The Joker (Steve Miller Band song)

"The Joker"
Single by Steve Miller Band
from the album The Joker
B-side	"Something to Believe In"
Released	October 1973[1]
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)[2]
Genre	Rock
Length	4:26 (album version) 3:36 (single version)
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Eddie Curtis Ahmet Ertegun Steve Miller
Producer(s)	Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band singles chronology
"Fandango" (1972) "The Joker" (1973) "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash" (1974)
Official video
"The Joker" on YouTube
"Take the Money and Run"/"The Joker" (1983, double A-side, live)
Cover of the 1983 live single
Steve Miller Band singles chronology
"Living in the U.S.A." (live)" (1983) "Take the Money and Run" (live)/"The Joker" (live)" (1983) "Shangri-La" (1984)
Steve Miller Band singles chronology
"Ya Ya" (1988) "The Joker" (1990) "Wide River" (1993)

"The Joker" is a song by American rock band Steve Miller Band from their eighth studio album, The Joker (1973). Released as a single in October 1973, the song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1974 and reached the top 20 in Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands.

More than 16 years later, in September 1990, "The Joker" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks after being used in "Great Deal", a television advertisement for clothing company Levi's, and caused controversy for keeping Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart" off the number-one spot. This reissue of "The Joker" also topped the Irish Singles Chart, the New Zealand Singles Chart, the Dutch Nationale Top 100, and the Dutch Top 40.