Babybird is a British indie band, formed in 1995. The band is fronted by St… Read Full Bio ↴Babybird is a British indie band, formed in 1995. The band is fronted by Stephen Jones, who has also released records as a solo artist, using his own name and the name Baby Bird.
Jones had begun writing songs and recording home demos as part of an experimental theatre group in Sheffield. A collection of these demos (I Was Born a Man) was released in the summer of 1995, under the name Baby Bird. Following a warm critical reception for this record, he recruited a band made up of Huw Chadbourne (keyboards), Robert Gregory (drums), John Pedder (bass) and Luke Scott (guitar), in order to tour and promote his work.
During 1995, two further albums of demo recordings were released under the name Baby Bird (Bad Shave and Fatherhood) and two in 1996 (The Happiest Man Alive and Dying Happy).
By the end of the year, a decent public following had been built up, as well as quite considerable excitment within the press and music industry. Babybird were signed to Echo Records (a division of the Chrysalis Group), and the first "proper" single, a full-band recording of "Goodnight", which had appeared in demo form on Fatherhood, was eventually released in the summer of 1996, becoming a minor chart hit in the UK.
"You're Gorgeous"
The second single, You're Gorgeous, reached number 3 in the UK in October 1996, and was also one of the biggest selling singles of the year, going on to chart around the world. This remains the song for which Stephen Jones and Babybird are best known.
However, it presented a much more commercial face to the public in comparison to Jones' previous work. The early demo albums won Jones great credibility with those who heard them, but had not reached a wide audience (each one being a one-off pressing). Arguably, the commercial sound and success of "You're Gorgeous", which received massive exposure by comparison, made it hard for many to take Jones seriously as an indie artist. Essentially, what he was best at was no longer what he was best known for.
After "You're Gorgeous"
The album Ugly Beautiful was released to a warm reception, but was not the unmitigated critical triumph that some had anticipated from Babybird's first studio-recorded album. The album produced two more hit singles, Candy Girl and Cornershop.
Babybird returned, minus keyboardist Huw Chadbourne, in 1998 with There's Something Going On, preceded by a single, Bad Old Man. The album was a modest success and was followed by further minor hits, If You'll Be Mine and Back Together.
In 2000, a line-up of Babybird comprising Stephen Jones, Luke Scott and Matt Hay created a third album. Bugged, which was well-received critically (it might be suggested that it is an album of the right quality, but four years later than expected). However, sales were poor and the two singles from it, The F-Word (later the theme tune to a UK TV cookery show of the same name) and Out of Sight barely dented the charts. Babybird were dropped by their record label soon after. A third single from the album Fireflies was released on Animal Noise records, but sold few copies. The band subsequently split.
Stephen Jones went on to write fiction, release solo work and score a film, Blessed, in 2004.
In October 2005, a posting on the official Babybird website announced that the band had reformed as a three-piece featuring Stephen, Luke Scott and Robert Gregory, and would be releasing new material in 2006.
The last CD, called "Between My Ears There's Nothing But Music", was released in autumn 2006 and didn't seem to have encountered a big success.
Stephen Jones has also released Solo material, not to be confused with the american artist of the same name.
In September 2009, Stephen Jones launched an online Babybird community, on which he regularly posts.
A brief tour of the UK was undertaken in November 2009 with the lineup of Stephen Jones, Luke Scott and Robert Gregory. This tour was to promote the new album, Ex-Maniac, due for release in February 2010. Johnny Depp, a long time fan, appears on the album Ex-Maniac, as guitarist in the first single off the album, Unloveable.
Jones had begun writing songs and recording home demos as part of an experimental theatre group in Sheffield. A collection of these demos (I Was Born a Man) was released in the summer of 1995, under the name Baby Bird. Following a warm critical reception for this record, he recruited a band made up of Huw Chadbourne (keyboards), Robert Gregory (drums), John Pedder (bass) and Luke Scott (guitar), in order to tour and promote his work.
