That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
Single by the Smiths
from the album Meat Is Murder
Released1 July 1985
Recorded1984
Length
  • 3:49
  • 4:57 (12-inch single)
  • 4:59 (album version)
LabelRough Trade
ComposerJohnny Marr
LyricistMorrissey
ProducerThe Smiths
The Smiths singles chronology
"Barbarism Begins at Home"
(1985)
"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
(1985)
"The Boy with the Thorn in His Side"
(1985)

"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. The full-length version of the song appears on the album Meat Is Murder. It was the sole track from the album to be released, in edited form, as a UK single. The song was written by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer Morrissey. Marr has cited it as one of his favourite Smiths songs.