What Do You Want from Me? (Monaco song)

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"What Do You Want from Me?"
Monaco - What Do You Want From Me.jpg
Single by Monaco
from the album Music for Pleasure
B-side "Bicycle Thief", "Ultra"
Released24 February 1997 (1997-02-24)
Length4:07
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Peter Hook, David Potts
Producer(s) Peter Hook, David Potts
Monaco singles chronology
"What Do You Want from Me?"
(1997)		"Sweet Lips"
(1997)

"What Do You Want from Me?" is the debut single by New Order bassist Peter Hook's band Monaco. The song is about Hook's failed relationship with comedian Caroline Aherne. Released in February 1997 from the band's debut album, Music for Pleasure (1997), the song peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and became a top-30 rock hit in both Canada and the United States. The band released two further singles from the album, but this remains the most successful. A music video was also shot for the song. The track was adopted by fans of Shelbourne F.C. in 2011. [1]

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Critical reception

British magazine Music Week rated the song four out of five, adding, "Sounding like New Order with smiling faces, this first offering from Peter Hook and guitarist David Potts' partnership is a bright pop affair with those unmistakable Hook bass lines." [2] David Sinclair from The Times described it as "a song blatantly redolent of New Order, yet charmingly so." [3]

Music video

The music video for the song features group members Peter Hook and David Potts entering a fancy casino along with many other glamorous people, including two women who appear to be with the both of them, plus two gothic-looking characters (male and female), a dwarf, and a glamorous-looking woman. As Potts plays roulette with a group of people, Hook plays his bass and sings beneath the glass table. Just before the chorus, Hook appears outside and Potts assists in singing the chorus from underneath the glass. Later on, two back-up singers also appear underneath the glass. At another table, a dealer hands Hook some cards. He sneaks a peek at them as he sings. When he wins, the dwarf, along with many other people, appear at the table. The dwarf jumps up and down, cheering. The band then appear in a white room performing the song and also at what appears to be the front of the casino. The guests continue to enjoy themselves and the glamorous looking woman who entered with the dwarf throws something away in the trash. The dwarf appears in another part of the casino playing the featured piano solo while the gothic-looking man sits with the gothic-looking woman. He gestures to her as if to say he needs to be excused and goes off with the glamorous-looking woman as his former date looks on. Later on, a man grabs a woman's behind and she shoos him away while the back-up singers sing in to a microphone in another part of the casino. A woman kisses the dwarf on the head and another man has a drink poured on him by a woman as the band continues to play in the white room. At the end, the four women featured in the video leave the hotel smiling and Hook and Potts follow them out.

Track listings

  1. "What Do You Want from Me?" – 3:54
  2. "Bicycle Thief" – 3:59
  3. "Ultra" – 8:05
  4. "What Do You Want from Me?" (instrumental) – 4:36
  1. "What Do You Want from Me?" – 3:54
  2. "Bicycle Thief" – 3:59

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom24 February 1997
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Polydor [21]
Japan21 May 1997CD [22]
United States15 July 1997 Contemporary hit radio [23]

References

  1. ↑ Frazer, John (Producer) (2011), 2011.07.01 - Monaghan Utd v Shelbourne (IPTV Production), ShelsTV
  2. ↑ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 15 February 1997. p. 23. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Sinclair, David (14 June 1997). "The week's top pop releases; Records". The Times .
  4. ↑ What Do You Want from Me? (UK & Australian CD single liner notes). Monaco. Polydor Records. 1997. 573 191-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ What Do You Want from Me? (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Monaco. Polydor Records. 1997. 573 190-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ What Do You Want from Me? (UK cassette single sleeve). Monaco. Polydor Records. 1997. 573 190-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 192.
  8. ↑ "Monaco – What Do You Want from Me?" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 3251." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 14, no. 13. 29 March 1997. p. 29. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Monaco – What Do You Want from Me?" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (24.4. '97 – 30.4. '97)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 25 April 1997. p. 16. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  13. ↑ "Tipparade-lijst van week 23, 1997" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Monaco – What Do You Want from Me?" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  16. ↑ "Monaco – What Do You Want from Me?". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  17. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  18. ↑ "Monaco Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  19. ↑ "Monaco Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  20. ↑ "Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1997" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  21. ↑ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 22 February 1997. p. 41. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  22. ↑ "ホワット・ドゥ・ユー・ウォント・フロム・ミー | モナコ" [What Do You Want from Me | Monaco] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  23. ↑ "New Releases". Radio & Records . No. 1205. 11 July 1997. p. 42.
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