I Started A Joke

I Started A Joke


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Idea track listing
12 tracks
Side one
  1. "Let There Be Love"
  2. "Kitty Can"
  3. "In The Summer of His Years"
  4. "Indian Gin and Whisky Dry"
  5. "Down to Earth"
  6. "Such a Shame" (UK version)
  7. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (US version)
Side two
  1. "Idea"
  2. "When the Swallows Fly"
  3. "I Have Decided to Join the Air Force"
  4. "I Started a Joke"
  5. "Kilburn Towers"
  6. "Swan Song"
Alternative cover
France picture sleeve

"I Started a Joke" is a song by the English-Australian rock band Bee Gees from their 1968 album Idea, which was released as a single in December of that year, following the release of the album in September. Curiously, it was not released as a single in the UK, where buyers who could not afford the album had to content themselves with a Polydor version by Heath Hampstead. The song's B-side was "Kilburn Towers". But in France, "Swan Song" was chosen as the B-side.


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