Released: December 21, 1968
Songwriter: Maurice Gibb Robin Gibb Barry Gibb
Producer: Colin Petersen Maurice Gibb Vince Melouney Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Robert Stigwood
I started a joke, which started the whole world crying
But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no
I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me
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 said
'Til I finally died, which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me
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 said
'Til I finally died, which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen, oh yeah, that the joke was on me
Oh no, that the joke was on me, oh
But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no
I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me
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 said
'Til I finally died, which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me
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 said
'Til I finally died, which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen, oh yeah, that the joke was on me
Oh no, that the joke was on me, oh
Mythology
- Closer Than Close
- Rings Around the Moon
- Angel Of Mercy
- Swan Song
- Barker of the UFO
- Spirits (Having Flown)
- I Can’t Help It
- The Singer Sang His Song
- The Longest Night
- Fallen Angel
- Above and Beyond
- Trafalgar
- Overnight
- Wildflower
- Man in the Middle
- Holiday
- Walking on Air
- Islands in the Stream
- House of Shame
- Spicks and Specks
- Words
- Too Much Heaven
- You Win Again
- It’s Just the Way
- Love So Right
- Don’t Forget to Remember
- First of May
- You Know It’s for You
- The Bridge
- Love Me
- Country Woman
- Massachusetts
- And the Sun Will Shine
- I Can’t See Nobody
- I Started a Joke
- To Love Somebody
- New York Mining Disaster 1941
- Jive Talkin’
- If I Can’t Have You
- Night Fever
- More Than a Woman
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Tragedy
- Run to Me
- My World
- On Time
- Heartbreaker
- Alone
- Odessa
- Omega Man
- Dimensions
- Embrace
- Sir Geoffrey Saved the World
- I Am the World
- Love You Inside Out
- Lay It on Me
- Suddenly
- I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
- Stayin’ Alive
- Idea (ATCO) (1968)
- Idea (1968)
- Best of Bee Gees (1969)
- Gold (1976)
- Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song (1967-1990) (1990)
- One Night Only (1998)
- Their Greatest Hits: The Record (2001)
- Number Ones (2004)
- The Ultimate Bee Gees (2009)
- Mythology (2010)
- Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits (2017)
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Stayin’ Alive
- You Should Be Dancing
- To Love Somebody
- I Started a Joke
- More Than a Woman
- Too Much Heaven
- Night Fever
- Words
- Tragedy
- Islands in the Stream
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- Massachusetts
- Emotion
- You Win Again
- New York Mining Disaster 1941
- Alone
- I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
- Holiday
- Love You Inside Out
- Nights on Broadway
- Rest Your Love on Me
- World
- Jive Talkin’