Song

The Joker: STEVE MILLER BAND

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Single:
The Joker entered the Australian singles chart* on 14 January 1974 and peaked at #8. The song was #50 on the Top 100 of 1974.

Album:
The song is on The Joker which entered the Australian albums chart* on 18 February 1974 and peaked at #38.

Songwriters:
Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegun, Steve Miller

Producer:
Steve Miller

Record label of Australian release:
Capitol

*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.

From the YouTube channel: ‘Steve Miller Band’. BaG is not responsible for the upload of this audio/video to YouTube or its content.
From the YouTube channel: ‘Max K’. BaG is not responsible for the upload of this audio/video to YouTube or its content.

Bonus clip below – Steve Miller talks about The Joker and the word “pompatus”

Wikipedia:
The first line of the lyrics is a reference to the song Space Cowboy from Miller’s Brave New World album. The following lines refer to two other songs: Gangster of Love from Sailor and Enter Maurice from Recall the Beginning…A Journey from Eden.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joker_(Steve_Miller_Band_song) and www.songfacts.com/facts/steve-miller-band/the-joker

Lyrics:
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
‘Cause I speak of the pompatus of love
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BONUS CLIP
Steve Miller tells Jimmy Fallon that “pompatus” is a meaningless word!

From the YouTube channel: ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’. BaG is not responsible for the upload of this audio/video to YouTube or its content.

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