I Started a Joke
| "I Started a Joke" | ||||
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| Single by the Bee Gees | ||||
| from the album Idea | ||||
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| Released | 21 December 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 20 June 1968 | |||
| Studio | IBC Studios, London | |||
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| Length | 3:05 | |||
| Label | Polydor (United Kingdom) Atco (United States) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb | |||
| Producer(s) | Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees | |||
| The Bee Gees singles chronology | ||||
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"I Started a Joke" is a song by the Bee Gees from their 1968 album Idea, which was released as a single in December of that year. It was not released as a single in the United Kingdom, where buyers who could not afford the album had to content themselves with a Polydor version by Heath Hampstead. This is the last Bee Gees single to feature Vince Melouney's guitar work, as he left the band in early December after this song was released as a single.
The song's B-side was "Kilburn Towers", except in France, where "Swan Song" was used. "I Started a Joke" was written by Robin Gibb mainly, with help from Barry and Maurice on the bridge. It was produced by the Bee Gees with Robert Stigwood.