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	{{Song		{{Song
	\| image = The_Middle_Single.jpg		\| name = The Middle
	\| alt-text = The Middle Single Cover		\| image = The_Middle_Single.jpg
	\| caption = The Middle Single Cover		\| alt-text = The Middle Single Cover
	\| first_played= Live 1999-12-02 Green Room, Tempe, AZ, USA<ref>{{Citation\|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jimmy-eat-world/1999/green-room-tempe-az-73d2fe61.html\|title=Jimmy Eat World Setlist Green Room, Tempe, AZ, USA\|date=1999-12-02 \|website=setlist.fm\|publisher=setlist.fm\|access-date=2021-06-16}}</ref>		\| caption = The Middle Single Cover
	\| ~~written~~ =		\| written =
	\| ~~published~~ =		\| first_played = Live 1999-12-02 Green Room, Tempe, AZ, USA<ref>{{Citation\|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jimmy-eat-world/1999/green-room-tempe-az-73d2fe61.html\|title=Jimmy Eat World Setlist Green Room, Tempe, AZ, USA\|date=1999-12-02 \|website=setlist.fm\|publisher=setlist.fm\|access-date=2021-06-16}}</ref>
	\| released = 2001-07-24		\| published =
	\| length = 2:45		\| ISWC =
	\| label = [[Dreamworks]]		\| publisher =
	\| writer = [[Jimmy Eat World]]		\| released = 2001-07-24
	\| producer = [[Mark Trombino]], [[Jimmy Eat World]]		\| length = 2:45
			\| label = [[Dreamworks]]
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			\| producer = [[Mark Trombino]], [[Jimmy Eat World]]
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	=== Acoustic (Ken Andrews Mix) ===		=== Acoustic (Ken Andrews Mix) ===
	[[File:Good_To_Go_EP.jpg\|alt=Good To Go EP Cover\|thumb\|Good To Go EP Cover]]		[[File:Good_To_Go_EP.jpg\|alt=Good To Go EP Cover\|thumb\|Good To Go EP Cover]]
	As appears on [[Good to Go EP]] and [[The Middle/A Praise Chorus Tour EP]]. This is the [[Ken Andrews]] recording/mix. Song Length is 3:08.		[[File:The Middle A Praise Chorus Tour EP.jpg\|thumb\|alt=The Middle/A Praise Chorus Tour EP Cover\|The Middle/A Praise Chorus Tour EP Cover]]
			As appears on [[Good to Go EP]] and [[The Middle/A Praise Chorus Tour EP]]. This is the [[Ken Andrews]] recording/mix. Song Length is 3:08.

	=== Acoustic (Mark Trombino Mix) ===		=== Acoustic (Mark Trombino Mix) ===

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{{Song
| image = The_Middle_Single.jpg
| alt-text = The Middle Single Cover
| caption = The Middle Single Cover
| first_played= Live 1999-12-02 Green Room, Tempe, AZ, USA<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jimmy-eat-world/1999/green-room-tempe-az-73d2fe61.html|title=Jimmy Eat World Setlist Green Room, Tempe, AZ, USA|date=1999-12-02 |website=setlist.fm|publisher=setlist.fm|access-date=2021-06-16}}</ref>
| written =
| published =
| released = 2001-07-24
| length = 2:45
| label = [[Dreamworks]]
| writer = [[Jimmy Eat World]]
| producer = [[Mark Trombino]], [[Jimmy Eat World]]
}}

The Middle is a song by American rock band Jimmy Eat World. It was released in October 2002 as the first single released from the band's fourth album [[Bleed American]], which was later retitled Jimmy Eat World.

== Appears On ==

* [[iTunes Festival: London 2013]]
* [[Bleed American]]
* [[The Middle/A Praise Chorus Tour EP]]
* [[The Middle/A Praise Chorus Tour EP]] (As [[The_Middle#Acoustic|Acoustic]])

== Lyrics ==
[Verse 1]

Hey, don't write yourself off yet

It's only in your head, you feel left out

Or looked down on

Just try your best, try everything you can

And don't you worry what they tell themselves

When you're away

[Chorus]

It just takes some time

Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride

Everything, everything will be just fine

Everything, everything will be alright, alright

[Verse 2]

Hey, you know they're all the same

You know you're doing better on your own (On your own)

So don't buy in

Live right now, yeah, just be yourself

It doesn't matter if it's good enough (Good enough)

For someone else

[Chorus]

It just takes some time

Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride

Everything, everything will be just fine

Everything, everything will be alright, alright

It just takes some time

Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride

Everything, everything will be just fine

Everything, everything will be alright, alright

Woo!