During 1995, two further albums of demo recordings were released under the name Baby Bird (Bad Shave and Fatherhood) and two in 1996 (The Happiest Man Alive and Dying Happy).
By the end of the year, a decent public following had been built up, as well as quite considerable excitment within the press and music industry. Babybird were signed to Echo Records (a division of the Chrysalis Group), and the first "proper" single, a full-band recording of "Goodnight", which had appeared in demo form on Fatherhood, was eventually released in the summer of 1996, becoming a minor chart hit in the UK.
"You're Gorgeous"
The second single, You're Gorgeous, reached number 3 in the UK in October 1996, and was also one of the biggest selling singles of the year, going on to chart around the world. This remains the song for which Stephen Jones and Babybird are best known.
However, it presented a much more commercial face to the public in comparison to Jones' previous work. The early demo albums won Jones great credibility with those who heard them, but had not reached a wide audience (each one being a one-off pressing). Arguably, the commercial sound and success of "You're Gorgeous", which received massive exposure by comparison, made it hard for many to take Jones seriously as an indie artist. Essentially, what he was best at was no longer what he was best known for.
After "You're Gorgeous"
The album Ugly Beautiful was released to a warm reception, but was not the unmitigated critical triumph that some had anticipated from Babybird's first studio-recorded album. The album produced two more hit singles, Candy Girl and Cornershop.
Babybird returned, minus keyboardist Huw Chadbourne, in 1998 with There's Something Going On, preceded by a single, Bad Old Man. The album was a modest success and was followed by further minor hits, If You'll Be Mine and Back Together.
In 2000, a line-up of Babybird comprising Stephen Jones, Luke Scott and Matt Hay created a third album. Bugged, which was well-received critically (it might be suggested that it is an album of the right quality, but four years later than expected). However, sales were poor and the two singles from it, The F-Word (later the theme tune to a UK TV cookery show of the same name) and Out of Sight barely dented the charts. Babybird were dropped by their record label soon after. A third single from the album Fireflies was released on Animal Noise records, but sold few copies. The band subsequently split.
Stephen Jones went on to write fiction, release solo work and score a film, Blessed, in 2004.
In October 2005, a posting on the official Babybird website announced that the band had reformed as a three-piece featuring Stephen, Luke Scott and Robert Gregory, and would be releasing new material in 2006.
The last CD, called "Between My Ears There's Nothing But Music", was released in autumn 2006 and didn't seem to have encountered a big success.
Stephen Jones has also released Solo material, not to be confused with the american artist of the same name.
In September 2009, Stephen Jones launched an online Babybird community, on which he regularly posts.
A brief tour of the UK was undertaken in November 2009 with the lineup of Stephen Jones, Luke Scott and Robert Gregory. This tour was to promote the new album, Ex-Maniac, due for release in February 2010. Johnny Depp, a long time fan, appears on the album Ex-Maniac, as guitarist in the first single off the album, Unloveable.
