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Jesus Jones are a British alternative rock band from Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, formed in late 1988, who continue to record and perform, as of 2025. Their track "Right Here, Right Now" was an international hit, and was subsequently globally licensed for promotional and advertising campaigns. The single was also nominated for a Grammy Award at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards in 1991, as was its album, Doubt. They also achieved chart success with the songs "Real Real Real", "International Bright Young Thing" and "Info Freako".
In early 1990, Jesus Jones recorded their second album, Doubt, but their record label was forced to delay its release until the beginning of 1991. The album sold well, due to the success of "Right Here, Right Now". The song is about the swift end of the Cold War, and reached No. 2 in the United States and No. 31 in the United Kingdom. In June 1990, Jesus Jones appeared at the Glastonbury Festival.
Other singles from Doubt included "Real, Real, Real" and "International Bright Young Thing", which became two of their biggest in the UK, reaching No. 19 and No. 7 respectively in the UK Singles Chart. In 1991, Jesus Jones were the only UK winners when they won the Best New Artist award at the MTV Awards. In April 1991, the United Kingdom music magazine NME reported that their US tour had sold out before Jesus Jones arrived in the country.
The follow-up to Doubt was Perverse (1993), a darker and more Industrial music based album, which, though a big seller, did not reach the worldwide hit status of Doubt. Perverse was one of the first rock albums recorded entirely digitally.
In 2005, the Live at the Marquee DVD was released on Secret Recordings of a filmed gig from 2002.
The single "Right Here, Right Now" was resurrected in 2006 as an advertising jingle for the American retailer Kmart, in an image campaign for CBS News, and in promotional advertisements for the now-defunct television channel TechTV. In 2007 Hillary Clinton used the track for her electoral campaign. Ford Motor Company used "Right Here, Right Now" in their 2010 televisual advertising campaign. A cover of the song was also recorded by New Zealand band The Feelers to use in advertising for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In 2011 the band released The Collection & Other Rarities, which included many of their B-side tracks as well as demos and rarities.
In November 2014, EMI reissued all four of the band's albums in a special CD+DVD bundle. In addition to the original album's tracks the reissues feature radio sessions, long-deleted b-sides, rare remixes and alternate versions. The DVDs include rare live concert footage and other extras.
In a 2015 interview for the online periodical Soot Magazine band leader Mike Edwards acknowledged that, besides re-recording some older tracks with new arrangements, he was in the process of writing material for a new album: "I am writing new stuff β I was actually writing some new material yesterday and I have loads of little bits and pieces ticking over".
Since the mid-2000s, Jesus Jones have continued performing live. In August 2011, the band went on a short tour (dubbed on one poster "The World's Smallest World Tour"), playing three shows in Australia before closing with a show in Japan. In November 2011, the band were due to perform in the UK in Birmingham and London, but the dates were postponed due to bass player Al Doughty being ill. They took place in January 2012. The band also toured the UK in December 2013 as part of The Wonder Stuff's Sleigh The UK tour. In March 2015, the band again returned to Australia and New Zealand for a five city tour.
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| 1989 | Food Christmas |
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| 2004 | Culture Vulture |
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| 2016 | How's This Even Going Down? |
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| 2016 | Suck it Up |
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| 2019 | Liquidizer EP |
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| 1989 | "Info Freako" | β | Liquidizer | |||||||||||
| "Never Enough" | β | |||||||||||||
| "Bring It on Down" | β | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | "Real Real Real" | 26 | Doubt | |||||||||||
| "Right Here, Right Now" | 1 | |||||||||||||
| "International Bright Young Thing" | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | "Who? Where? Why?" | β | ||||||||||||
| "Right Here, Right Now" (re-issue) | β | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | "The Devil You Know" | 1 | Perverse | |||||||||||
| 1993 | "The Right Decision" | 12 | ||||||||||||
| "Zeroes and Ones" | β | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | "The Next Big Thing" | β | Already | |||||||||||
| "Chemical No.1" | β | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | "Nowhere Slow" | β | London | |||||||||||
| "Come on Home" | β | |||||||||||||
| "In the Face of All of This" | β | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | "Right Here Right Now" (Robbie Rivera featuring Jesus Jones) | β | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | "How's This Even Going Down?" | β | Passages | |||||||||||
| "Suck it Up" | β | |||||||||||||
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