Mono - Life In Mono (Official 1996 HD Music Video)

Mono’s debut single from 1996, ‘Life In Mono’ is a sumptuous slice of chilled out electronica featuring a sample of John Barry’s sublime Ipcress File theme and was the lead off track from their ’97 LP Formica Blues.
The track was later covered by Spice Girl Emma Bunton and would appear on the soundtrack of the 1998 Hollywood movie version of Great Expectation. It and has been featured in commercials, TV shows and films including MTV’s 90’s animated classic Daria.
Formica Blues’ 25th anniversary this August is celebrated with a deluxe edition of the album featuring rare remixes from Matthew Herbert, Mr Scruff, Les Rhythmes Digitales (AKA Stuart Price) and the Aloof.

Lyrics
The stranger sang a theme
From someone else's dream
The leaves began to fall
And no one spoke at all
But I can't seem to recall
When you came along
Ingenue, ingenue
I just don't know what to do
The tree-lined avenue
Begins to fade from view
Drowning past regrets
In tea and cigarettes
But I can't seem to forget
When you came along
Ingenue, ingenue
I just don't know what to do
Ingenue
I just don't know what to do
Ingenue
I just don't know what to do
Ingenue
I just don't know what to do
Ingenue
I just don't know what to do
Ingenue
I just don't know what to do

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[LadyVoldemort]

Still one of my most favorite songs ever. The melancholy hapsichord and beautiful melody always takes my imagination far, far away... Dreaming about another me, living in another life, in another world, another time... Sometimes it made me smile, and sometimes it brought me to tears... 🥲🥰

[pesokpesok]

still admiring this epic tune in 2024!!!

[emrehankoroglu]

A melancholic autumn song that makes you dream of looking out the window against a black and white background on a rainy day. This song is like a hidden treasure that few people know about.

[hypatia]

I bought the Great Expectations soundtrack as soon as it was released and used to have this song on repeat, again and again. I still love it!

[UserUtube]

Dreamy, mysterious, captivating, haunting, tempting....like no other song

[Great_Mother_Of_]

The perfect James Bond type style of music that has never been in any James Bond movie. Has a haunting 70's balad style with modern D&B.

[RandomAverageCat]

I love that mix of trip hop with the 1970s pop ballad style.
90s, please come back

[tubester]

25 years and not heard a song sung so beautifully. I pity Swiftie generation.

[TravelandBang]

2024 and this song is still epic... next level emo

[WolfenSköll-Mountains]

I remember when I saw the movie "Great Expectations" in 1998 at the cinema and heard this sublime music and fell sweetly in love with the beauty of Gwyneth Paltrow they couldn't have chosen a better song for that unforgettable movie 💘

[짜네짜네-qi]

영어도 할 줄 모르던 어린 시절 지금은 찾기도 힘든 레코드바에서 우연히 이곡을 듣고 휘몰아치는 감정에 어찌할 바를 모르던 지난 날이 기억납니다 음악이란 매체가 한순간에 누군가의 가슴을 이렇게나 울렁이게 만들 수 있다는 걸 아마도 제 인생에 첫경험한 순간이었을 겁니다

제목과 가수를 알 길이 없어 십여년간 애타게 찾아왔던 이 곡을 우연히 티비에서 듣게 되고 그렇게 처음 가사를 알게 된 날 ingenue 라는 단어를 계속해서 되뇌이던 기억이 납니다 공책에 단어를 빼곡히 써내려가며 쓸쓸하고 공허하지만 순수하고 시적이면서도 퇴폐적인 곡 분위기에 또 다시 빠져듭니다

그렇게 음악을 통해 다른 차원으로 떠나가는 듯한 경험을 몇차례 하게 된 후 이러한 감정을 불러일으키는 곡에 대해서는 다른 사람들의 감상을 알고 싶어 주기적으로 유튜브를 검색하고 댓글을 살펴봅니다

먼 나라에 다른 얼굴과 삶을 살아온 이들이 나와 같은 경험을 한 것을 알게되는 것은 이곡 만큼이나 저에게 위로와 울림을 줍니다 제가 정말 사랑하는 곡입니다

[VicenteSánchez-by]

This song gives me a feeling of sadness, nostalgia and depression that I love.

[jonathanhemoniadis]

I was 19yrs old back in 1996. How fast time flies and how some songs can bring back so beautiful memories!!!

[MrDinglesTate]

I love the way she almost whispers this haunting song. Most singers need to be the center of attention; her ability to allow the powerful emotions of the song be the focus is what makes it so unique & fascinating.

[ianjuchant]

Just thought of the song and found this was uploaded 3 days ago. Hooray! Love the 90s!

[marcusmiro]

One of the best pieces of music of all time. It's kind of mind blowing that this achieved the success it did. When Great Expectations came out and this song was everywhere for a while, this became the first non-video game non-movie song I became obsessed with as a kid. It seriously messed with me. I was 11 when promotional push for that movie was in full swing, and I just remember feeling so forlorn, broken, damaged, etc... every time I heard this song. Just a deep visceral feeling of sadness. Along with a lot of video game music in a similar vein (Castlevania, for example, ) it helped shape my musical taste; I have always loved this dark, deeply morose, baroque-heavy minor key sound. I love harpsichords, Wing upright pianos, etc... anything that gives that regal, courtly sound, my favorite chord in minor key is the V chord, etc.... and man, this song really is one of the best circle of fifths progressions of all time. I Will Survive has nothing on this.

[TheJulianwilde]

I heard this on the radio while driving, more than 20 years ago and had to pulll over. And it STILL has the sam effect on me. "Ingenue... I just don't know what to do."

[iamshadowbanned]

I heard this on La Femme Nikita and I was instantly hooked. Peta Wilson I love you lol.

[alexlug]

I wish Mono would publish more albums, Formica Blues is so awesome!!!

[KnightRider-hmkn]

I heard this song working as Security for Channel Boutique in SOHO in the year 2000 and fell in love with it.