Rialto were an English rock band formed in London in 1997. They released their self-titled debut album in 1998, followed by their second and final album, Night on Earth, in 2001. Their single "Untouchable" reached the top 20 in the UK Singles Chart. In the summer of 1998, Rialto became the first ever UK chart band to release a single exclusively through the internet.
Despite finding favour with music critics, with Melody Maker anticipating "a fairytale future of Oasis-like proportions", the band were famously dropped by their label East West, a Warner Music Group imprint, a month before the release of their heavily promoted eponymous debut album, denting the group's chances of major commercial success. Neil McCormick noted that Rialto were "among the most critically acclaimed and highly touted new groups to emerge" of the late 1990s, making "carefully crafted, Beatlesque pop, with an epic, cinematic sound and slightly sinister lyrics". The group gained a following in East Asia, particularly in South Korea where their debut reached the number one spot in the album charts.

Lyrics:

At eight o'clock we said goodbye
That's when I left her house for mine
She said that she'd be staying in
Well, she had to be at work by nine
So I get home and have a bath
And let an hour or two pass
Drifting in front of my TV
When a film comes on that she wants to see

It's Monday morning 5:19
And I'm still wondering where she's been
'Cause every time I try to call
I just get her machine
And now it's almost 6 AM
And I don't want to try again
'Cause if she's still not back
Then this must be the end

At first I guess she's gone
To get herself a pack of cigarettes
A pint of milk
Food for the cat
But it's midnight now
And she's still not back

It's Monday morning 5:19
And I'm still wondering where she's been
'Cause every time I try to call
I just get her machine
And now it's almost 6 AM
And I don't want to try again
'Cause if she's still not back
Well, heaven knows what then
Is this the end?

At half past two I picture her
In the back of someone else's car
He runs his fingers through her hair
Oh, you shouldn't let
Him touch you there..

It's Monday morning 5:19
And I'm still wondering where she's been
'Cause every time I try to call
I just get her machine
And now it's almost 6 AM
And I don't want to try again
'Cause if she's still not back
Well, heaven knows what then
Is this the end?

"Rialto" is also an historic market district of Venice, Italy, located close to the Grand Canal and to the 16th-century Rialto Bridge which is the oldest remaining bridge in Venice.

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