The Joker

~ Recording by Steve Miller Band

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.5The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandThe Joker
  • 1973-10-19 GB
1.5The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandThe Joker
  • 1973-10 US
1.2The Joker4:26Steve MillerAmerican Dreams
  • 1985-06 GB
1.1The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandThe Best of 1968-1973
  • 1990-09-24 GB
1.1The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandThe Best of 1968-1973
1.1The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandThe Best of 1968-1973 (On back of case in teeny tiny print it says "PRINTED IN U.S.A.")
1.1The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandThe Best of 1968–1973 (reissue)
1.1The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandThe Best of 1968–1973
1.5The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandThe Joker
1.3The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandDe Pre Historie 1973
1.3The Joker4:23Steve Miller BandHit News 91, Volume 1
2.2The Joker4:22Steve Miller BandMore Than a Feeling
2.1The Joker4:27Steve Miller BandThe Finest Masterpieces in Pop & Rock, Volume 2
1.5The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandThe Joker
1.10The Joker4:22Steve Miller BandThe Levi’s 501 Hits
1.3The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandThe Very Best of the Steve Miller Band
1.3The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandThe Very Best of the Steve Miller Band
1.3The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandThe Very Best of the Steve Miller Band
1.11The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandPop Classics - Vol. 3
1.11The Joker4:23Steve Miller BandRock Line 3
1.3The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandThe Very Best of the Steve Miller Band
1.3The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandThe Very Best of the Steve Miller Band
1.9The Joker4:22Steve Miller BandOriginals
1.3The Joker4:23Steve Miller BandRoute 66
2.13The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandBox Set
  • 1994-07-26 US
1.9The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandLevi’s Music
  • 1994-11-21 FR
1.8The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandBest of Levi’s Hits
1.7The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandBox Set Sampler
1.5The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandThe Joker
1.5The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandThe Sound of TV
1.4The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandLiving in the U.S.A.
  • 1995-05-16 US
3.3The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandGreatest Hits of the ’70’s: The Definitive Singles Collection 1970–1979
2.11The Joker4:23Steve Miller BandGreatest Hits of the 80’s & 90’s: The Definitive Singles Collection 1980–1995
1.2The Joker4:29Steve Miller BandGuitar Rock: The Mid-’70s: Take Two
2.2The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandMystic Music Presents Bell Bottom Rock
1.8The Joker4:29The Steve Miller BandGreatest Hits 1974–78
  • 1997-10-21 US
2.10The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandAbsolute Hits of the 70’s
2.10The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandAbsolute Hits of the 70’s
1.12The Joker4:27Steve Miller BandMellow Rock Hits of The '70s: Summer Breeze
1.2The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandThese Dreams
1.1The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandGreatest Hits
1.16The Joker4:23Steve Miller BandGreatest Hits of the Millennium: 70’s, Volume 2
1.5The Joker4:28Steve Miller BandThe Joker
1.2The Joker4:26The Steve Miller BandThe Steve Miller Band
1.7The Joker (Levi'S)4:22Steve Miller BandCulture pub - la compilation
  • 2001-12-04 FR
1.1The Joker4:22Steve Miller BandYorin the 90’s (De hits uit de jaren ’90)
1.9The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandMusic of the Millennium II
2.3The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandGuitar of the Millennium II
  • 2003-09-15 FR
1.5The Joker4:30Steve Miller BandYoung Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits
  • 2003-09-16 US
1.6The Joker4:27Steve Miller BandLegends II
  • 2003-11-04 AU
1.4The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandLiving in the U.S.A.
  • 2003-11-04 US
2.13The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandIt’s Called Rock
2.8The Joker4:21Steve Miller BandP4: Sommerfavoritter
1.5The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandRTL Präsentiert Die 70er Show, Vol. 2
1.5The Joker4:30Steve Miller BandYoung Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits
2.2The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandThe Best Pub Jukebox... Ever!
  • 2004-10-11 GB
