Babylon Zoo
Babylon Zoo was a British rock band of the mid-1990s from Wolverhampton, En… Read Full Bio ↴Babylon Zoo was a British rock band of the mid-1990s from Wolverhampton, England, fronted by Jas Mann. They were best known for the song "Spaceman", which on its release on January 21, 1996, went straight to Number 1 on the UK singles chart, selling 418,000 copies in the first week of release - a record at the time.

Jas Mann had formerly been in an indie music band, called The Sandkings, which he left in 1992, because of musical differences.

Babylon Zoo was signed to Phonogram Records after A&R rep Clive Black heard their first three-track demo tape in May 1993. When Black moved to Warner Bros. Records in 1993, he took Mann's contract with him. An album had been prepared and sleeves for a single, "Fire Guided Light", were printed, but Babylon Zoo's debut was put on hold again when Black moved once more to EMI in 1995, where the band were signed on to a seven-album contract.

However, promotional copies of the song "Spaceman" had already been distributed, and chosen to tie in with the release of a new Levi's jeans TV advert. The single went straight to Number 1 on the UK singles chart and also went to Number 1 in the single charts in twenty-three countries.

An album entitled The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes was produced at Mann's New Atlantis Productions music/artwork/video centre. It was released in 1996 and included new-age tracks such as "Is Your Soul for Sale?" and "I'm Cracking Up I Need a Pill". It debuted at #6 on the album charts and reached the Top 20 in 17 countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

In 1997, Jas Mann was lampooned on the channel 4 TV series, Brass Eye.

Three years later, in 1999, a follow-up album was released entitled King Kong Groover, but Mann decided not to promote the album as he was not getting support from his label EMI since the departure of the man who had signed him, Clive Black. Mann subsequently decided to move to India and work for an aid agency.

Years active 1992–2000
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Babylon Zoo Lyrics


00 the boy with the x-ray eyes An invitation to dance on the floor Entertainment was low…
All the Money's Gone Riding into town On the wave of a crowd Your Majesty, The…
Animal Army Tyrannosaurus marches before us Lions laugh at the smell of …
Are You a Boy or a Girl? *Never sell your soul (ah ah) Never sell your soul (ah…
Aroma Girl There is somethin' strange deep inside her brain I don't kn…
Bikini Machine Life was oh so, so erotic Somewhere deep inside his eyes S…
Blue Nude silence.... croud of the silver dance presence of silence Do…
blue+nude silence.... croud of the silver dance presence of silence …
Caffeine Home What is home? Pack your possesions and leave us…
Chrome Invader I'm wired for weird and I'm on attack My life tastes…
Confused Art Red light, green light Red light, green light Red light,…
cosmic dancer I was dancing when I was twelve (X2) I was dancing…
Don't Feed the Animals Don't feed the animals…



Fire Guided Light There's something in the sky, I think you're going to…
Hey Man (Hey man, get your body down, get your body down,…
Honaloochie Boogie I was a city child with a dead-end smile And a…
Honeymoon in Space Electrics day hangin' over me I think we're about to lose…
I'm Cracking Up I Need a Pill I am cracking up I need a pill I am…
Is Your Soul for Sale All those simple songs we sang And the Christmas we spent…
Is Your Soul for Sale%3F All those simple songs we sang And the Christmas we spent…
Is Your Soul for Sale? All those simple songs we sang And the Christmas we spent…
Love Lies Bleeding Your silhouette only remains on the day you left me, Alone…
Manhattan Martian Monday mornin' as I lie awake A Starman fell from outer…
Mervs Tune Take a photograph of his mother cause she wants to be…
Metal Vision We have metal vision Robot 3D eyes Turn on your television J…
Paris Green Everytime I breath I think of Everytime I sleep I…
Space Man Spaceman I always wanted you to go Into Spaceman (Intergal…
Spaceman Spaceman I always wanted you to go Into Spaceman (Intergalac…
Spaceman (radio edit) Spaceman I always wanted you to go into space, man (intergal…
Stereo Superstar Weird-lookin' people, they seem all right Nobody's drivin' …
The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes An invitation to dance on the floor Entertainment was low…
Zodiac Sign If there's a God, who's got a road Leading to…


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