónde vas sin mí
Where are you going without me
Tu corazón
Your heart
Y tu promesa
And your promise
Si ahora es cierto que te vas
If it's true that you're leaving now
Para ahogar de pena
To drown in sorrow
Suena a amor solito
It sounds like lonely love
Que se muere despacito
That slowly dies
Voy a buscar una canción que le haga daño a mi dolor
I'm going to find a song that hurts my pain
Que me haga mal
That harms me
Que me corte hasta sangrar
That cuts me until I bleed
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Ricardo Montaner
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@cynthiarosejonas607
Cuando estas lejos de mi
La canción que necesito
Suena a historia triste
A melancolía
Y a caricias que no di jamas
Y cuando estas cerca de mi
La canción que necesito
Suena a amor bonito
A pasión sorpresa
A regalo que aun no abrí
Adonde vas sin mí
Adonde vas sin mí
Adonde va tu amor
Tu corazón
Y tu promesa
Adonde, va
Si ahora es cierto que te vas
La canción que necesito
Para ahogar de pena
Suena a amor solito
Que se muere despacito
Adonde vas sin mí
Adonde vas sin mí
Adonde va tu amor
Tu corazón
Y tu promesa
Voy a buscar una canción que le haga daño a mi dolor
Que me haga mal
Que me corte hasta sangrar
Adonde vas sin mí
Adonde vas sin mí
Adonde va tu corazón
Adonde va tu corazón
Sin mí
@lauraakdracing2314
Para mi madre que ya no la tengo después de una larga lucha contra una enfermedad. A donde vas sin mi 💔 te amo mamá. Amo escucharte Ricardo
@hgfhgfhgfhgfhgfjhg
Mis respetos Sr. usted siempre toca los hilos del alma.
@yesseniatorres4527
Me encanta está canción 😊gracias Ricardo Montaner!!! la escucho siempre 🎵🎶🎼🎤
@Ricardo-Montaner
Cúbrelos con tu protección, para que todos los que aman tu nombre estén llenos de alegría. Salmo 5:11
@VictorSanchez-kr8zj
tengo 12 años y canto tus canciones desde que puedo hablar la primera que me aprendi fue el poder de tu poder de tu amor y mi sueño asido poder cantar a tu lado deveras
@juanluismartinez9203
y ¿cual es su nombre?
@michaellcovarrubias2212
Ricardo Montaner Oficial bbb
@michaellcovarrubias2212
elmo
@leotablon86
CRISTO
@48MIREYA
Ricardo Montaner es uno de los pocos románticos que quedan,sus bellísimas canciones dejan ver el alma hermosa que posee me encanta !!!