Synopsis

Jas Mann performs amid a surreal animal procession moving through the streets of an unnamed city. As elephants, lions, leopards and other creatures advance like a strange parade, Mann dances and sings among them, turning the urban landscape into a fantastical jungle. The imagery gives visual form to the song's recurring animal imagery and its idea of a private, untamed world breaking into everyday society.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Animal Army" was released on April 15, 1996, as Babylon Zoo's second single and the follow-up to "Spaceman."

• The song reached No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart, a comparatively modest result after "Spaceman" had topped the chart.

• The video was widely described at the time as one of the most expensive music videos ever produced.

• The song itself includes animal sounds, including an elephant call and lion and leopard roars.

• Jas Mann described the track as depicting the "private jungle" of his imagination.

• The single's release followed the debut album *The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes*, on which Mann wrote all the songs and handled most of the instrumentation and production.