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.
Que pena
Various Artists Lyrics
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Pensé que mas nunca te iba ver
Dijiste que había otro amores
Que querrías conocer
Ya te habías ido por perdida
Ahora mi lado quiere estar
Debes saber que aquellos errores
Tu lo tienes que pagar
Pero como yo, tu lo tienes que sentir
Eso no se llama injusticia
Eso sí se llama vivir
Que pena me da
Que Pena
Que pena me da
Que Pena
Que pena me da
No creas que no te quiero
Te aseguro que no es verdad
Es que en la mujer que yo tengo
No encuentro una falsedad
No voy a dañar lo de aquí
Eso lo tienes que saber
Mas nunca podré olvidar
Todo lo que paso ayer
Si me quieres pierde el tiempo
Mas nunca podré sostener
Del dolor de saber que un día
Te puedes echar a correr
Que pena me da
Que Pena
Que pena me da
Que Pena
Que pena me da
Que pena me da Todo lo que me hiciste
Lo tienes que pagar
No fue que yo lo quise
eso es natural
Trata otro de tus amores,
Aunque me vaya a doler
Nunca me vas a hacer
Dejar a mi mujer
Pensé que te sentías
Igual como yo
Pero al dejarme aquel día
Ni pena te dio
Prueba la misma medicina
Que me hiciste probar
Somos los dos humanos
Somos los dos igual
Te dejo con mal gusto
No vayas a llorar
Ya tu ves que no puedo
muchacha esconderme ni ilusionar
Se que tu eres capable de
encontrarte un querer
Pero por ahora te digo
No mires paraca mujer
En mi hallaste un amor sincero
Que no supiste aprovechar
Pensaste que podías irte
Y a tu gusto regresar
Quiero darte la noticia
Que las cosas no son así
Al minuto que te fuiste
Ya no fuiste parte de mi
The lyrics of Various Artist's song Que Pena are about heartbreak and disappointment. The singer laments the fact that the person he had loved and lost is now back in his life. The opening lines of the song express the singer's disbelief at seeing the person he thought he would never see again. They had left him for someone else, claiming that they wanted to explore new relationships. However, now they want to come back to be with the singer. The singer acknowledges that the person may have left him feeling abandoned, but he also says that he has the right to feel the same way. They must pay for the mistakes they made.
The chorus of the song expresses the singer's pity for the person who has lost the love they had with him. He acknowledges that she may have been trying to find someone else, but now that she is back, he is not interested. The singer is also aware that he will never forget the pain he felt when she left him. He advises her to move on and find someone else to love. The song's tone is remorseful and poignant, conveying the message that sometimes, people cannot get back what they have lost.
Line by Line Meaning
Que milagro verte aquí
It's a miracle to see you here.
Pensé que mas nunca te iba ver
I thought I would never see you again.
Dijiste que había otro amores
You said you had other lovers.
Que querrías conocer
That you wanted to explore.
Ya te habías ido por perdida
You had already left as a loss.
Ahora mi lado quiere estar
Now you want to be by my side.
Debes saber que aquellos errores
You must know that those mistakes.
Tu lo tienes que pagar
You have to pay for them.
No quiero causarte dolor
I don't want to cause you pain.
Pero como yo, tu lo tienes que sentir
But just like me, you have to feel it.
Eso no se llama injusticia
That's not called injustice.
Eso si se llama vivir
That's what living is called.
Que pena me da
It's a shame.
No creas que no te quiero
Don't think I don't love you.
Te aseguro que no es verdad
I assure you that's not true.
Es que en la mujer que yo tengo
It's just that in the woman I have.
No encuentro una falsedad
I don't find any falsehood.
No voy a dañar lo de aquí
I'm not going to hurt what I have here.
Eso lo tienes que saber
You have to know that.
Mas nunca podré olvidar
But I will never forget.
Todo lo que paso ayer
Everything that happened yesterday.
Si me quieres pierde el tiempo
If you love me, lose some time.
Mas nunca podré sostener
But I will never hold on.
Del dolor de saber que un día
Of the pain of knowing that one day.
Te puedes echar a correr
You might run away.
Que pena me da
It's a shame.
Que pena me da
It's a shame.
Todo lo que me hiciste
Everything you did to me.
Lo tienes que pagar
You have to pay for it.
No fue que yo lo quise
It's not like I wanted it.
eso es natural
That's natural.
Trata otro de tus amores
Try another one of your loves.
Aunque me vaya a doler
Even if it hurts me.
Nunca me vas a hacer
You'll never make me.
Dejar a mi mujer
Leave my woman.
Pensé que te sentías
I thought you felt.
Igual como yo
The same way I do.
Pero al dejarme aquel día
But when you left me that day.
Ni pena te dio
You didn't even feel sorry.
Prueba la misma medicina
Try the same medicine.
Que me hiciste probar
That you made me taste.
Somos los dos humanos
We are both human.
Somos los dos igual
We are both the same.
Te dejo con mal gusto
I leave you with a bad taste.
No vayas a llorar
Don't go and cry.
Ya tu ves que no puedo
You see that I can't.
muchacha esconderme ni ilusionar
Hide or deceive you, girl.
Se que tu eres capable de
I know you are capable of.
encontrarte un querer
Finding someone to love you.
Pero por ahora te digo
But for now, I tell you.
No mires paraca mujer
Don't look back, woman.
En mi hallaste un amor sincero
You found true love in me.
Que no supiste aprovechar
That you didn't know how to take advantage of.
Pensaste que podías irte
You thought you could leave.
Y a tu gusto regresar
And come back as you pleased.
Quiero darte la noticia
I want to give you the news.
Que las cosas no son así
That things are not like that.
Al minuto que te fuiste
The minute you left.
Ya no fuiste parte de mi
You were no longer a part of me.
Contributed by Jeremiah N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.