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“The Song Was Literally Done in Two Hours”: Steve Miller Reveals How He Made His Unexpected 1973 Smash “The Joker” By Art Thompson published 12 July 23 Fifty years on, we take a look back at the chart-topping hit Steve Miller described as an “odd tune”
