<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Ya Ya" (1988) Ya Ya1988 </Td> <Td> "The Joker" (1990) The Joker1990 </Td> <Td> "Wide River" (1993) Wide River1993 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Ya Ya" (1988) Ya Ya1988 </Td> <Td> "The Joker" (1990) The Joker1990 </Td> <Td> "Wide River" (1993) Wide River1993 </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Joker" is a song by the Steve Miller Band from their 1973 album The Joker . It is one of two Steve Miller Band songs that feature the nonce word "pompatus". The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1974 . </P> <P> More than 16 years later, in September 1990, it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks after being used in "Great Deal", a Hugh Johnson - directed television advertisement for Levi's, thus holding the record for the longest gap between transatlantic chart - toppers . This reissue of "The Joker" also topped the Irish Singles Chart, the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart, the Dutch Nationale Top 100 and the Dutch Top 40 . </P>

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