That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
Single by the Smiths
from the album Meat Is Murder
Released1 July 1985
Recorded1984
Length
  • 3:49
  • 4:57 (12-inch single)
  • 4:59 (album version)
LabelRough Trade
Songwriter(s)Johnny Marr, Morrissey
Producer(s)The Smiths
The Smiths singles chronology
"Barbarism Begins at Home"
(1985) 		"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
(1985) 		"The Boy with the Thorn in His Side"
(1985)

"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. The full-length version of the song appears on the album Meat Is Murder. It was the sole track from the album to be released, in edited form, as a UK single. The song was composed by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer Morrissey. Marr has cited it as one of his favourite Smiths songs.[1][2]

  1. ^ Troussé, Stephen. "Album by album: Johnny Marr". Uncut (February 2008).
  2. ^ Goddard, Simon (2004). The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life (Second ed.). Reynolds and Hearn.