Stuck in the Middle With You

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Stuck in the Middle With You (early references just call it "Stuck in the Middle") is a song written by Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty, and originally released in 1973 by their band Stealers Wheel. The single sold over one million copies, reaching number 10 on both the US and UK pop charts.

According to Rafferty, it was inspired by a pre-signing party at which he and Egan sat around a table with recording company executives.

Stuck in the Middle was used in Quentin Tarantino's 1992 adventure/action movie Reservoir Dogs, during the famous "ear" scene. It was introduced on the radio in the warehouse, as part of K-BILLY's "Super Sounds of the Seventies Weekend" by Steven Wright, who acted as the voice of the DJ. Here is how he introduced the song:

"Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty were a duo known as Stealers Wheel when they recorded this Dylanesque, pop, bubble-gum favorite from April of 1974, that reached up to number five, as K-Billy's Super Sounds of the Seventies continues."

Jeff Healey recorded a cover version of Stuck in the Middle With You in 1995.

The song (playfully retitled "Stuck in the Metal") was covered by The Eagles of Death Metal on their 2004 album Peace, Love, Death Metal.

The conservative blog Jokers to the Right ([1]), started in 2004, takes its name from a line in the chorus.

The song is used in the Disney Channel Original Movie's Stuck in the Suburbs.

Often the song is mistakenly attributed to Bob Dylan, likely because Dylan's distinctive voice is similar to Egan's, or perhaps because the "jokers to the right" line is vaguely reminiscent of the joker character in Dylan's song "All Along the Watchtower."Template:1970s-rock-song-stub