All the Money's Gone

"All the Money's Gone"
Single by Babylon Zoo
from the album King Kong Groover
B-side
  • Chrome Invader
  • All the Money's Gone (Wiseass Dawn Patrol Mix)
Released25 January 1999[1]
Recorded1998
GenreGlam rock, alternative rock
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Jas Mann
Producer(s)Jas Mann
Steve Power
Babylon Zoo singles chronology
"The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes"
(1996)
"All the Money's Gone"
(1999)
"Honaloochie Boogie"
(1999)

"All the Money's Gone" is a song by Babylon Zoo and the first single to be taken from their second album King Kong Groover. It was written and produced by Jas Mann, and peaked at #46 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1999.[2] An animated music video was made to accompany the single.

Reception

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The Sunday Mercury read: "Mann is having an identity crisis... he can't decide if he's [David] Bowie, Marc Bolan or Gary Glitter – but glam-rock, this disappointing record ain't".[3] Ewan MacLeod of the Sunday Mail enjoyed the single's accompanying music video, but felt it "a shame the song sounds like a rip-off of Seventies glam group T-Rex".[4] In NME, Steven Wells wrote that the "very Bowie-esque" track "sucks" on an unrivalled level.[5] Anna Carey of the Sunday Tribune called it "hideous".[6]

In a retrospective article for AllMusic, critic Dave Thompson likened the song to "an unholy collision between Oasis and Barry Blue's 'Dancing on a Saturday Night'."[7]

Track listing

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  • CD Promo Single 1998 EMI (CDEMDJ 519)
  1. All the Money's Gone (7" Mix) - 3.44
  • CD Single 1 1998 EMI (CDEMS 519)
  1. All the Money's Gone - 3.44
  2. Chrome Invader - 5.03
  3. All the Money's Gone (Wiseass Dawn Patrol Remix) - 6.53
  • CD Single 2 1998 EMI (CDEM 519)
  1. All the Money's Gone - 3.44
  2. All the Money's Gone (Tin Tin Out Vocal Mix) - 8.35
  3. All the Money's Gone (Space Raiders Mix) - 6.08

References

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  1. ^ https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-01-23.pdf (Page 18)
  2. ^ "Official Charts: Babylon Zoo - Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. ^ "New releases". Sunday Mercury. The Free Library. 20 September 1998. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ^ MacLeod, Ewan (30 August 1998). "Gossip". Sunday Mail. Trinity Mirror.
  5. ^ Wells, Steven (23 January 1999). "This week's singles". NME. Archived from the original on 31 August 2000. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  6. ^ Carey, Anna (14 February 1999). "Rock/pop CDs". Sunday Tribune.
  7. ^ Thompson, Dave. "King Kong Groover Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 December 2018.