Back in Encino
Appearance
"Back in Encino" is a song heard in the episode "Atlantis SquarePantis." It plays when Patchy dreams that he is back in Encino, California. He is overjoyed and plays it at a park for a period. People including an elderly man and a mother (plus her crying infant) look at him as if he is some insane person. All is well for Patchy until he drops his ice cream on the grass while sitting on a bench. He awakens near a big rock, realizing it was all a hallucination.
Lyrics
- You gotta believe
- I'm back in Encino
- You gotta believe
- Oh, it was out of sight
- You gotta believe
- I'm back in Encino
- You gotta believe
- That everything's all right
- Sky above and ground below
- Great to be back in Encino
- It was lost some time ago
- Just glad to be back home
- You gotta believe
- I'm back in Encino
- You gotta believe
- Oh, it was out of sight
- You gotta believe
- I'm back in Encino
- You gotta believe
- That everything's all right
- You gotta believe
- I'm back in Encino
- You gotta believe
- Oh, it was out of sight
- You gotta believe
- I'm back in Encino
- You gotta believe
- That everything's all right
Trivia
- This song shows one instance where a major part of an episode was just a dream. Others include "Procrastination," "Doing Time," "The Main Drain," "Squidward in Clarinetland," and "InSPONGEiac."
- This is the only song from the TV movie that is not sung by one of the main characters.
- This song is inspired from songs by The Monkees, specifically "I'm a Believer."
- Coincidentally, Davy Jones, the late lead writer and singer of The Monkees later guest stars as himself in "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One"
- In some countries, this song is not dubbed.
- This song was a very last minute addition to the episode, and was written, recorded and delivered in just 2 days.[citation needed]
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