Ignacio Cano Andrés, aka Nacho Cano, (b. Madrid, February 26, 1963) is a Spanish arranger, composer, musician and record producer. He and his brother showed an interest in music in their young lives. At 5, he began to play the Spanish guitar and at 12 he started his first band called "Prisma", with Toti Arboles and Eduardo Benavente, both of whom would later make up the core of the sociocultural movement that took place in Spain after Franco's death, known as the "Movida Madrileña". After playing in several different bands in his early teens, Nacho formed “Mecano” with his brother Jose and his brother’s friend Ana Torroja. At 16, Nacho wrote “Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar” (“I Can’t Get Up Today”). “Mecano” signed their first record deal with CBS, when Nacho was 17 years old. This first album smashed all sales records in Spain, selling 1,000,000 copies in three months.
“Mecano" became the biggest Spanish pop-rock band of all time, with an estimated 25 million records sold. The European music press has described them as the most important non-English speaking band since ABBA. At this time, Nacho met the influential Hans Zimmer who would help him produce and arrange Mecano’s second album. Today, Nacho attributes Hans with teaching him the most important music lessons of his life. They remain friends and mentors to this day. It was during this journey also that Nacho met Penélope Cruz who would star in the music video for one of his most successful songs, "La Fuerza del Destino". In 1992, seeking to escape the challenges that entail his success, he travelled to New York City with Penélope Cruz and wrote his first instrumental piece "Un Mundo Separa por el Mismo Dios" ("A World Split by the Same God"). They moved to London in 1994. Their relationship lasted through 1998, and they remain friends.
Knocked Down
One Hundred Million Souls are joined together.
All hope for something better.
And daring to just ask the question.
€œWhat is all this worth?€
Because the answers have all lost their meaning.
They got us all believing.
We really have a future?
And who will get there first?
Knocked down, stumble then you fall
Stay down, find some use for it all
No way, walk before you crawl
When will you fall?
So many hopeless lives have been forgotten,
Defeated once too often.
Just hoping to find resolution
Held down by a greater force.
In the search we find no solutions
And dream of revolutions.
But wake to find we're part of the problem.
So tell me what is worse?
Knocked down, stumble then you fall
Stay down, find some use for it all
No way, walk before you crawl
When will you fall?
When will you fall?
*When will you fall?
Knocked down, stumble then you fall
stay down, find some use for it all
No way, walk before you crawl
Knocked down, stumble then you fall
Stay down, find some use for it all
No way, walk before you crawl
Knocked down
Stay down
Knocked down
Sit down
When will you fall?
When will you fall?
When will you fall?
When will you fall?