I Started a Joke

"I Started a Joke"
Single by Bee Gees
from the album Idea
B-side
  • "Kilburn Towers"
  • "Swan Song" (France)
Released21 December 1968[1]
Recorded20 June 1968
IBC Studios, London
GenrePop,[2] soft rock[3]
Length3:05
LabelPolydor (United Kingdom)
Atco (United States)
Songwriter(s)Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees
Bee Gees singles chronology
"I've Gotta Get a Message to You"
(1968) 		"I Started a Joke"
(1968) 		"First of May"
(1969)

"I Started a Joke" is a 1968 song by Bee Gees and taken from their fifth studio album Idea. It was not released as a single in the United Kingdom but topped the charts in Australia, Brazil, Canada and New Zealand and went to number 6 in the United States. It was covered by Faith No More in 1998.

Faith No More version

"I Started a Joke"
Single by Faith No More
from the album Who Cares a Lot?
Released21 September 1998
RecordedEarly 1995
Length3:03
LabelSlash
Songwriter(s)Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)Billy Gould
Dean Menta
Faith No More singles chronology
"This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us"
(1998) 		"I Started a Joke"
(1998) 		"Motherfucker"
(2014)

Faith No More released a cover version of the single in 1998 and taken from their greatest hits album Who Cares a Lot?. It went to number 38 in New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ "I Started a Joke / Kilburn Towers by Bee Gees (Single, Pop): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music". 8 April 2011.
  2. ↑ Dale, Jon (24 June 2015). "Robin Gibb – Saved By The Bell – The Collected Works Of Robin Gibb 1968-1970". Uncut. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Covers Revue, Vol. 25 – The Wallflowers cover "I Started a Joke" :: Originally by the Bee Gees". www.entertheshell.com.


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