<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "I Started a Joke" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Bee Gees </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Idea </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> B - side </Th> <Td> "Kilburn Towers" "Swan Song" (France) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> 21 December 1968 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Format </Th> <Td> 7 ", 45 rpm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recorded </Th> <Td> 25 June 1968 IBC Studios, London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Pop </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 3: 05 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Polydor (United Kingdom) Atco (United States) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Bee Gees singles chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (1968) </Td> <Td> "I Started a Joke" (1968) </Td> <Td> "First of May" (1969) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (1968) </Td> <Td> "I Started a Joke" (1968) </Td> <Td> "First of May" (1969) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Audio sample </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "I Started A Joke" <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Idea track listing </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 12 tracks (show) <Dl> <Dt> Side one </Dt> </Dl> <Ol> <Li> "Let There Be Love" </Li> <Li> "Kitty Can" </Li> <Li> "In the Summer of His Years" </Li> <Li> "Indian Gin and Whisky Dry" </Li> <Li> "Down to Earth" </Li> <Li> "Such a Shame" (UK version) </Li> <Li> "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (US version) </Li> </Ol> <Dl> <Dt> Side two </Dt> </Dl> <Ol> <Li> "Idea" </Li> <Li> "When the Swallows Fly" </Li> <Li> "I Have Decided to Join the Airforce" </Li> <Li> "I Started a Joke" </Li> <Li> "Kilburn Towers" </Li> <Li> "Swan Song" </Li> </Ol> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Alternative cover </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> French edition picture sleeve </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "I Started a Joke" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Bee Gees </Th> </Tr>

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