singer Juan Luis Guerra

The Moving in, moving on, merengue, bachata y son.
It was his record label, EMI Televisa, that insisted on doing a mostly Spanish version, Mr. Guerra said, but he said he felt that the English version remains better. (The Spanish version won 2007 Latin Grammys for Best Song and Best Record.)
Understanding the words doesn’t keep a listener from enjoying a song of course. Mr. Guerra himself was an incurable Beatles fan growing up, and their use of harmony influences his arrangements to this day. But he didn’t get the lyrics.
“Never,” he said. “I never knew what they were saying until I was older. Not long ago I started studying the words of ‘Eleanor Rigby’ with my niece, and I finally understood the song. I used to sing it and have no idea what it was about.”