1.3The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandClassic Drive: Cruisin'
1.1The Joker4:27Steve Miller Band70s Flashback
2.14The Joker4:29Steve Miller BandMy Generation - The Soundtrack of Our Lives: The 70s, Part One
  • 2006-06-26 AU
2.11The Joker4:21Steve Miller BandGuitar Album
  • 2006-10-30 FR
1.21The Joker4:27Steve Miller BandThe Absolute Very Best of the World’s Best Ever Beer Songs, Volume 2
  • 2006-10-31 AU
1.6The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandMade to Move Music Collection: Pop
  • 2006-12 NL
2.5The Joker4:28Steve Miller BandGreatest Hits
1.13The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandBorn to Be Wild
2.15The Joker4:27Steve Miller BandClassic Rock Box
18.8The Joker4:29Steve Miller BandRock Classics
2.8The Joker4:29Steve Miller BandTime Life Music – Rock Classics: Milestones
  • 2007 -
1.69The Joker4:29Steve Miller BandGuitar Hero: World Tour
  • 2008-10-27 US
  • 2008-11-21 XE
1.16The Joker4:28Steve Miller BandNOW That’s What I Call Classic Rock
2.17The Joker4:31Steve Miller Band101 70s Hits
  • 2011-06-24 AU
2.9The Joker4:28Steve Miller BandClassic Americana
  • 2012-05-25 AU
2.6The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandHitarchief Top 2000, Volume 5
  • 2013-09-20 BE
1.5The Joker4:30Steve Miller BandComplete Greatest Hits
1.5The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandThe Joker
  • 2014-08-12 XW
1.5The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandThe Joker
1.8The Joker (remastered 2017)4:26Steve Miller BandUltimate Hits
1.8The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandUltimate Hits
  • 2017-09-15 CA
1.3The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandUltimate Hits (deluxe edition)
  • 2017-09-15 US
1.22The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandRock Icons
1.3The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandUltimate Hits
  • 2017-11-15 XE
1.10The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandAcoustic 70s
  • 2017-11-24 GB
1.5The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandThe Joker (24 bits / 96 kHz)
  • 2018-04-06 XW
8.5The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandComplete Albums Volume 1 (1968–1976)
  • 2018-05-18 US
2.4The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandWelcome to the Vault (deluxe edition)
  • 2019-10-11 XE
2.4The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandWelcome to the Vault
  • 2019-10-11 TR
1.19The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandRockklassiker
  • 2020-05-28 SE
1.48The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandGrilla!
  • 2020-06-05 SE
1.20The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandClassic Rock Hits
1.34The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandRock On
1.7The Joker (remastered 2017)4:24Steve Miller BandSummer in the City
1.25The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandStars of the 70s
1.28The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandCampfire Jams
1.27The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandJ50: The Evolution of the Joker (Deluxe)
  • 2023-09-15 US
1.15The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandNOW Yearbook ’90
  • 2024-02-02 GB
1.15The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandNOW Yearbook 1990 (special edition with booklet)
  • 2024-02-03 XW
1.4The Joker4:26Steve Miller BandLiving in the U.S.A.
Promotion
6.7The Joker4:25Steve Miller BandCapitol Records 50th Anniversary 1942–1992
  • 1992-04-27 US
1.7The Joker4:24Steve Miller BandJim Beam: 40 Shots of Rock
(unknown)
1.12The Joker4:27Steve Miller BandMellow Rock of The '70s
  • 1997 -
1.15The Joker4:27Steve Miller BandGreatest Hits of the 70s

Relationships

producer:Steve Miller
acoustic guitar, slide guitar and lead vocals [vocals]:Steve Miller
bass:Gerald Johnson
drums (drum set):John King
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Capitol Records (in 1973)
Capitol Records, LLC (in 1973)
Capitol Records, Inc. (in 2003)
sampled by:Angel by Shaggy featuring Rayvon
Diese Tage by Kris feat. Dante Thomas
Il funkytarro by Articolo 31
Wow Wow by Neil Cicierega (lead vocals [“-people call me the space cowboy”])
mash-ups:Joker Revolver (Steve Miller Band vs. Marc Lavoine) by Mighty Mike
recording of:The Joker

Related works

The Joker

writer:Eddie Curtis
Ahmet Ertegun
Steve Miller
publisher:Cotillion Music Inc.
Jim Rooster Music
Sailor Music
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd.
Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
referred to in medleys:Medley: I’ve Got a Crush on You / Too Young / Unchain My Heart / The Joker / Good Vibrations / Je ne regrette rien (order: 4)
later parody versions:Jehovah
later translated versions:Da Joker
is the basis for:De roker