"Joker & the Thief" is a song by Australian rock band Wolfmother. The song serves as the sixth track and sixth single from the band's eponymous debut studio album. It was released in Australia on 26 October 2005 and in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2006. The music video for the song was nominated for the "Best Rock Video" and "Video of the Year" awards at the 2007 MTV Australia Awards. The titular "joker" and "thief" are a reference to the lyrics of "All Along the Watchtower".

"Joker & the Thief" is featured in such movies as Jackass Number Two,Shoot 'Em Up,Shrek the Third,The Hangover,Here Comes the Boom and video games Need for Speed: Carbon,NHL 14 and MLB 07: The Show, as well as Mitsubishi and Peugeot commercials. It is also available as downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band, and is playable on music video games Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 2 and Rock Revolution. It has also recently been used in a promotion for Microsoft's Kinect for the Xbox 360. It also features in the TV show Misfits in the first episode of series 4. The song is played at Rogers Arena during Vancouver Canucks games and at Madison Square Garden during New York Rangers games when the home team goes on a power play. The Rangers also used the song at times between 2007-2009 as they made their way to the ice. The song was also used when the Chicago Blackhawks use their timeout. The Queen's University Gaels have played the song at their football games prior to each kickoff and overtime period. It was also used as the entrance music as the players entered the ice for the 2011 NHL All Star Game played at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, The song is also used by Scottish Ice Hockey team Braehead Clan as the players enter the ice. The song was also utilized in the entrance video for the West Virginia University Mountaineers Football team during the 2011 season. Wolfmother also performed it as their last song as the support act for Australian rock band AC/DC on their 2010 Australian tour Black Ice (album)

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