Mood Indigo
About the single
Mood Indigo was released on 2 October 1996 as Anouk's official debut single and marked the first introduction to her distinctive voice and rock sound. At the time, Anouk was still largely unknown outside the live circuit in The Hague.
The song was written by Barry Hay and George Kooymans of Golden Earring, making them among the first established Dutch musicians to support Anouk early in her career.
Although Mood Indigo failed to become a commercial success and did not enter the Dutch Top 40, the single remains notable as the very first official release in Anouk's recording career.
A videoclip was produced for the single featuring legendary tattoo artist Hanky Panky. The clip initially received little attention, but after Anouk's breakthrough with Nobody's Wife in 1997, it was regularly broadcast on Dutch music television channels such as TMF.
In retrospect, Mood Indigo mainly serves as an early document of Anouk's development as an artist, as the opening single from her debut album Together Alone.
Tracklist
3 tracksClick a title to view the lyrics
Your eyes in a misty dream a million miles away
And in my ear you whisper my name
Just like in some old news flash
From light years ago
Van Dyke's on the slide trombone
Through the smoke of the party room
Your teeth like the ivory coast
Start singin' my favourite song
And it happen' to be mood indigo
Mood indigo
I just go weak when I hear mood indigo
Could last for weeks until I decide to wake up
Take off my make up
Holding on to my heart
Smokin' them downhill
In a room number thirteen
Tryin' to stretch my luck again
Down the corridor your footsteps echo against the wall
My man of mystery, my date with infinity
Tonight I'm gonna sacrifice, for the first time in my life
Make it all come back to me, like an old forgotten dream
Van Dyke's on the slide trombone
Through the smoke of the party room
Your teeth like the ivory coast
Start singin' my favourite song
And it happen' to be mood indigo
Mood indigo, I just go weak when I hear mood indigo
It could last for weeks until I decide to wake up
Completely lost in my mood indigo
I have dug my own gravesend
set my foot ashore in new port
travelled far beyond my landsend
and home is in my head
I have dived into a blackpool
with a maidstone around my neck
I just drifted into the southsea
with no hull beyond my deck
and home is in my head
well I have lost a wheel in barrow
try to cross the no one cambridge
when my liverpool grew shallow
had to dig more wells in tunbridge
Your eyes in a misty dream a million miles away
And in my ear you whisper my name
Just like in some old news flash
From light years ago
Van Dyke's on the slide trombone
Through the smoke of the party room
Your teeth like the ivory coast
Start singin' my favourite song
And it happen' to be mood indigo
Mood indigo
I just go weak when I hear mood indigo
Could last for weeks until I decide to wake up
Take off my make up
Holding on to my heart
Smokin' them downhill
In a room number thirteen
Tryin' to stretch my luck again
Down the corridor your footsteps echo against the wall
My man of mystery, my date with infinity
Tonight I'm gonna sacrifice, for the first time in my life
Make it all come back to me, like an old forgotten dream
Van Dyke's on the slide trombone
Through the smoke of the party room
Your teeth like the ivory coast
Start singin' my favourite song
And it happen' to be mood indigo
Mood indigo, I just go weak when I hear mood indigo
It could last for weeks until I decide to wake up
Completely lost in my mood indigo
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