Before You Walk Out of My Life
Monica
1996
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Monica
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Monica is an R&B singer, songwriter and actress from Atlanta. Her early experience included singing with the traveling choir Charles Thompson and the Majestics before a recording career that began with Miss Thang in 1995. The Boy Is Mine continued her album catalog, while later independent releases included Commitment through her MonDeenise Music label. Alongside music, she appeared in films such as Love Song and ATL and worked in television, extending a performing career that began while she was still young.
Artist background sources
Monica: official biography
Supports Atlanta origins, debut and second album, independent imprint and Commitment; promotional records and album/single chart conflation in source not repeated. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
BET Networks: Monica series announcement
Supports early choir experience, songwriter/actress identity and named film work; personal adversity and prospective television plans not repeated. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Before You Walk Out of My Life by Monica appears at number 38 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1996. The source rank is shared with another side of the single; it is not a separate rank invented for this song. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1996 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1996 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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