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Babybird Lyrics
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Box Head I get that you're sick of these parking lots and…
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45 & Fat I'll sing about love Till I'm 45 and fat I'll take almost…
70 Waking up with you Lying here beside me What a wonderful m…
Alison Oh Alison, oh Alison, Alison, oh Alison, Alison, Alison, Oh…
All I Want The other night, I saw you lying there, I didn't want…
All I Want Is Love Your heart is like a swarm of bees A little breeze…
All Men Are Evil If all men are evil And all the girls are good There…
Atomic Soda You asked me not to speak Then kissed me on the…
Baby Bird Baby bird...don't you cry Don't you fly away from me ..don…
Back Together Put the car in reverse and come back to me without you…
Back Together (Remix) Put the car in reverse and come back to me without you…
Bad Jazz You ain′t no Charlie Bird man. This is the worst jazz…
Bad Old Man He had a bad old man who beat him Took a…
Bad Shave It's time to come down from your spire Jesus come back,…
Bastard You can love me if you want to But it's best…
Because You're Gorgeous Y-O-U-R-E G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S Remember that tanktop you bought …
Better Than Love You make it wrong To feel bad You make it stupid To feel…
Black Flowers Sometimes my heart stops And I can't see you through the…
blow it to the moon Got myself a cigarette, took a puff too soon, Got a…
Candy Girl Are you the tornado in my sails Are you Jesus without…
Cool & Crazy Things to Do It was a cool and crazy thing It was a cool…
Cornershop What is this beautiful thing we've found It's so shiny, brig…
Dad Bird Sings Take me in your arms again Wash me in your eyes Tie…
Dead in Love She's feeling lost today (She's feeling lost today) Her best…
Dive It's a beautiful radiation The world's bleeding on my TV sc…
Divorce Song When the diamonds in your smile fall out When the laughter…
Eyes in the Back of Your Head You got music in the palm of your hands And there’s…
Failed Suicide Club Step one, don't kill yourself Step two, don't do yourself in…
Fireflies There’s bug in the jam jar They choking They forgot to put…
First Man on the Sun It was the night before When i knocked on your door Had…
For The Rest Of Our Lives When we are together The air starts to thin And when I…
Getaway Here you go You have the power To turn the rain off Leave…
Goddamn It, You're a Kid Big yellow m, three k's on a pack, Black tick on…
Good Night I hold you closely you push me away I want forever…
Goodnight I hold you close You push me away I want forever you…
Hong Kong Blues Oh God save our gracious queen, long may she rule…
I Didn The other night, I saw you lying there, I didn't want…
I Know All I know is all you know and all you…
I Was Never Here We were happy being stupid, happy being dumb Sad not being…
If You'll Be Mine If you'll be mine, I'll be yours If you'll be mine,…
Invisible Tune Walked to your house As the sun hit the moon My hand…
It's Not Funny Anymore There's a house in your head And the lights, they are…
Jesus is my Girlfriend Look at my hands They're all over you My rusty nails stuck…
July Way up in the clouds Angels don't fly Big silver birds Re-wr…
King Bing Oh you ugly beautiful thing Oh you, oh you, oh…
Lighter 'n' Spoon Half-dead on the sofa Curling up in cotton Looking for som…
Love Love Love She's feeling lost today (She's feeling lost today) Her best…
My Girlfriend Killed Jesus Look at my hands They're all over you My rusty nails stuck…
Old Skin When I come in and I'm tired And I've forgotten myself It'…
One Dead Groove Take a look at the sky Take a look at the…
Out of Sight Sometime When you’re home late And no-one comes down Don’…
Shoutabout In the morning when the world's up And I can't breathe…
Snails When you go away I'll try to find someone else But…
Take Me Away Found you on the roadside Little cuts and bruises underneath…
The F-Word I wanna get high, I wanna get low I wanna…
The Life I got this no good, deadwood motherfucking itch and I am g…
The Little Things Here they come The little things Building up To everythi…
The Way You Are So I was wrong It wasn’t love At first sight Tonight So …
There's Something Going On There's something, there's something going on. There's some…
Till You Die One is you Two is me Three’s a baby Four’s the family …
Too Handsome to be Homeless We are not cool We are not crazy We steal cars Because we're…
Too Much When the world goes quiet But the silence gets too loud Li…
Unloveable I've tried And you've tried You've cried And I've cried …
Wave Your Hands We got love on our fingers And hate on our knuckles We…
You Y-O-U-R-E G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S Remember that tanktop you bought …
You & Me You & me Me & you (x3) You & me & me &…
You Are Gorgeous Remember that tanktop you bought me You wrote 'You're gorgeo…
You re Gorgeous Y-O-U-R-E G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S Remember that tanktop you bought …
You Will Always Love Me It's so wide, it's so tall I'm a ghost coming through…
You' re Gorgeous Y-O-U-R-E G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S Remember that tanktop you bought …
You're Gorgeous Too (Y. O. U. R. E. G. O. R. G. E.…
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