The Joker
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The Joker is a 1973 song by the Steve Miller Band , written by Ahmet Ertegün , Steve Miller and Eddie Curtis. The track is 4:41 in length and the single was released on Capitol Records . The producer was Steve Miller.
In early 1974 the song reached the top of the Billboard singles chart in the United States . In 1990 the piece was used in an advertisement by Levi Strauss & Co .; The title rose to number 1 in the UK Top 40 for two weeks in September and also reached the top of the charts in several other countries, such as the Netherlands and New Zealand. In 2001 , the band Fettes Brot celebrated success in German-speaking countries with a translated version of the song.
Trivia
The line Really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree / Lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time refers to the Clovers classic Lovey, Dovey from 1954.
Cover versions
- 1989: Ostbahn Kurti & Die Chefpartie ( Da Joker )
- 1991: The Lassie Singers ( Lassie's Song )
- 1992: Otto Waalkes
- 1993: Enforce
- 1997: KD Lang
- 1998: Todd Snidder
- 2001: Fettes Brot ( The Grosser )
- 2001: Shaggy feat. Rayvon ( Angel )
- 2002: Gustav Peter Wöhler Band (live version)
- 2003: Barb Jungr
- 2004: Eric Fish
- 2004: Twiztid
- 2005: Fatboy Slim feat. Bootsy Collins
- 2006: Jason Mraz feat. Chrissie Hynde ( The Joker / Everything I Own )
- 2008: Mike Myers
- 2010: Franz K.
- 2011: Puddle of Mudd
- 2012: KRIS feat. Dante Thomas ( These Days )
- 2014: Ace Frehley
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK
- ↑ The Joker in the Dutch charts on Top40.nl
- ↑ The Joker in the Dutch charts on Dutchcharts.nl
- ↑ The Joker in the New Zealand charts on Charts.org.nz
- ↑ The Grosser von Fettes Brot in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de