Babylon Zoo

Babylon Zoo
Origin	Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Alternative rock, space rock, industrial rock, glam rock
Years active	1992–2000
Labels	Phonogram, WEA, EMI
Past members	Jas Mann Carrie Melbourne Dave Goodes Darrin Mooney Mark Bloomer

Babylon Zoo were a British rock band formed in 1992 in Wolverhampton, England. They are best known for the song "Spaceman", which gained considerable exposure through its use in a popular Levi's jeans TV advert in the United Kingdom in late 1995. Released as the band's début single on 21 January 1996, it went straight to the top of the UK Singles Chart. "Spaceman" cemented the band's legacy as a one hit wonder, and with little follow-up success, the band became largely forgotten.

Frontman Jas Mann had formerly been in an indie music band, called The Sandkings. In 1993, a three-track demo earned him a contract from Phonogram Records for his next project, Babylon Zoo.

The band's first single was the song "Spaceman" which had appeared on a Levi's jeans TV advert. Levi's used "Spaceman" for a UK TV ad after hearing the song on a Manchester radio station. It became the fastest-selling single in the UK since The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love". The single sold 420,000 copies in the first week of release, spending 5 weeks at number 1.

An album entitled The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes was produced at Mann's New Atlantis Productions music/artwork/video centre. It peaked at #6 on the UK Albums Chart on 17 February, but dropped out of the Top 40, lasting only a further two weeks on the chart. Subsequent singles charted progressively lower, failing to match the success of "Spaceman". The band's reputation was further damaged by a series of "scathing" live reviews.

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