Lead singer Chrissie Hynde wrote this song, which finds her coping with transition and approaching middle age. Following the 1981 Pretenders album Pretenders II, two of the four bandmembers - Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott - died of drug overdoses, leaving just Hynde and drummer Martin Chambers, who remained the mainstays in the band amongst a rotating cast of guitarists and bass players.
"Middle of the Road" is Chrissie Hynde's credo. She told the Austin American-Statesman: "My personal discipline has been to try to stay in the middle, always, no matter what I'm doing. If I buy a jacket and it comes in three sizes, I want a medium. You have to learn how to temper yourself and hold back till you get to the end."
Toward the end of the song, Hynde sings about the media hounding her. She has always tried to keep her private life to herself.
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