Draft:Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (The Damned song)

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Single by the Damned
from the album The Black ALbum
B-side	"Looking at You"
Released	3 November 1980 (album); 13 February 1981 (single)
Genre	Gothic Rock
Length	4:35
Label	Chiswick
Songwriter(s)	Rat Scabies; Captain Sensible; Paul Gray; Dave Vanian;
Producer(s)	Hanz Zimmer; The Damned (as the Kings of Reverb);
The Damned singles chronology

Submission declined on 14 October 2024 by Dan arndt (talk).

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Comment: Fails WP:NSONG - RateYourMusic is not an acceptable or reliable source. Dan arndt (talk) 14:15, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a song by the british punk rock band The Damned released for the first time on the B-side of their fourth album The Black Album in 1980. The song was also released in the United-States as a single in February 1981 with the live track "Looking at You" on the B-side.^[1] The song is inspired by the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" published in 1886.

Themes and Lyrics

The song, inspired by the novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is about the fight of the Dr Jekyll against his alter ego Mr Hyde.

"I'm normal outside He's evil inside I'm Dr Jekyll and He's Mr Hyde I try to be true He tries to be cruel I'll hold you gently but He'll smother you"

In the song Dr Jekyll seems to conscious of the dark side of his personnality, just like in the original novel in which the personnality of Mr. Hyde represents the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie during the Victorian era who behave in a respectable manner during the day, but who change their behavior to practice the darkest morals at night.

"Me I'm on the side of the angels But the devil's my best friend Sin is a way of life Saints are for suckers Welcome to the underworld I start where nightmares end Two for the price of one Two for the price of, one?"

Personnel

Credits adapted from the 2005 edition liner notes.^[4]

The Damned

Dave Vanian – lead vocals
Captain Sensible – electric guitar and acoustic guitar, keyboards
Paul Gray – bass
Rat Scabies – drums

Additional musicians

Hanz Zimmer – synthesizer (2, 9)
Ray Martinez – trumpet

References

^ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the-damned/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-looking-at-you/
^ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the-damned/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-looking-at-you/
^ https://post-punk.com/the-damned-the-black-album/“It is goth; we didn’t set out to do that but that is just the way it is. He did have a hearse, he was a gravedigger”.
^ The Black Album (CD liner notes). The Damned. Chiswick Records. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[1] ttps://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the-damned/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-looking-at-you/

[2] ttps://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the-damned/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-looking-at-you/

[3] ttps://post-punk.com/the-damned-the-black-album/“It is goth; we didn’t set out to do that but that is just the way it is. He did have a hearse, he was a gravedigger”.

[LN-4] The Black Album (CD liner notes). The Damned. Chiswick Records. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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