Joe Egan和Gerry Rafferty倆位蘇格蘭人原為同學，在1972合組了Stealers Wheel樂團，此曲為倆人所合寫，並在1973年發行。

Joe Egan(左) & Gerry Rafferty

此曲原是模仿Bob Dylan於1963發行，有關諷刺共產主義的政治歌曲《Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues》，由於歌曲的主題、聲調等都極為相似，甚至還被誤認是Dylan的歌曲。不過此曲說的是參加一場音樂人的盛宴，顯然是受不了左右那些或許是唱片製作、或許是經銷商等人的嘴臉，才會在歌詞中寫出：
Clowns to the left of me
jokers to the right
here I am, stuck in the middle with you

未料到的是，此曲推出後迭獲好評，在英國排行榜拿到第8名，甚至成為國際暢銷曲，在美國告示牌熱門100排行榜奪得第6名，卻也是Stealers Wheel樂團唯一較知名的歌曲。

1992，美國電影導演Quentin Tarantino ( 昆汀‧塔倫提諾 ) 執導的一部犯罪驚悚片《Reservoir Dogs》( 港譯：落水狗，台譯：橫行霸道 )，在片中一段殘忍的割耳情節，就使用了此首歌曲。此部電影算是Quentin的成名之作 ( 之後又有《黑色追緝令》、《追殺比爾》、《決殺令》等多部知名作品 )，而也連帶使得此曲又再擴增了一些歌迷。

電影海報

此曲原由Gerry Rafferty主唱，Joe Egan担任合音，以下所貼音樂影帶錄製時，Gerry Rafferty已離開樂團，故只能由Joe Egan假唱。Gerry Rafferty於2011死於「肝功能衰竭」，極有可能是因其長期酗酒所導致，享年63歲。

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Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you

Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
And I'm wondering what it is I should do,
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place,
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

Well you started out with nothing,
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please, please

Trying to make some sense of it all,
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

Well you started out with nothing,
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please, please

Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you,
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
Stuck in the middle with you, here I am stuck in the middle with you