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.
Never Too Late
Various Artists Lyrics
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What I expected
And if I don't belong
Who would've guessed it
I will not leave alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late
Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it out around cuz It's not too late - it's never too late
No one will ever see
This side reflected
And if there's something wrong - Who would've guessed it!
And I have left alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late - it's never too late
Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it out around cuz It's not too late - it's never too late
The world
We knew
Won't come back
The time
We've lost
We can't get back
The life
We have
Won't be
Cuz I can't
This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong
Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it out around cuz It's not too late - it's never too late
(×2)
It's never too late
It's not too late - it's never too late
The song "Never too Late" by Various Artists is a stirring and uplifting ballad about hope and perseverance in the face of adversity. The lyrics speak about feeling alone and lost in a world that isn't living up to expectations. The singer describes leaving everything behind and trying to make someone else feel like it's not too late to keep going. They acknowledge that life is tough and there are moments when one wants to give up, but they urge the listener to keep trying and to stay alive, no matter what challenges they may face.
The song taps into some universal themes and emotions, particularly around the feeling of being isolated and not being able to connect with others. The lyrics capture this sense of alienation, but also offer a message of hope, encouraging the listener to keep going even if they feel like giving up. The song delivers a powerful message that anyone can relate to, and it does so with a stirring, emotional melody that is impossible to forget.
Line by Line Meaning
This world will never be
What I expected
The world we live in is not what I anticipated it to be.
And if I don't belong
Who would've guessed it
I feel out of place and it’s unexpected that I don’t belong.
I will not leave alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late
It's never too late
I won’t leave the possessions that I own behind just because you believe that it’s too late - because it’s never too late.
Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it out around cuz It's not too late - it's never too late
Although I tell you that everything is going to be alright, you are contemplating ending your life. But even so, we will try to survive and make the most of the remaining time we have, because it’s never too late to turn things around.
No one will ever see
This side reflected
And if there's something wrong - Who would've guessed it!
No one will know about the struggles faced by us, and if something goes wrong, who would have thought it’d happen!
The time
We've lost
We can't get back
We cannot regain the lost time.
The life
We have
Won't be
Cuz I can't
The life that we have won't proceed because of me, and I am responsible for it.
The world
We knew
Won't come back
The world we knew before shall never return again.
(×2)
It's never too late
It's not too late - it's never too late
We can always start over and work towards a better tomorrow. We need to believe that it’s not too late - because it's never too late!
Contributed by Aubrey G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.