| "Laughing" | ||||
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| Single by The Guess Who | ||||
| from the album Canned Wheat | ||||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Buddha Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings | |||
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"Laughing" is a popular song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who. It peaked at #1 on the Canadian Singles Chart and at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's second single to reach the Top 10 on the latter.[1] The track also reached number one on RPM 's music chart.
Written by Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings in only ten minutes,[2] it appeared on their 1969 album, Canned Wheat, and was released as a single that year. It sold more than 350,000 copies in its first three weeks of release.[3]
Dave Bist of The Montreal Gazette has written that the song gave its audience the impression that the group only made music for the money. The group's later song, "Undun," he wrote, changed that impression.[4]
The song has been covered by saxaphonist Dave Pell.[5]