Bubba Hyde
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{{Infobox song
| name = Bubba Hyde
| cover = BubbaHyde.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Diamond Rio
| album = Love a Little Stronger
| released = February 4, 1995
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| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:44
| label = Arista
| writer = Gene Nelson, Craig Wiseman
| producer = Monty Powell, Tim DuBois
| prev_title = Night Is Fallin' in My Heart
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Finish What We Started
| next_year = 1995
}}
"Bubba Hyde" is a song written by Gene Nelson and Craig Wiseman, and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in February 1995 as the third single from the group's 1994 album Love a Little Stronger. The song reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=105}}
Content
The song is about a mild-mannered grocery store employee, Barney Jekyll, who, on Friday nights, puts on leather boots and an "Elvis jacket" and drives a sports car to a honky-tonk, where he goes by the name of "Bubba Hyde". The song is a reference to the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Music video
The music video was directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions and premiered in January 1995. It stars Jm J. Bullock, best-known for playing Monroe Ficus on the sitcom Too Close for Comfort and Prince Valium in Spaceballs, as Barney Jekyll/Bubba Hyde.
Chart performance
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! Chart (1995) ! Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|12|chartid=9146|publishdate=April 17, 1995|accessdate=July 21, 2013}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardbubbling100|2|artist=Diamond Rio}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|16|artist=Diamond Rio}} |
References
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{{Diamond Rio singles}}
{{Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde}}
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Category:Songs written by Craig Wiseman
Category:Songs written by Gene Nelson (songwriter)
Category:Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions
Category:Arista Nashville singles
Category:Works based on Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Category:Music based on works by Robert Louis Stevenson
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