Monaco - What Do You Want From Me

What this video is

Monaco were formed in 1995 as a side project of New Order bassist Peter Hook alongside guitarist David Potts, the sole survivor of Hook's earlier Revenge project. Their 1997 debut album 'Music for Pleasure' was released on Polydor and sold over half a million copies, with 'What Do You Want From Me?' peaking at number 11 on the UK singles chart. Critics frequently noted the album's sonic proximity to New Order,…

Why it matters

A defining artefact of the post-Madchester British alternative-electronic crossover, 'What Do You Want From Me?' demonstrates how New Order's foundational dance-rock vocabulary was absorbed and commercially redeployed in the Britpop era. The track and its video represent a stylistic bridge between…