Song · Courtney Love
“Mono” by Courtney Love
From the album America’s Sweetheart (2004)
“Mono” by Courtney Love appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations in 2004. It was first released in 2004 on the album America’s Sweetheart. Its best result is #71 on the CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #197 alternative song of 2004.
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"Mono" was Courtney Love's first single as a solo artist, and one of the first songs she cut for America's Sweetheart, recorded in 2003 at Studio Miraval, a French chateau. She wrote it with Linda Perry, her former Hole bandmate Patty Schemel and Patty's brother Larry Schemel. An alternate take on the maxi single drops in dialogue from the 1963 film Cleopatra, spoken by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Chris Milk directed the video around a sleeping-beauty theme, and in Britain channels like The Box, TMF and Chart Show TV kept it in heavy rotation through the summer of 2004. The single itself arrived the week after the album and was overshadowed by Love's personal troubles, including drug addiction and legal problems; it was a commercial failure.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 98 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 75 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 | 93 |
| 2004 | 98 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 99 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 71 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 | 102 |
| 2004 | 84 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 174 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2004 | 227 |
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