| "Joke (I'm Laughing)" | ||||
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| Single by Eddi Reader | ||||
| from the album Eddi Reader | ||||
| B-side | "Saturday Night" | |||
| Released | 1 August 1994[1] | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Blanco y Negro | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Boo Hewerdine | |||
| Producer(s) | Greg Penny | |||
| Eddi Reader singles chronology | ||||
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"Joke (I'm Laughing)" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader, released on 1 August 1994 as the second single from her second studio album, Eddi Reader. It was written by Boo Hewerdine and produced by Greg Penny. "Joke (I'm Laughing)" reached No. 42 on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for three weeks.[2]
In 1996, Hewerdine released his own version of the song as a single from his album Baptist Hospital.[3] Speaking to Folk Radio in 2014, Hewerdine said of the song: ""Joke" was the first song I made up that I thought was good. I wrote it for my post-school band Placebo Thing."[4]
- ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 30 July 1994. p. 25. ISSN 0265-1548.
- ^ "EDDI READER | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ James Chrispell (1996-09-24). "Baptist Hospital - Boo Hewerdine | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "Exclusive Preview: Boo Hewerdine - My Name in the Brackets". Folk Radio. Retrieved 2020-04-12.