Laughing (The Guess Who song)

"Laughing"
Cover of the 1969 German single
Single by The Guess Who
from the album Canned Wheat
B-side"Undun"
ReleasedJuly 1969
Recorded1969 at RCA Studio A, New York, New York
GenrePop rock[1]
Length2:39
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings
Producer(s)Jack Richardson
The Guess Who singles chronology
"These Eyes"
(1968)
"Laughing" / "Undun"
(1969)
"No Time"
(1969)

"Laughing" is a popular song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who. It peaked at #1 on the Canadian Singles Chart for a single week[2] and at #10 on the United States' Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's second single to reach the Top 10 on the latter.[3] It became their second of three gold records in the United States and also made the Top 20 on singles charts in New Zealand and South Africa.

It appeared on their 1969 album, Canned Wheat, and was released as a single that year. It sold more than 350,000 copies in the first three weeks of release.[4]

  1. ^ Dave Marsh; John Swenson (12 October 1983). The new Rolling stone record guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-394-72107-1.
  2. ^ The Guess Who, "Laughing" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 6, 2015
  3. ^ The Guess Who, "Laughing" U.S. Chart Position Retrieved March 6, 2015
  4. ^ "Guess Who: 15 minutes to success". The Montreal Gazette. July 21, 1969. Retrieved April 2, 2011.