( What 's So Funny ' bout ) Peace, Love, and Understanding - wikipedia ( What 's So Funny ' bout ) Peace, Love, and Understanding `` ( What 's So Funny ' Bout ) Peace, Love, and Understanding '' Song by Brinsley Schwarz from the album The New Favourites of... Brinsley Schwarz Released Recorded April -- May 1974 Genre Rock Length 3 : 34 Label United Artists Songwriter ( s ) Nick Lowe Producer ( s ) Dave Edmunds The New Favourites of... Brinsley Schwarz track listing `` ( What 's So Funny ' Bout ) Peace, Love, and Understanding '' `` Ever Since You 're Gone '' Music video `` ( What 's So Funny ' Bout ) Peace, Love, and Understanding '' on YouTube `` ( What 's So Funny ' Bout ) Peace, Love, and Understanding '' is a 1974 song written by English singer / songwriter Nick Lowe and subsequently covered by Elvis Costello and Curtis Stigers. Contents 1 Brinsley Schwarz version 2 Elvis Costello & the Attractions version 3 The Bodyguard 4 Other performances 5 Covers 6 References Brinsley Schwarz version The song was originally released in 1974 on the album The New Favourites of... Brinsley Schwarz by Lowe 's band Brinsley Schwarz and released as a single ; this version was included on Lowe 's 2002 compilation Anthology ( along with the Elvis Costello version ), and his 2009 compilation Quiet Please... The New Best of Nick Lowe, as well as 1991 's Surrender to the Rhythm : The Best of Brinsley Schwarz, 1996 's Naughty Rhythms : The Best of Pub Rock 1970 -- 1976, and 1998 's Pub Rock : Paving the Way for Punk. Thus far, Lowe himself has not released a solo studio version of the song, but plays it regularly in concert, and live versions have appeared as B - sides of his 1982 double 45 single `` My Heart Hurts '', and his 1994 EP True Love Travels on a Gravel Road, on the radio compilations KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 3, Q107 's Concerts in the Sky : the Campfire Versions, and Live at the World Cafe 10th Anniversary, some with solo acoustic guitar and some with different full bands. Another live Lowe version appeared on his 2004 live album Untouched Takeaway, and a live Brinsley Schwarz version was included on What IS so Funny About Peace Love and Understanding ?, which featured songs played live in BBC sessions. Lowe also produced a cover version of the song as a B - side for the 1991 single `` See Saw '' by the British band the Katydids, after producing their eponymous debut album. Elvis Costello & the Attractions version The Elvis Costello & the Attractions version was first issued as the B - side of Lowe 's 1978 single `` American Squirm '' credited to `` Nick Lowe and His Sound ''. At the time, Lowe was Costello 's producer, and he produced this track as well. When the song became a hit, it was quickly appended as the last track to the US edition of Costello 's album Armed Forces. It has appeared on most of Costello 's `` Best of... '' compilations over the years, as well as on the soundtrack to the film 200 Cigarettes. Live versions appeared on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Volume 7 : 2002 -- 2003, and 2012 's The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook, both by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked this version of the song as the 284th best song of all time. John Lennon quotes the song in his 1980 Rolling Stone interview with Jonathan Cott. The Bodyguard A version of the song was included on the soundtrack album for the film The Bodyguard, which sold 17 million copies in the United States alone. This version was performed by jazz singer Curtis Stigers, who also used it as a B - side to the single `` Sleeping with the Lights On '' from his eponymous debut album, which had been released the year before. According to Will Birch 's seminal book on pub rock, No Sleep Till Canvey Island, the cover royalties from Stigers ' version of the song made Lowe wealthy. Lowe, however, asserts that he used most of the money to support a subsequent tour with full band. Stigers later covered a second Lowe song, `` You Inspire Me '', on the 2003 album of the same name. Other performances In 2004, `` ( What 's So Funny ' bout ) Peace, Love and Understanding '' was regularly performed as an all - star jam on the Vote for Change tour, which featured a rotating cast of headliners. The 