Jekyll and Hyde

Jekyll and Hyde
Hyde Brain gives a major speech to the teach.
Artist	Alan Powers (Luke Reid Brandon)
Played in	"Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival" Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)

Jekyll and Hyde, a.k.a. (I was) Jekyll Jekyll Hyde, is a song presented in the episode "Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival" based on the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and describes how Brain was having nightmares after reading the book. The song is sung (actually, spoken in rhythm) by Alan Powers (performed by Luke Reid Brandon). On "Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)" CD, this song appears as track 7.

Lyrics

Note: The lines in red represent the tracks only seen in Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape). The lines in blue represent the tracks only seen in Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival.

One day I went to the library I found this book, it was great! It was so cool I couldn't put it down Even when it got pretty late! That night I had a scary dream I mixed my own secret potion I added dirt, a bit of sludge, some eyes of flies And a tiny dab of suntan lotion I started shaking, My legs were quaking, My stomach aching, My brain was breaking! I started turning green; Feeling mean; It was like In the story; I was acting strange; Quite deranged; It was pure Allegory! "Allegory: a story where the characters stand for abstract ideas. For example, good and evil." 'Cause I was Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde! Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde! When I awoke, I was me again I hid the book out of sight It was so cool I couldn't keep away So I took it out again that night And then I dreamed we had this test in school I gotta say it was weird. We had to give the answers in semaphore And for extra credit, grow a beard I couldn't take it, Just couldn't take it In one swift motion, I grabbed my potion! (Background laugh) I said: "Mr. Hyde Has arrived!" Tossed my flags on the floor; Made a major speech; Told the teach': "This is all a big bore!" I ran down all the halls, Wrote on walls; Even stole second base; I was super bad; Sure was glad I wasn’t wearing my face! ''Cause I was Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde! Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde! This was too much, I simply had to stop! I threw that potion away! (Potion away) But it didn’t matter if I drank the stuff; I just kept on changing anyway! (Changing anyway) Now I was Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde! (Background laugh) Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde! Just when it seemed there was no way out I saw the book was overdue The book lady said: "Are you returning?"; I thought, and I said: "No---RENEW!" (Background laugh) Jekyll, Jekyll Hyde, Jekyll Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll. Jekyll, Jekyll Hyde, Jekyll Hyde!! Jekyll, Jekyll Hyde, Jekyll Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll. Jekyll, Jekyll Hyde, Jekyll Hyde!! Jekyll, Jekyll Hyde, Jekyll Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll. Jekyll, Jekyll Hyde, Jekyll Hyde!! (Background laugh)

Gallery

A choir of three Hyde Brains dancing and singing the chorus.

The "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" book cover.

Brain explaining the meaning of "Allegory".

Hyde Brain.

From the liner notes of the album

"No..."

"...RENEW!"

Trivia

Notes

• In Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape), the music is longer (see "Lyrics" section), with the refrain repeated 1 1/2 more times.
• In this same version, the full music was remixed and some sounds, for example, thunderclaps, were deleted.
• The design for Hyde was also used for Binky's imaginary evil twin in "Binky Rules".

Cultural references

• The song is loosely based on Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Errors

• In the first shot, the "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" book cover is on the left side of the book, but in the next shot, the cover is on the right side.
• During the line "I couldn't take it, just couldn't take it...", Brain's flags are white on the left side and red on the right side, but after this, the colors are inverted.
• During the line "The book lady said", the library desk is brown, but during the line "I thought", the desk is miscolored green.
• The lines "Just couldn't take it/In one swift motion..." are absent from the closed captioning.

Composition

The song has a key change from C major for the spoken part and A# major for the bridge.

Album Releases

• Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Portuguese	Eu era Jekyll, Jekyll Hyde	I was Jekyll, Jekyll Hyde