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) | |||
| Songwriters | Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb | |||
| Producers | Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees | |||
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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 in the United States. The song 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. It was not released as a single in the United Kingdom, which saw a version released by Heath Hampstead under the Polydor label.
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.