[3] "Babylon" peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart in June 2000 and received a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in January 2021.

[6] The single's B-side, "Over My Head", also appears on the Japanese pressing of the album as a bonus track.

It features David Gray singing directly into the camera as it pans from right to left across a number of scenes throughout the city of London at nighttime.

A second, and stylistically similar, video was also released which shows Gray performing the song intercut with live concert footage and street scenes in San Francisco.

In 2008, Australian singer Kate Ceberano recorded a cover version of "Babylon" for her album So Much Beauty.