Bee Gees

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

The three Gibb brothers were very close as children and spent most of their time together. Barry was born in 1946, and his twin brothers Maurice and Robin were born in 1949. Together, they went on to become one of the most popular bands of the 1970s.

The Bee Gees have sold more than 220 million records worldwide, and functioned as a group almost continuously from 1958 to 2003, when Maurice Gibb suddenly died during a coma.

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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)

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