Teen Drummer Covers Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle”: American rock band Jimmy Eat World (@JimmyEatWorld) formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona. Their song “The Middle” is the third track on and was released as the second single of their fourth album, ‘Bleed American’ (2001). The song was a breakthrough hit for Jimmy Eat World, who had self-financed the recording of the ‘Bleed American’ album. In 2002, It was a No. 5 hit on the US Billboard (@Billboard) Hot 100. “The Middle” remains Jimmy Eat World’s on