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
more tracks from the album
Number Ones
- Stayin’ Alive
- Man in the Middle
- Immortality [Original Demo Version]
- Don’t Forget to Remember
- Love So Right
- You Win Again
- Too Much Heaven
- Words
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- Love You Inside Out
- I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
- Lonely Days
- Tragedy
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Night Fever
- Jive Talkin’
- You Should Be Dancing
- I Started a Joke
- World
- Massachusetts
- Islands in the Stream
From the albums
- 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)
Bee Gees popular songs
- 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’