08. The Mob Song | Beauty and the Beast (1991 Soundtrack)

PERFORMED BY:
Richard White as GASTON
Jesse Corti as LEFOU
Paige O'Hara as BELLE
Rex Everhart as MAURICE
Jerry Orbach as LUMIERE
David Ogden Stiers as COGSWORTH
Angela Lansbury as MRS. POTTS
Robby Benson as the BEAST

LYRICS:

GASTON:
The Beast will make off with your children! He’ll come after them in the night!

BELLE:
No!

GASTON:
We’re not safe until his head is mounted on my wall! I say we kill the Beast!

TOWNSFOLK:
We’re not safe until he’s dead!
He’ll come stalking us at night
Set to sacrifice our children
To his monstrous appetite!
He’ll wreak havoc on our village
If we let him wander free

GASTON:
So it’s time to take some action, boys
It’s time to follow me!

Through the mist, through the woods
Through the darkness and the shadows
It’s a nightmare, but it’s one exciting ride
Say a prayer, then we’re there
At the drawbridge of a castle
And there’s something truly terrible inside

It’s a beast
He’s got fangs, razor-sharp ones
Massive paws, killer claws
For the feast
Hear him roar, see him foam!
But we’re not coming home
Till he’s dead!
Good and dead!
Kill the Beast!

BELLE:
No! I won’t let you do this!

GASTON:
If you’re not with us, you’re against us! Bring the old man!

MAURICE:
Get your hands off me!

GASTON:
We can’t have them running off the warn the creature!

BELLE:
Let us out!

GASTON:
We’ll rid the village of this Beast! Who’s with me?!

MOB:
I am! I am! I am!

Light your torch, mount your horse

GASTON:
Screw your courage to the sticking place

MOB:
We’re counting on Gaston to lead the way
Through the mist, through the wood
And within a haunted castle
Something’s lurking that you don’t see everyday

It’s a beast
One as tall as a mountain
We won’t rest till he’s good and deceased
Sally forth! Tally ho!
Grab your sword! Grab your bow!
Praise the Lord and here we go!

GASTON:
We’ll lay siege to the castle and bring back his head!

BELLE:
I have to warn the Beast! This is all my fault. Oh, Papa, what are we going to do?

MAURICE:
Now, now. We’ll think of something.

MOB:
We don’t like what we don’t
Understand, in fact, it scares us
And this monster is mysterious at least
Bring your guns! Bring your knives!
Save your children and your wives
We'll save our village and our lives
We’ll kill the Beast!

COGSWORTH:
I knew it. I knew it was foolish to get our hopes up.

LUMIERE:
Maybe it would have been better if she had never come at all! (Notices something) Could it be?

MRS. POTTS:
Is it she?

LUMIERE:
Sacre bleu! Invaders!

COGSWORTH:
Encroachers!

MRS. POTTS:
And they have the mirror!

COGSWORTH:
Warn the Master! If it’s a fight they want, we’ll be ready for them! Who’s with me? Ahh!

GASTON:
Take whatever booty you can find. But remember: the Beast is mine!!

CASTLE STAFF:
Hearts ablaze, banners high
We go marching into battle
Unafraid, although the danger just increased

MOB:
Raise the flag! Sing the song!
Here we come at fifty strong
And fifty Frenchmen can’t be wrong
Let’s kill the Beast!

MRS. POTTS:
Pardon me, Master?

BEAST:
Leave me in peace.

MRS. POTTS:
But sir, the castle is under attack!

MOB:
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!

LUMIERE:
This isn’t working!

PLUMETTE:
Oh, Lumiere, we must do something!

LUMIERE:
Wait! I know!

MOB:
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!

MRS. POTTS:
What shall we do, Master?

BEAST:
It doesn’t matter now. Just let them come.

MOB:
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!

[chunkymedicine]

Why does no one talk about how chip literally saved the entire movie!??!

[cursified]

I think this song is a pretty good representation of human fear of the unknown, or what we would believe to be evil because of how judgmental people are. How ready to fight and determine something is bad if it has a bad impression. This song is also kickass and every song in the original soundtrack is just beautiful, from the most memorable such as Be our Guest to more forgettable ones, such as Something There. It’s just fantastic.

[panbat]

Finally a video of the animated version of the song that's not just " for kids"

[rubygracemoseley]

The saddest part of all of this is that the Beast really thinks he deserves this because now he’s lost Belle. So he just sits there and let’s them almost kill him

[phoebeahn]

If you're not with us, your against us. Idk why, but those words get my blood boiling

[HPGalify]

Probably the best song from this movie. I'm not very invested in the storyline, but this song got my blood PUMPING. It made it feel like there were actual stakes in the movie, not like it was a Disney movie where everything would just be fine at the end.

[Ccarbe]

The 2017 remake was 20% less aggressive than the 1991 version.

[Rebel-hlnn]

I know a lot of you prefer this over the live action, but there’s a lyric that they gave Lefou in the new one that I think really shows that he realizes Gaston is evil.
“There’s a beast running round, there’s no question, but I fear the wrong one’s been released”

[lightweightjive]

2:13 that one guy in the mob that takes it waaaayyy too seriously…

[lisamurphy]

Am I the only one thinking this song is the precursor to the Pochahontas song Savages? The only other Disney song where you here both sides being equally heartfelt, effusive and perfectly descriptive of themselves?

[josie_yas_queen_]

I love this song, even more than the new one XD

[kristineweber]

"And 50 Frenchmen can't be wrong....!"

[joelsalalila]

Sid Phillips' family and the Pixie Hollow Chorus would like to sing 1991 Beauty and the Beast song named "The Mob Song"

[Tinashope]

2:15 I knew it. I knew it was foolish to get out inside.

[Sctvita]

I like my favorite disney villain Gaston from BatB.

[hamheathernoel]

"Screw your courage to the sticking place" -Beauty and The Beast and Hamilton XD im such a Hamilnerd

[X-lr]

If Gaston appear in KH2, he’d be a perfect boss fight for Sora.

[JaymaMayz]

"Take whatever booty you can find" favorite line so far.

[tingweichiu]

很喜歡男配角Gaston(Luke Evans)的歌聲，超有代入感，電影版光聽聲音感覺差一些

[QuikVidGuy]

Is it just me or do parts of this song sound like a twisted, marching version of Gaston? Especially thinking of the line "perfect, a pure paragon"