Everybody

* London
* Broadway

### Sung By

Tim Mahendran, Oliver Tompsett, David Bedella, Arun Blair-Mangat, Jordan Luke Gage, Ensemble(London)
Philippe Arroyo, Stark Sands, Paulo Szot, Justin David Sullivan, Ben Jackson Walker, Ensemble
(Broadway)

### As

Francois Du Bois, William Shakespeare, Lance Du Bois, May, Romeo Montague, The Players

### Writer(s)

Denniz Pop
Max Martin

## Chronology

### Next

As Long As You Love Me

**Everybody** is the twenty first song in *& Juliet.* At Francois' wedding, Lance wants to "get the family band back together" (De Bois Band) to Francois' dismay. As a way to sneak into the wedding, Shakespeare and Romeo disguise themselves (poorly) as Francois' brothers and join Lance in trying to convince Francois to perform. Shakespeare (as Francois' brother) finds a fifth member for the band, May and they all perform Everybody for the guests at Francois and Juliet's wedding.

## Lyrics

* London
* Broadway

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Everybody

Rock your body

Everybody

Rock your body right

De Bois Band's back

Alright

Alright

**[FRANCOIS]**

Oh my God, we're back again

**[SHAKESPEARE]**

Brothers, sisters, everybody sing

**[LANCE]**

Gonna bring the flavor, show you how

**[MAY]**

Gotta question for you better answer now

**[SHAKESPEARE]**

Am I original?

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Yeah

**[MAY]**

Am I the only one?

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Yeah

**[LANCE]**

Am I sexual?

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Yeah

**[ROMEO]**

Am I everything you need?

You better rock your body now

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Everybody

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Yeah

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Rock your body

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Yeah

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Everybody

Rock your body right

De Bois Band's back

Alright

**[SHAKESPEARE]**

Now throw your hands up in the air

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

**[LANCE]**

Wave them 'round like you just don't care

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!

**[MAY]**

If you wanna party let me hear you yell

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Ah-ooh!

**[FRANCOIS]**

'Cause we got it going on again

**[SHAKESPEARE]**

Yeah, yeah

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Everybody

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Yeah

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Rock your body

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Yeah

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Everybody

Rock your body right

De Bois Band's back

**[LANCE]**

We're back

**[MAY AND FRANCOIS]**

We're back

**[SHAKESPEARE AND ROMEO]**

We're back

**[DE BOIS BAND (AND ROMEO)]**

Yeah, yeah

Everybody

(Everybody, everybody)

Rock your body (Rock your body)

(Everybody rock your body)

Everybody (Everybody, everybody)

Rock your body right

**[SHAKESPEARE]**

Rock your body right

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

De Bois Band's back

Alright!

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Everybody

Rock your body

Everybody

Rock your body right

De Bois Band's back

Alright

Alright

**[FRANCOIS]**

Oh my God, we're back again

**[SHAKESPEARE]**

Brothers, sisters, everybody sing

**[LANCE]**

Gonna bring the flavor, show you how

**[MAY]**

Gotta question for you better answer now

**[SHAKESPEARE]**

Am I original?

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Yeah

**[MAY]**

Am I the only one?

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Yeah

**[LANCE]**

Am I sexual?

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Yeah

**[ROMEO]**

Am I everything you need?

You better rock your body now

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Everybody

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Yeah

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Rock your body

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Yeah

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Everybody

Rock your body right

De Bois Band's back

Alright

**[SHAKESPEARE]**

Now throw your hands up in the air

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

**[LANCE]**

Wave them 'round like you just don't care

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!

**[MAY]**

If you wanna party let me hear you yell

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Ah-ooh!

**[FRANCOIS]**

'Cause we got it going on again

**[SHAKESPEARE]**

Yeah, yeah

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Everybody

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Yeah

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Rock your body

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Yeah

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

Everybody

Rock your body right

De Bois Band's back

**[LANCE]**

We're back

**[MAY AND FRANCOIS]**

We're back

**[SHAKESPEARE AND ROMEO]**

We're back

**[DE BOIS BAND (AND ROMEO)]**

Yeah, yeah

Everybody

(Everybody, everybody)

Rock your body (Rock your body)

(Everybody rock your body)

Everybody (Everybody)

Rock your body right

**[SHAKESPEARE]**

Rock your body right

**[DE BOIS BAND]**

De Bois Band's back

Alright!

## Trivia

* The song takes place as a form of metatheatre as they perform within the story of the musical. Shakespeare would use metatheatre regularly as can be seen most prominently in *Hamlet*, as Hamlet performs a play within the play to get his uncle to confess to the murder of his father. Similarly, *& Juliet* itself could be seen as a larger form of metatheatre as the 'real world' in the show would be Shakespeare and Anne changing *Romeo & Juliet*. Making Juliet's story that we are watching a play within Anne and Shakespeare's world.