taunts and tortures bound policeman Marvin Nash (Kirk Baltz) while singing and dancing to the song. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Tarantino recalled: That was one of those things where I thought [the song] would work really well, and [during] auditions, I told the actors that I wanted them to do the torture scene, and I'm gonna use "Stuck in the Middle With You", but they could pick anything they wanted, they didn't have to use that song. And a couple of people picked another one, but almost everyone came in with "Stuck in the Middle With You", and they were saying that they tried to come up with something else, but that's the one. The first time somebody actually did the torture scene to that song, the guy didn't even have a great audition, but it was like watching the movie. I was thinking, "Oh my God, this is gonna be awesome!" The song appears in a 2020 TV commercial for IBM. The song is used as the theme song for SiriusXM Radio's The Michael Smerconish Program and snippets from various cover versions of the song are used as the show's inter-segment "bumper" music. Cover versions English singer Louise also recorded a cover that was released on 27 August 2001. Her version reached number four on the UK Singles Chart in September 2001. Lazlo Bane released a cover on the album Guilty Pleasures in 2007. Their version was used in the film Let's Be Cops and included on the soundtrack. Jeff Healey also performed a cover. A cover version by Grace Potter has been used as the theme song for the Netflix series Grace and Frankie since its debut in 2015 and appears in full on the Grace and Frankie (Original Television Soundtrack). References External links 1972 songs 1973 singles Songs written by Gerry Rafferty Stealers Wheel songs Leif Garrett songs Juice Newton songs Lazlo Bane songs A&M Records singles