"Pierrot the Clown" is a song of Placebo's fifth studio album Meds. It has a slow, mellow feeling in the song which fits its lyrical context of a character in a sombre mood. In the chorus the song compares the character to Pierrot the Clown. Its orchestration is expansive, featuring a string section, glockenspiel and acoustic guitar, among others. Pierrot is a stock character of mime and Commedia dell'Arte, a French variant of the Italian Pedrolino.

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