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Jimmy Eat World: Tiny Desk Concert

January 29, 2020 • Jimmy Eat World showed up to the NPR Music office all smiles and no guitars. They borrowed a couple acoustics, a gong and a tambourine for a heartfelt set that included "The Middle."

Jimmy Eat World, Ever Polished, Returns With 'Love Never' And 'Half Heart'

Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World performs at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas in 2016. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for CBS Radio hide caption

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Jimmy Eat World, Ever Polished, Returns With 'Love Never' And 'Half Heart'

May 4, 2018 • Jimmy Eat World has been around for 25 years, and has survived by bringing its fans along for the ride.

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All Songs Considered

Bob And Robin's Holiday In Space

December 22, 2014 • Every year, All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton go on a musical holiday adventure. This year, they take a rocket ride to outer space and are joined by a few special guests.

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Jimmy Eat World Finds The Fuel To Keep Going

Jimmy Eat World's new album, Damage, is its eighth in 20 years together. Left to right: Rick Burch, Zach Lind, Jim Adkins and Tom Linton. Michael Elins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Jimmy Eat World Finds The Fuel To Keep Going

June 22, 2013 • Perhaps best known for its 2001 hit, "The Middle," the band recently released its eighth studio album, Damage. Lead singer Jim Adkins talks about the band's evolution through two decades together.

Jimmy Eat World Finds The Fuel To Keep Going

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The Decade In Music: Jimmy Eat World's 'The Middle' (2002)

Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American had a sweetness and sincerity missing in the Top 40 rock of the time. Chris McCann hide caption

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The Decade In Music: '00s

The Decade In Music: Jimmy Eat World's 'The Middle' (2002)

November 11, 2009 • Mainstream rock was in dire straits in the early 2000s, but out of a world of jaw-wired-shut self-plagiarizers and rap-rockers came arguably the power-pop anthem of the decade. Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" is a hopeful, energetically poppy punk song about being yourself.