The song's B-side was "Kilburn Towers", except in France, "Swan Song" was used. "I Started a Joke" was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, and produced by them with Robert Stigwood Colin Petersen and Vince Melouney (as the Bee Gees).On this date in 1968, I STARTED A JOKE by the BEE GEES entered the US Billboard Hot 100, in at #61 (Dec 14, 1968)
I started a joke Which started the whole world crying But I didn’t see That the joke was on me, oh no [Verse 2] I started to cry Which started the whole world laughing Oh, if I’d only seen That the joke was on me [Chorus] I looked at the skies Running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed Hurting my head from things that I’d saidThe song is mainly written and sung by Robin Gibb. "I Started a Joke" is supposedly about someone who has done or said something horribly wrong, which results in feelings of social alienation. Another interpretation is that the song is sung from the point of view of the devil. Prior to performing the song onstage, Barry Gibb has remarked that. 22 150 177 434 14 28 404 474