"Life in Mono" is a song by UK alternative jazz band Mono, which consisted of singer Siobhan de Maré and musician Martin Virgo. It was released on the band's first EP in 1996 which contained various remixes, most notably two by the Propellerheads. It was released again in 1997 on the bands only album 'Formica Blues'.
The song was used as the theme to the 1998 version of the movie Great Expectations (reportedly chosen by actor Robert de Niro),[1] as well as being used in various TV commercials. It was covered by Emma Bunton in 2006 for her third album, also titled Life in Mono.
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 X5
