Song · Men At Work
“Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive” by Men At Work
From the album Cargo (1983)
“Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive” by Men At Work appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1983 on the album Cargo. Its best result is #1823 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,038 alternative song of all time.
Men at Work's "Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive" arrived in Australia in October 1982 as the first taste of their second album, Cargo, which followed in 1983; in the US it was the third single pulled from the album. Colin Hay, the band's singer and guitarist, wrote it, and Peter McIan produced and engineered it, with John Rees on bass and Jerry Speiser on drums.
The title tips its hat to Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 tale The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and the plot is pure B-movie: a mad scientist cooks up a brew and comes out the other side as a slick, good-looking charmer who never stops talking. Keyboardist Greg Ham played the doctor in the video, and Cash Box reckoned the sci-fi lab effects lent authenticity to a lively, very Men at Work tune.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1823 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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