The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs. Most often on Last.fm, compilation album tracks appear under the name of Various Artists erroneously because the individual artist is not listed in the album's ID3 information.
Compilation albums, for example.
Sometimes, single releases may be credited to Various Artists when their profits are going to charity and, usually in high-profile cases, are sometimes known by a group name. Examples include Band Aid with their releases of Do They Know It's Christmas? and USA for Africa with We Are The World.
Various Artists is also an actual performance name for Torsten Pröfrock, who runs the German DIN label. Torsten performs also as Dynamo, Erosion, Resilent, Traktor besides some others. He's a good friend of Robert Henke and since the Fall of 2004, he is a member of Monolake.
Various Artists was also a short-lived Bristol punk band formed by brothers Jonjo and Robin Key (originally from Birmingham). Other members were also simultaneously in Art Objects who went on to become The Blue Aeroplanes, the latter the Key brothers also co-wrote some songs and were involved in. When Various Artists imploded, the Key brothers went on to form Either / Or.
Various Artists also appear on tracks from musical theater soundtracks, due to the nature of having many cast members on one song, as well as an ensemble in some cases.
Jessica
Various Artists Lyrics
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no, no he podido olvidarlo
y viviendo del recuerdo
hoy quiero estar a tu lado.
Es imposible olvidarte
lo único que hago es recordarte,
como ayer, como hoy
Hoy te extraño más que antes
voy a salir a buscarte
pues no puedo comprenderlo
como ha podido suceder
Es imposible olvidarte
lo único que hago es recordarte,
como ayer, como hoy
y como siempre.
Jessica, Jessica
Vuelve a mis brazos
Jessica, Jessica
Vuelve a mi lado
The lyrics of "Jessica" by Various Artists are a heart-wrenching confession of a person who has been carrying the torch for someone for ten years. The singer bemoans the fact that he hasn't been able to move on from a past affair and has been living off memories. He admits that it's impossible to forget the person he's singing about and all he does is think about them day and night. The person is so ingrained in his mind that they are present in his thoughts every single day, just like they were yesterday, just like they are today and just like they'll be forever.
The song gets even sadder as the singer admits that he misses this person more than he did before and can't understand how they could have left him. He feels the urge to go out and search for them, to make sense of what went wrong, and maybe to try and win them back. He finishes off the song by imploring Jessica to come back to him, saying that he wants nothing more than to hold her in his arms again, just like before. Overall, the lyrics of "Jessica" portray the pain of unrequited love and the frustration of not being able to let go of a long-gone past.
Line by Line Meaning
Han pasado ya 10 años
It's been ten years since we were together
no, no he podido olvidarlo
I haven't been able to forget about our past
y viviendo del recuerdo
Still holding on to the memories of us
hoy quiero estar a tu lado.
I wish to be by your side again today.
Es imposible olvidarte
It's impossible to forget about you
lo único que hago es recordarte,
All I do is remember you
como ayer, como hoy,
Just like yesterday and today
y como siempre.
And always will
Hoy te extraño más que antes
I miss you more today than before
voy a salir a buscarte
I'll go look for you
pues no puedo comprenderlo
Because I can't understand
como ha podido suceder
How we ended up like this
Jessica, Jessica
Jessica, Jessica
Vuelve a mis brazos
Come back to my arms
Jessica, Jessica
Jessica, Jessica
Vuelve a mi lado
Come back to my side
Contributed by Ian H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.