Mentira is a song composed by Chilean

Chile

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 Buddy Richard

Buddy Richard

Ricardo Roberto Toro Lavín, also known as Buddy Richard is a Chilean singer-songwriter known for his ballads....

 in 1982 and was a huge international hit for Nicaraguan

Nicaragua

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 singer, songwriter and composer Hernaldo Zúñiga

Hernaldo Zúñiga

Hernaldo Zúñiga is a Nicaraguan singer and music composer. He was born in Managua but lived his childhood and adolescence in Masaya.-Career:...

 and, almost simultaneously, it also meant a major success for Argentinian

Argentina

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 Valeria Lynch

Valeria Lynch

-Biography:Valeria Lynch was born on January 7, 1952 in the neighborhood of Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Is the first child of the marriage of Maria Antonia Spano and José Julio Lancellotti....

. This song was composed by Richard to participate in 1982 Chilean television contest "Aplauso" ("Applause") on Channel 13, which he won.

Hernaldo said "I heard it on the telecast of a musical contest in Santiago, Chile, while sitting in the room of a hotel", after this, he did, for this song, the first recorded version that appeared in a disc, and released it in his 1982 album entitled "A Tanto Fuego" ("On So Much Fire"). Meanwhile, Lynch included it in his hit album "Quiéreme" ("Love Me") the same year.

For Zúñiga, this song, the same as his previous success "Procuro olvidarte

Procuro Olvidarte

"Procuro olvidarte" is the name of the song that was the first international hit of the Nicaraguan singer and composer Hernaldo Zúñiga, the song was composed by Manuel Alejandro and Ana Magdalena, as the interpreter recognizes "based on a loving episode that I lived in thoses days", and because of...

" ("I try to forget you"), was strong in the international music scene, topping the charts in Latin America, from then until now, it is an inevitable part of his repertoire in concerts and unquestionably it has given him countless satisfactions in his artistic career.

Due to the enormous international success of "Mentira" ("Lie"), it has been recorded and covered by important artists such as the aforementioned Hernaldo Zúñiga

Hernaldo Zúñiga

Hernaldo Zúñiga is a Nicaraguan singer and music composer. He was born in Managua but lived his childhood and adolescence in Masaya.-Career:...

 (who in addition to the studio version, released two great live versions) and Valeria Lynch

Valeria Lynch

-Biography:Valeria Lynch was born on January 7, 1952 in the neighborhood of Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Is the first child of the marriage of Maria Antonia Spano and José Julio Lancellotti....

, also Buddy Richard

Buddy Richard

Ricardo Roberto Toro Lavín, also known as Buddy Richard is a Chilean singer-songwriter known for his ballads....

 (the composer), Ornella Vanoni

Ornella Vanoni

Ornella Vanoni, OMRI is one of the most credited pop singers of Italy. She is known for her sophisticated pop style.-Artistic career:...

, Iva Zanicchi

Iva Zanicchi

Iva Zanicchi is an Italian pop singer.Iva Zanicchi's career began in 1962 at the Castrocaro Festival of New Voices, where she gained third place. She won the Sanremo song festival in 1967 with Non pensare a me, in 1969 with Zingara and again in 1974 with Ciao cara, come stai?...

, Kika Edgar

Kika Edgar

Kika Edgar , is a Mexican actress and singer.- Biography :Starting her career primarily in theater and musicals, she has become well known in Mexico, starring in telenovelas such as Amor Real and Contra Viento y Marea...

, and more recently, Yuridia, on her debut album "La Voz de un Ángel" ("Voice of an Angel"), Manuel Mijares

Manuel Mijares

Manuel Mijares , is a popular Spanish-language singer who is billed simply as "Mijares." He launched his career at age 23. He is currently separated from singer/actress Lucero, with whom he has two children.-Biography:He was born in Hospital Español in Mexico City...

, in his covers album "Vivir Así" ("Live Like This") and the Trío Sol y Do, among others.