Jekyll and Hyde (song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Jekyll and Hyde
| cover = 5fdpJekyll&Hyde.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Five Finger Death Punch
| album = Got Your Six
| released = {{Start date|2015|06|15}}
| recorded = 2015
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = * Alternative metal
| length = 3:26
| label = Prospect Park
| writer = * Zoltan Bathory
| producer = Kevin Churko
| prev_title = Wrong Side of Heaven
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Wash It All Away
| next_year = 2015
}}
"Jekyll and Hyde" is a single by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch{{cite web|author=Alexandra Michels |url=http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/40920-five-finger-death-punch-veroeffentlichen-got-your-six-tracklist-jekyll-and-hyde-im-stream.html |title=RockHard: Five Finger Death Punch veröffentlichen "Got Your Six"-Tracklist, 'Jekyll And Hyde' im Stream |publisher=Rockhard.de |date= |accessdate=2015-06-26}} from their sixth studio album, Got Your Six.{{cite web|url=http://www.wqlz.com/2015/06/15/five-finger-death-punch-release-jekyll-and-hyde-audio/|title=Five Finger Death Punch Release 'Jekyll And Hyde'|work=92.7 QLZ|accessdate=16 June 2015}} It is the first single from the album,{{cite web|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2015/6/15/five-finger-death-punch-releases-new-single-jekyll-and-hyde.html|title=Five Finger Death Punch Releases New Single, "Jekyll and Hyde" - Music News - ABC News Radio|work=ABC News Radio|accessdate=16 June 2015}} and is the twentieth single overall from the band, which was released on 15 June 2015.{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/five-finger-death-punch-new-song-jekyll-and-hyde/|title=Five Finger Death Punch Unveil New Song 'Jekyll and Hyde'|work=Loudwire|accessdate=16 June 2015}}
Composition and theme
The song formed from a voice mail left at 2:30AM by lead vocalist Ivan Moody to guitarist Jason Hook.{{cite web|url=https://metalhammer.teamrock.com/news/2015-05-26/5fdp-jekyll-and-hyde-ivan-moody-voicemails|title=5FDP's Jekyll And Hyde inspired by Moody voicemails|work=Metal Hammer|accessdate=16 June 2015}} Hook made the voice mail into a song, which was well received by the other members of the band.{{cite web|url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/15/June/17Five_Finger_Death_Punch_Reveal_Details_For_New_Album_Got_Your_Six.shtml |title=Five Finger Death Punch Reveal Details For New Album 'Got Your Six' |publisher=antiMusic.com |date=2015-06-17 |accessdate=2015-06-26}}
Release
On 15 June 2015, the song was premiered via MonsterEnergy.com in addition to rock radio stations around the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/new-five-finger-death-punch-single-jekyll-and-hyde-arrives-at-radio/|title=New Five Finger Death Punch Single 'Jekyll And Hyde' Arrives At Radio - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|accessdate=16 June 2015}} The song is part of a video created to promote their tour in late 2015 with Papa Roach, In This Moment and From Ashes to New.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6568886/five-finger-death-punch-new-album-got-your-six-interview|title=Five Finger Death Punch Says New Album 'Got Your Six' Is 'More Uptempo'|work=Billboard|accessdate=16 June 2015}} The music video and song are playable in the video game Guitar Hero Live.
Music video
A music video was made and uploaded to YouTube on June 29, 2015. It begins with a prologue giving the background of the music video itself, indirectly explaining stylistic choices made for the video. The band is talking to someone over the phone (it is not specified who or what he does, but it can be assumed he is from the band's record label) before a concert. They are talking about a music video which the band does not want to do and the voice claims "[you've] been promising it to us for a while and it's just not happening," to which Moody replies "We just don't do music videos anymore." Zoltan Bathory asks if they have to be in the music video, and the voice tells them yes, "...preferably dressed looking like Five Finger Death Punch." The call ends, and the band begins trying to come up with ideas for the music video. Spencer and Kael agree that they want to break stuff, and the band decides that they're going to make it completely ridiculous and silly instead of serious. In the music video portion, the members are in different rooms doing various things in ridiculous outfits. Moody is watching a movie in a Napoleon Dynamite T-shirt and Minion pajama pants, Hook is playing guitar on a couch wearing goggles and a jumpsuit, Spencer is sitting at a table with a coffee machine in a football jersey and helmet (though he is lacking in pants wearing Superman underwear instead), Bathory is loading and shooting guns into the air wearing a "We the People" Guy Fawkes mask t-shirt and slippers shaped like bear paws, and Kael is knitting a baby sock. Towards the end, some of the members begin breaking things (Moody smashes a TV with a baseball, Spencer headbutts the coffee machine with his football helmet, Hook smashed a glass table with his guitar, Kael flips a table and saws it with a chainsaw). The video ends with Bathory and Spencer talking after the concert, and Bathory says "My joy in this is giving it to the [record] label and watching the horrific looks on their faces," and Spencer agrees.
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (2015)
!Peak |
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| {{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|23|artist=Five Finger Death Punch|rowheader=true|access-date=January 1, 2022}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|12|artist=Five Finger Death Punch|rowheader=true|access-date=January 1, 2022}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrockairplay|17|artist=Five Finger Death Punch|rowheader=true|access-date=January 1, 2022}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| Chart (2015)
!Position |
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| scope="row"|US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/hot-rock-songs|title=Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2015|work=Billboard|accessdate=2020-06-03}}
| style="text-align:center;"|29 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Five Finger Death Punch|title=Jekyll and Hyde|award=Gold|relyear=2009|certyear=2021|source=radioscope|accessdate=January 2, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Five Finger Death Punch|title=Jekyll and Hyde|award=Silver|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|id=19858-4761-1|accessdate=2 April 2024}}
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References
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{{Five Finger Death Punch}}
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Category:Five Finger Death Punch songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Kevin Churko
Category:Songs written by Kevin Churko
Category:Songs written by Zoltan Bathory
Category:Songs written by Ivan Moody (vocalist)
Category:Songs written by Jason Hook
Category:Songs written by Jeremy Spencer (drummer)
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