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“Stuck in the Middle With You” by Stealers Wheel

From the album Stealers Wheel (1972)

“Stuck in the Middle With You” by Stealers Wheel appears on 35 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 1997 and 2026. It was first released in 1972 on the album Stealers Wheel. Its best result is #17 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,522 alternative song of all time.

35countdowns
16stations
#17best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2026years charted

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"Stuck in the Middle with You" turned up on Stealers Wheel's 1972 debut album, a Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan song that sounds so much like Bob Dylan that people have been crediting it to him ever since. That was the joke: Rafferty sang it as a send-up of Dylan's style, with Egan harmonizing behind him, and the words skewer a music-business cocktail party crawling with clowns, jokers and hangers-on.

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller produced, Geoff Emerick and John Mills handled the recording, and the band (Paul Pilnick on guitar alongside Rafferty, Egan on keyboards, Tony Williams on bass, Rod Coombes on drums) keeps it breezy and sly. Put out as a single in 1973, it caught the band off guard by selling over a million copies and landing in the top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 354 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 648 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
2001 17 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 353 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 297 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 36 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2004 456 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2005 283 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2006 75 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2015 351 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 350 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2016 254 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 397 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2017 446 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2019 986 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 300 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2020 309 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 725 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 466 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 876 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 401 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 466 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2022 42 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 441 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 233 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 618 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 816 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 401 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2023 406 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 564 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2024 246 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 527 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 1041 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 417 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2026 432 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Stuck in the Middle with You; Stuck In The Middle With You; Stuck In the Middle With You.

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