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
Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song (1967-1990)
- Juliet
- Elisa
- Barker of the UFO
- The Singer Sang His Song
- Holiday/I Can’t See Nobody/I Started a Joke/Massachusetts
- King and Country
- Spicks and Specks (Live)
- Sinking Ships
- The Woman in You
- Morning of My Life (In the Morning)
- Boogie Child
- Sun in My Morning
- Country Woman
- He’s a Liar
- Someone Belonging to Someone
- It Doesn’t Matter Much to Me
- Holiday
- First of May
- I.O.I.O.
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- Tomorrow Tomorrow
- Words
- Too Much Heaven
- You Win Again
- To Love Somebody (Live)
- Don’t Wanna Live Inside Myself
- Love So Right
- Edge of the Universe
- Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)
- Nights on Broadway
- Don’t Forget to Remember
- If Only I Had My Mind on Something Else
- Throw a Penny
- Jumbo
- Massachusetts
- And the Sun Will Shine
- World
- I Can’t See Nobody
- I Started a Joke
- To Love Somebody
- New York Mining Disaster 1941
- You Should Be Dancing
- Jive Talkin’
- If I Can’t Have You
- Night Fever
- More Than a Woman
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Tragedy
- Run to Me
- Alive
- Melody Fair
- Sir Geoffrey Saved the World
- Our Love (Don’t Throw It All Away)
- Love You Inside Out
- E.S.P.
- Wouldn’t I Be Someone
- Ordinary Lives
- One
- I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
- On Time
- My World
- Lonely Days
- Charade
- Mr. Natural
- Saw a New Morning
- Stayin’ Alive
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’