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Ricardo Treviño, Jr. (born May 16, 1971 in Houston, Texas), known professionally as Rick Trevino, is an American country music artist of Mexican American descent. Signed to Columbia Records in 1993, Trevino began his career that year with the release of his debut single, "Just Enough Rope", the first mainstream country music single to feature separate English and Spanish-language versions. The song was included on his debut album Dos Mundos; a self-titled album followed a year later. Trevino has charted a total of fourteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and recorded seven studio albums. His highest-charting single, "Running Out of Reasons to Run", spent one week at Number One in 1997.
Trevino is the son of Ricardo Trevino, Sr., a Tejano musician, and Linda Chavez. His music career began when he started taking piano lessons at the age of five. He plays rhythm guitar as well as keyboards.
Although he was offered a baseball scholarship to Memphis State University, Trevino chose instead to study music at Texas A&M University. While a student, he played his brand of country music in local clubs. In 1991, a representative of the Sony label was stranded in Austin due to flooding conditions and visited a small club where Trevino regularly played. Although Trevino was not performing that evening, the representative saw several articles on the walls which praised Trevino. Employees of the club gave him a tape of Trevino's music, which the label representative then passed onto music producer Steve Buckingham. Buckingham made a special trip to Austin just to hear Trevino perform and signed him immediately to Sony. Trevino left school to pursue his music career.
At the insistence of Columbia Records, his first album, Dos Mundos was an almost entirely Spanish country album. Trevino, who is not a native Spanish speaker and needed lessons before he could record the album, was displeased with the decision. "I didn't like that a bit because I didn't want people to think I was a Tejano artist...Everybody thinks I'm a Tejano singer crossing over to the country format." The album was certified gold. Seven months later, in 1994, Sony released his first English album, Rick Trevino. Rick Trevino was certified gold (selling over 500,000 copies) and featured two Number One hits, "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" and "Doctor Time." His debut single, "Just Enough Rope" ("Bastante Cordón"), appeared in English on Rick Trevino and in Spanish on Dos Mundos, while a version of the song which combined the two languages was also released to radio. This became the first mainstream country single to be released in both English and Spanish. The album's third single, "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry", became Trevino's first chart-topper, spending one week at the top of the Gavin Report country singles charts.
The follow-up English album, Looking for the Light, was released in 1995 and included the top-ten hit "Bobbie Ann Mason." Trevino also recorded a Spanish version of the album, titled Un Rayo de Luz ("A Ray of Light").
In the late 1990s he joined an all-star group of Mexican-American singers, including members of Los Lobos, Freddy Fender, Ruben Ramos, and Flaco Jimenez, to create the supergoup Los Super Seven. The group won a Grammy in 1998 for Best Mexican-American Music Performance for their self-titled debut album.
Trevino's 1996 album Learning as You Go, produced his first and only Billboard Number One single in "Running Out of Reasons to Run". As with Looking for the Light, Learning As You Go also featured a separate Spanish-language version, titled Mi Vida Eres Tú ("My Life Is You").
Trevino asked to leave his contract with Sony in the hopes of moving in a different musical direction. Sony refused to release him from the contract, and Trevino cut a new album and released the single "Only Lonely Me" in 1998. Before the album could be released, Sony fired Trevino, and the album was shelved. Undaunted, Trevino continued to tour and released a Spanish-language album, Mi Son, that contained only ballads and had little hint of his country music roots. Without a new album or record deal, however, Trevino's touring schedule slowed, and most of his band quit.
During this time Trevino began collaborating with Raul Malo, former frontman of country band The Mavericks. The two had met while working on the second Los Super Seven album. Their collaborations helped bring Trevino to the attention of producer Paul Worley, who helped Trevino get a contract with Warner Brothers.
For his next album, In My Dreams, Trevino "wanted to do a country record that had a Latin flavor to it." He wrote or co-wrote every song on the album except for the final track, a cover of the Bryan Adams song "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" The title track, "In My Dreams" became a single and remained on the charts for twenty weeks, falling just shy of the Top 40 on the Billboard country charts (although it reached a peak of #34 on the Radio & Records country charts).
Olivia
Rick Trevino Lyrics
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My perfect little world was all I knew
But then you came along, now all my plans are gone
It's safe to say it's all because of you
Though my life's a mess, I must confess I'm liking it
And I never thought I'd be the type that would
It's all upside down, I can't turn it around
And it's all because of you, Olivia
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say we're through
To me, it's all so new, I've learned a thing or two
It's all because of you, Olivia
Now I've been blessed, I must confess I'm loving it
More than I had ever thought I would
My world was upside down and you turned it back around
And I owe it all to you, Olivia
Olivia, I'm so in love with you
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say we're through
To me, it's all so new, I've learned a thing or two
It's all because of you, Olivia
To me, it's all brand new, I've learned a thing or two
It's all because of you, Olivia
The song Olivia by Rick Trevino is about the profound impact that a person, named Olivia, has had on the singer's life. The lyrics suggest that the singer had a "perfect little world" before Olivia came along, but that she has completely turned his world upside down. He admits that his life is now a "mess" but that he is liking it anyway, something he never thought he would do, and it's all because of Olivia.
Despite the upheaval that Olivia has caused in his life, the singer is absolutely in love with her and doesn't want to lose her. He feels like he has been blessed and is now loving his life more than he ever thought he could. The chorus repeats the sentiment that everything is because of Olivia, and that the singer has learned a thing or two as a result of their relationship.
Overall, the song Olivia is about the transformative power of love and the way that one person can completely change someone's life. The lyrics ask Olivia to stay with the singer and promise to love her forever, suggesting that he believes their love is worth any amount of chaos or upheaval.
Line by Line Meaning
There was a time when everything was clear to me
I used to have a perfect understanding of how my life was going to play out
My perfect little world was all I knew
My ideal world consisted of everything I had envisioned and hoped for in life
But then you came along, now all my plans are gone
You entered my life and caused it to change course, leaving me with uncertainty about my future
It's safe to say it's all because of you
You are the reason why my life is different and my plans have shifted
Though my life's a mess, I must confess I'm liking it
Despite the upheaval that has occurred, I am enjoying the new direction my life has taken
And I never thought I'd be the type that would
I never anticipated that I would welcome this kind of change in my life
It's all upside down, I can't turn it around
My life is now in disarray, and I don't know how to fix it
And it's all because of you, Olivia
You are the root cause of the chaos in my life
Olivia, I'm so in love with you
I have fallen deeply in love with you, Olivia
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say we're through
I never want to lose you, and I hope you will always stay by my side
To me, it's all so new, I've learned a thing or two
This new chapter in my life is unfamiliar to me, but it has taught me valuable lessons
Now I've been blessed, I must confess I'm loving it
I feel blessed to have you in my life, and I am thoroughly enjoying this new journey
My world was upside down and you turned it back around
Before you, my life was chaotic, but you have helped to bring some order and stability back into it
And I owe it all to you, Olivia
You are the reason why my life is back on track, and I am grateful for you
To me, it's all brand new, I've learned a thing or two
This new phase of my life is fresh and exciting, and I have gained valuable knowledge through it
It's all because of you, Olivia
You are the catalyst for the changes in my life, and I credit you for it all
Contributed by Kaelyn G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Bo Simpson
on She Can't Say I Didn't Cry
I strongly relate to She Can't Say I didn't Cty my favorite song by Rick Triveno.