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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.

La Isla Bonita
Various Artists Lyrics

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Estoy tan sorprendido
que no me haya dolido
tanto como yo pensaba
tal vez en unos días

se me olvide hasta tu cara
será que no te quise
como yo lo imaginaba...

No tengo cicatrices
llegaron días felices
y con ellos su mirada
teniendo su ternura

ya de ti no quiero nada
ahora he comprendido
que sólo ibas de pasada...

Y no fue necesario

tomarme mil botellas
extrañando tu recuerdo
rabiar por que tu boca
me volviera a dar un beso

deveras que tu olvido
me llegó en un buen momento...

Porque no fue necesario
curarme las heridas
si no han sido tan profundas
no fuiste indispensable
por favor no te confundas
los daños que me hiciste
ya otros labios me los curan...
Y no fue necesario

llorar que te hayas ido
porque ella había llegado

Overall Meaning

The lyrics are from the song "La Isla Bonita" by Various Artists. The lines are in Spanish and depict a person who is surprised that their breakup did not hurt as much as they thought it would. The person reflects on how they might have over-imagined their relationship and that the other person was just passing through. They no longer want anything to do with the other person and have found happiness elsewhere. The person realizes that they didn't need to drown in sorrow or drink themselves to numb the pain. They were able to get over the relationship easily and move on without any scars left behind.

Line by Line Meaning

Estoy tan sorprendido
I'm surprised

que no me haya dolido
that it didn't hurt me

tanto como yo pensaba
as much as I thought it would

tal vez en unos días
maybe in a few days

se me olvide hasta tu cara
I'll forget even your face

será que no te quise
maybe I didn't love you

como yo lo imaginaba...
like I imagined

No tengo cicatrices
I don't have scars

llegaron días felices
happy days arrived

y con ellos su mirada
and with them, her gaze

teniendo su ternura
having her tenderness