The Middle (Jimmy Eat World song)

"The Middle"
Single by Jimmy Eat World
from the album Bleed American
B-side"A Praise Chorus" (Radio 1 Session)
ReleasedOctober 2001 (2001-10)
Genre
Length2:46
LabelDreamWorks
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Eat World
Producer(s)
Jimmy Eat World singles chronology
"Bleed American"
(2001) 		"The Middle"
(2001) 		"Last Christmas"
(2001)

"The Middle" is a song by American rock band Jimmy Eat World. It was released in October 2001 as the second single of their fourth album, Bleed American (2001). It was a number-five hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 2002 and reached the top 50 in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The song was a breakthrough hit for Jimmy Eat World, who had self-financed the recording of the Bleed American album after being dropped by Capitol Records in 1999. It is considered the band's signature song.[5][6]

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