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Hey, don't write yourself off yet

It's only in your head, you feel left out (Feel left out)

Or looked down on

Just do your best (Just do your best)

Do everything you can (Do everything you can)

And don't you worry what their bitter hearts (Bitter hearts)

Are gonna say

[Chorus]

It just takes some time

Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride

Everything, everything will be just fine

Everything, everything will be alright, alright

It just takes some time

Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride

Everything, everything will be just fine

Everything, everything will be alright

== Recording Details ==
On 4 Track History, it was reveal that the track was written in as a "throw away song". <ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoDQMAXgxtE&t=20s|title=Jimmy Eat World - 4 Track History (Lucky Denver Mint/The Middle/Futures/I Will Steal You Back)|last=Jimmy Eat World|date=2019-11-09|website=YouTube|access-date=2021-05-07}}</ref>

<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/11/5/20948766/jimmy-eat-world-interview-jim-adkins-zach-lind-surviving-new-album|last=Laven|first=Scott|title=How Jimmy Eat World Survived Emo Rock and Stopped Writing Themselves Off|date=2019-11-05|website=Theringer.com|publisher=The Ringer|access-date=2021-03-07}}</ref>
== Reception with Charting Data/Certification/Sales Data ==

== Personnel ==
Jimmy Eat World

* [[Jim Adkins]] – lead vocals, lead guitar, percussion
* [[Rick Burch]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
* [[Zach Lind]] – drums
* [[Tom Linton]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians

* [[Mark Trombino]] – synth emulator programming on [[The Middle]]

Production

* [[Mark Trombino]] – producer, engineering, mixing
* [[Jimmy Eat World]] – producer
* [[Justin Smith]] – assistant engineer
* [[William Eggleston]] – front cover photograph
* [[Christopher Wray-McCann]] – photography
* [[Jim Adkins]] – art direction
* [[Jeff Kleinsmith]] – art direction, design
* [[Jesse LeDoux]] – design

== Other Versions ==

=== Live at iTunes Festival: London 2013 ===
[[File:ITunes_Festival_2013.jpg|alt=iTunes Festival: London 2013 Digital Album Cover|thumb|iTunes Festival: London 2013 Digital Album Cover]]This is a digital only release of a live recording from the iTunes Festival (now known as the Apple Music Festival) held at The Roundhouse, Camden Town, UK on 2013-11-11. See [[iTunes Festival: London 2013]] for details.

=== Acoustic (Ken Andrews Mix) ===
[[File:Good_To_Go_EP.jpg|alt=Good To Go EP Cover|thumb|Good To Go EP Cover]]
As appears on [[Good to Go EP]] and [[The Middle/A Praise Chorus Tour EP]]. This is the [[Ken Andrews]] recording/mix. Song Length is 3:08.

=== Acoustic (Mark Trombino Mix) ===
[[File:The Middle And More EP.jpg|alt=The Middle (And More) Cover|thumb|The Middle (And More) Cover]]
As appears on [[The Middle (And More)]] This is the [[Mark Trombino]] recording/mix. Song Length is 3:10.

=== COVID-19 Quarantine Acoustic Edition ===
On the week of 2020-03-21 [[Jim Adkins]], filmed by [[Zach Lind]] recorded an acoustic version of this track from [[Unit 2]] in Tempe Arizona though Facebook Live. This can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1324974214358570&ref=watch_permalink before playing the track Jim mentions it would have been while they were playing the Download Festival in Sidney Australia. <ref>{{Citation|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/03/jimmy-eat-world-criminal-energy-tour-dates-tickets/|title=Jimmy Eat World Announce “Criminal Energy Tour” with The Front Bottoms|date=2020-03-09|last=Schatz|first=Lake|website=Consequence of Sound|publisher=Consequence of Sound|access-date=2021-03-09}}</ref>

== See Also ==

== References ==
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== External Links ==
https://music.avclub.com/how-jimmy-eat-world-s-the-middle-became-the-best-song-1798233196

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middle_(Jimmy_Eat_World_song)

https://www.loudersound.com/features/jimmy-eat-world-how-we-wrote-the-middle

https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/the-lasting-impact-of-bleed-american-by-jimmy-eat-world

https://twitter.com/jimmyeatworld/status/1286786984308957185?s=20

https://www.turnofftheradio.de/2015/05/best-of-2001.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3EGeIiik3s

https://genius.com/Jimmy-eat-world-the-middle-lyrics

<ref>{{Citation|url=http://dallasobserver.com/issues/2001-08-02/hearthere.html|title=Jimmy Eat World Bleed American (DreamWorks)|last=Mehr|first=Bob|date=2001-08-02|website=Dallas Observer|publisher=Dallas Observer|access-date=2022-01-09|archive-date=2004-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041030010924/http://dallasobserver.com/issues/2001-08-02/hearthere.html.}}</ref>

https://web.archive.org/web/20041030010924/http://dallasobserver.com/issues/2001-08-02/hearthere.html
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