Joke (I'm Laughing)
| "Joke (I'm Laughing)" | ||||
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| Single by Eddi Reader | ||||
| from the album Eddi Reader | ||||
| B-side | "Saturday Night" | |||
| Released | 1 August 1994 | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Blanco y Negro | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Boo Hewerdine | |||
| Producer(s) | Greg Penny | |||
| Eddi Reader singles chronology | ||||
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"Joke (I'm Laughing)" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader, released on 1 August 1994 by Blanco y Negro Records as the second single from her second studio album, Eddi Reader (1994). It was written by Boo Hewerdine and produced by Greg Penny. "Joke (I'm Laughing)" reached No. 42 on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for three weeks.
In 1996, Hewerdine released his own version of the song as a single from his album Baptist Hospital. Speaking to Folk Radio in 2014, Hewerdine said of the song: ""Joke" was the first song I made up that I thought was good. I wrote it for my post-school band Placebo Thing."