▁explained ▁to ▁the ▁Dallas ▁Ob server : ▁" We ▁were ▁just ▁about ▁invisible ▁there ▁and ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁going ▁to ▁get ▁any ▁better ." ▁ ▁" The ▁Middle " ▁reflect s ▁these ▁trying ▁times ▁for ▁the ▁band ▁with ▁lyr ics ▁about ▁" Don ' t ▁write ▁yourself ▁off ▁yet " ▁when ▁feeling ▁" left ▁out ▁or ▁looked ▁down ▁on ." ▁The ▁band ▁decided ▁to ▁fin ance ▁the ▁recording ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁keep ▁things ▁simple ▁on ▁the ▁new ▁record ▁rather ▁than ▁experiment , ▁as ▁they ▁had ▁done ▁on ▁previous ▁records . ▁" On ▁our ▁new ▁stuff , ▁rather ▁than ▁challeng ing ▁ourselves ▁[ by ] ▁getting ▁real ▁experimental , ▁we ▁kind ▁of ▁went ▁in ▁the ▁other ▁direction , ▁challeng ing ▁ourselves ▁by ▁getting ▁very ▁simple ." ▁ ▁Once ▁completed , ▁Jimmy ▁E at ▁World ▁took ▁Ble ed ▁American ▁to ▁record ▁companies ▁and ▁was ▁signed ▁to ▁Dream Work s ▁Records . ▁Ble ed ▁American ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁with ▁the ▁title ▁track ▁as ▁the ▁lead ▁single . ▁However , ▁following ▁the ▁September ▁ 1 1 ▁attacks ▁the ▁album ' s ▁title ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁Jimmy ▁E at ▁World ▁and ▁the ▁lead ▁single ▁failed ▁to ▁win ▁air play , ▁although ▁it ▁reached ▁the ▁top ▁ 2 0 ▁of ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁Modern ▁Rock ▁Tra cks . ▁ ▁Release ▁and ▁reception ▁When ▁" The ▁Middle " ▁was ▁released , ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁and ▁the ▁band ▁was ▁dependent ▁on ▁the ▁single ▁breaking ▁through . ▁By