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"The Middle" is a song by the American alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World. It was released in November 2001 as the second single of their fourth album ''Bleed American''. It was a top five ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit in 2002. The song was a breakthrough hit for Jimmy Eat World (who had self-financed the recording of the ''Bleed American'' album after having been dropped by Capitol Records in 1999). The track is featured in the music video game ''Rock Band 2'', as well as ''Guitar Hero World Tour''.〔(The Middle By Jimmy Eat World ). Rockband.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011.〕 ==Background and composition== "The Middle" was written after Jimmy Eat World had been dropped from Capitol Records after their previous album ''Clarity'' had been released. Their second album ''Static Prevails'' had sold just 10,000 copies in 1996 and Capitol Records decided to drop the band in 1999 due to a change in priorities. Singer/guitarist Jim Adkins explained to the ''Dallas Observer'': "We were just about invisible there and it wasn't going to get any better."〔Jim Adkins interview with ''Dallas Observer'' replayed in ''Contemporary Musicians 2002'' Galenet〕 "The Middle" reflects these trying times for the band with lyrics about "Don't write yourself off yet" when feeling "left out or looked down on."〔(Lyrics ) at Jimmy Eat World's website〕 The band decided to finance the recording of the album and decided to keep things simple on the new record rather than experiment, as they had done on previous records. "On our new stuff, rather than challenging ourselves () getting real experimental, we kind of went in the other direction, challenging ourselves by getting very simple."〔 Once completed, Jimmy Eat World took ''Bleed American'' to record companies and was signed to DreamWorks Records. ''Bleed American'' was released in the middle of 2001 with the title track as the lead single. However, following the September 11 attacks the album's title was changed to ''Jimmy Eat World'' and the lead single failed to win airplay, although it reached the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot Modern Rock Tracks. The song has been characterized under genres such as alternative rock,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Live Review: Jimmy Eat World + Panic! At The Disco + Alkaline Trio - The Hi-Fi, Sydney (24.02.14) - the AU review )〕 pop punk,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 10 Albums & Singles of 2002 - Feature - Slant Magazine )〕 and power pop.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The 100 Best Singles of the Aughts - Feature - Slant Magazine )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Middle (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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