Only When I Laugh (song)

"Only When I Laugh"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album Only When I Laugh
B-side"Too Many Nights Alone"
ReleasedOctober 1981 (1981-10)
Genre
Length2:28
LabelMCA
Songwriters
ProducerRon Chancey
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"Enough for You"
(1981)
"Only When I Laugh"
(1981)
"From Levis to Calvin Klein Jeans"
(1982)

"Only When I Laugh" is a song originally recorded by Brenda Lee and appeared on the 1981 Neil Simon movie which shared the same name. It was written by film composing team, Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire. Released as a single by MCA Records, it placed in the top 40 on the US country songs chart in 1981. It also served as the title track to Lee's album of the same name.