Middle of Nowhere (song)

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"Middle of Nowhere"
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Single by Hot Hot Heat
from the album Elevator
B-side "Pickin' It Up"
ReleasedJuly 18, 2005
Genre Indie rock
Length4:01
Label Sire Records
Songwriter(s) Steve Bays, Dante DeCaro, Paul Hawley, Dustin Hawthorne
Producer(s) Dave Sardy
Hot Hot Heat singles chronology
"Goodnight Goodnight"
(2005)
"Middle of Nowhere"
(2005)
"Christmas Day In the Sun"
(2005)
Music video
"Middle of Nowhere" on YouTube

"Middle of Nowhere" is a song by Canadian indie rock band Hot Hot Heat and is taken from their second album, Elevator . The song was released in the UK and US as the second single from Elevator on July 18, 2005.

The song reached No. 23 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart, [1] as well as reaching a peak of No. 47 in the UK Singles Chart. [2] The music video was directed by Marc Webb. [3]

This song was featured in USA's show, Psych , in the tenth episode of season 1, entitled "From Earth to Starbucks". [4] This song was also featured in The CW show, One Tree Hill , in episode 21 of season 3, entitled "Over the Hills and Far Away". [5]

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