"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. It is considered by many fans a high point in the band's career, and regularly invokes a mass singalong at live shows.

"I'll be wallowing in sorrow, wearing a frown, like Pierrot the Clown"

This is most likely Alexander Vertinskiy's version as he portrays Pierrot in black clothing singing sad songs in brothels.