"Babylon" was the second single released by David Gray from his fourth album, 1999's White Ladder. After two near misses with "Late Night Radio" in 1996 and "Please Forgive Me" in 1999, the song gave David his first major hit single in the UK when it peaked at #5 in the UK Singles Chart in August 2000.
Whilst it does not reference the city of Babylon, the song's meaning focuses on the nightlife of London and its clubs, pubs and bars. The song tells a story of a man who misses his partner and feels lonely at home while the city is alive at night.
The song was played at the UK leg of Live Earth with Damien Rice at Wembley Stadium, London.
"Babylon" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a promotional single in Canada. transmission era The Tea Party a visual discography Accessed 18 April 2007 The music video was shot in Toronto and was unique at the time for being one continuous shot with a single camera.
"Babylon" "was the last track to make it on to Transmission" and features "some of the most distorted sounds" The Tea Party ever made, with Jeff Burrows playing a sped up version of drums sampled from "Psychopomp" and "most guitar sounds are in fact keyboards in disguise". Stuart Chatwood, In Tangents The Tea Party Collection 2000, CD, EMI Music Canada, Mississauga.
Babylon is a song by the Glam metal band Faster Pussycat taken from their self-titled first album. The song features a sample of lead vocalist Taime Downe repeating the word "Pussycat" while the rest of the band scream "Shut up" in return. The song's lyrics are quite comical featuring a reference to the popular pop group Wham!.
The band, despite it being a fan favourite, never performed the song live due to the amount of vocal input that would be required from the other band members other than Taime and the use of samples.
The Rock band Backyard Babies have covered the song in homage to Faster Pussycat.
