Editing Stuck in the Middle with You (section)

==Overview==
"Stuck in the Middle" was first included on [[Stealers Wheel]]'s 1972 [[Stealers Wheel (album)|eponymous debut album]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stealers Wheel – Stealers Wheel &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stealers-wheel-mw0000338591 |website=AllMusic}}</ref> Gerry Rafferty provided the lead vocals, with Joe Egan singing harmony. It was produced by [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Emerson |first=Ken |url=https://archive.org/details/alwaysmagicinair00emers |title=Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era |year=2005 |isbn=9780670034567 |url-access=registration}}</ref> Rafferty's lyrics are a dismissive tale of a music industry cocktail party (the clowns and jokers would be all the music executives and hangers on), written and performed as a parody of [[Bob Dylan]]'s style; the vocal impression, subject, and styling were so similar, listeners have wrongly attributed the song to Dylan since its release.<ref name=tel/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/675 |title=Top Pop Singles 1955–2002 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |year=2003 |isbn=0-89820-155-1 |edition=1st |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/675 675] |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |year=2006 |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |edition=19th |location=London |page=527}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stealers Wheel sleeve image |url=http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/related/steal/stuckdu.jpg |access-date=24 June 2016 |website=Strawbsweb.co.uk |format=JPG}}</ref>

The song was released as a single in 1973{{cn|date=November 2024}} and the band was surprised by its chart success.<ref name="tel">{{Cite news |last=Chilton |first=Martin |date=5 January 2011 |title=Gerry Rafferty and his songs of alienation |work=Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8241127/Gerry-Rafferty-and-his-songs-of-alienation.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108142550/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8241127/Gerry-Rafferty-and-his-songs-of-alienation.html |archive-date=8 January 2011 }}</ref> The single sold over one million copies, eventually peaking at No. 6 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, No. 8 in the [[UK Singles Chart|UK]], and No. 2 in [[Canada]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Library and Archives |date=17 July 2013 |title=Image : RPM Weekly |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4817&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.4817.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4817 |access-date=25 June 2016 |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref> ''Billboard'' ranked it as the [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973|No. 36 song for 1973]].

The band appeared playing the song on BBC's ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' on 18 May 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Of The Pops 1973 |url=http://hardprog.pagesperso-orange.fr/top_of_the_pops_1973_episode_guide_2313.htm |access-date=18 December 2018 |website=Hardprog.pagesperso-orange.fr}}</ref>