| "Joker & the Thief" | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Wolfmother | |||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Wolfmother | |||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 28 October 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, DVD single, 7" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2005 at The Sound Factory in Hollywood, California, USA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Hard rock, stoner rock, heavy metal, neo-psychedelia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Modular | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Wolfmother | ||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Dave Sardy | ||||||||||||||||||
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"Joker & the Thief" is the sixth single from Australian band Wolfmother's debut album Wolfmother. It was released in Sydney, Australia on 28 October 2006 and in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2006.[1] The music video for the song was nominated for the "Best Rock Video" and "Video of the Year" awards at the 2007 MTV Australia Awards.[2]
"Joker & the Thief" is featured in such movies as Jackass Number Two,[3] Shoot 'Em Up,[4] Shrek the Third,[5] and The Hangover[6], and video games Need for Speed: Carbon[7] and MLB 07: The Show, as well as Mitsubishi and Peugeot commercials. It is also available as downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band, and is playable on music video games Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 2 and Rock Revolution.[8]. It has also recently been used in a promotion for Microsoft's Kinect for the Xbox 360. The song is played at Rogers Arena during Vancouver Canucks games and at Madison Square Garden during New York Rangers games when the home team goes on a power play. The Rangers also used the song at times between 2007-2009 as they made their way to the ice. The song was also used when the Chicago Blackhawks use their timeout. It was also used as the entrance music as the players entered the ice for the 2011 NHL All Star Game played at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. This song is used to pump up the Oregon Ducks football team in Eugene, Oregon.
The titular "joker" and "thief" are a reference to the lyrics of "All Along the Watchtower".
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All songs are credited to Wolfmother.
Australian CD single
UK CD single
UK DVD single
UK 7" vinyl
| Chart | Peak |
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| ARIA Singles Chart | 8 |
| Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 27 |
| Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 31 |
| UK Singles Chart | 64 |
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