11 October concert at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. was broadcast live on the Sundance Channel and on radio. This version of the song featured Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, the Dixie Chicks, Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews, and John Fogerty with Michael Stipe, Bonnie Raitt, Keb ' Mo ', and Jackson Browne. A Perfect Circle covered the song on their 2004 album eMOTIVE, an album containing covers of many classic songs. In 2008, Costello performed a version of the song on Stephen Colbert 's A Colbert Christmas : The Greatest Gift of All ! with Colbert, Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, and Willie Nelson. At the finale of Costello 's Glastonbury 2013 set `` Peace, Love, and Understanding '' was performed before and after an ironic comment on the first appearance at the festival, a few hours later, of the Rolling Stones using their own song `` Out of Time ''. Covers Year Singer / Group Album or Single Comments Midnight Oil `` Put Down That Weapon '' Non-album single B - side, as `` Peace Love and Understanding '' Performed as a closer on their Blue Sky Mining tour The Flaming Lips `` Drug Machine '' Non-album single B - side, combined with cover of `` Strychnine '' by The Sonics Collected on 1998 album A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording... By Amateurs and 2002 album The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg Phil and John Do n't Look Now... It 's The Hallelujah Brothers Christian pop version 1991 Katydids `` See Saw '' Non-album single B - side, as `` Peace Love and Understanding '', produced by composer Nick Lowe 1991 The Party In the Meantime, In Between Time Includes Rap interlude 1991 Cletis Carr Tales of Ordinary Madness 1992 Dead White And Blue Heads 1992 Curtis Stigers The Bodyguard : Original Soundtrack Album Also appears as B - side to single `` Sleeping with the Light On '' 1992 Trip Shakespeare Volt ( EP ) Chris Dowd Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture Floundering Chris Dowd was a member of the rock band Fishbone. Lucy Kaplansky Flesh and Bone Kabah La Calle de las Sirenas Spanish version, as `` Amor, Paz Y Entendimiento '' Also appears on 2000s `` Serie Millennium 21 '' 1997 Down By Law Before You Were Punk Various artists tribute album to songs of the new wave era 1997 Unsteady Double or Nothing 1998 Sam the Butcher Assembly Line 1998 Uncle Otto Men Who Smoke 1998 The Boz Roz Band Shadow of the Thunderbird 2000 Charlie Hunter Solo Eight String Guitar Instrumental version 2000 Mr. B 's Boogie Band Mr. B 's Boogie Band 2001 Joe Goldmark Strong Like Bull... But Sensitive Like Squirrel Instrumental version 2001 The House Jacks Drive Live a cappella version 2001 Teddy Morgan and the Pistolas Live@7BlackCats Live 2001 Joe Louis Walker Labour of Love : The Music of Nick Lowe Various artists tribute album containing new covers of Lowe 's songs 2002 The Wallflowers Red Letter Days Bonus track on Japanese edition of the album 2002 Glen Ricks Reggae Rocks : A Tribute to Rock ' N ' Roll Reggae version, on album of various reggae artists performing covers of classic rock songs 2003 Steve Earle Just an American Boy Live A Perfect Circle eMOTIVe Chris Cornell and Maynard James Keenan Axis of Justice : Concert Series Volume 1 Live CD / DVD benefit for Axis of Justice The Ataris Live at the Metro Live solo acoustic version performed by Kris Roe Keb ' Mo ' Peace... Back by Popular Demand Blues version, on album of largely covers of classic folk and rock songs 2006 Chris Cornell Chris Cornell : Unplugged in Sweden Live solo acoustic version. 2007 The Holmes Brothers ' `` State of Grace '' Soul blues version with pedal steel accompaniment. KC Craine Road 20 Acoustic version Katherine Green DFTBA Lullabies Sung for DFTBA Records compilation lullaby album 2013 David Broza East Jeruslaem / East Jerusalem Featuring Israeli / Palestinian musicians and the Jerusalem Youth Chorus ( a choir of Jewish & Palestinian high schoolers ). 2015 Shovels & Rope Ft. Lucius Busted Jukebox Vol. I Featured on the band 's 2015 release of covers with other prominent alternative artists. 2017 Bhi Bhiman 1,000 Days, 1,000 Songs 2017 Wilco Spotify Singles 2018 The Reverend Shawn Amos The Reverend Shawn Amos Breaks It Down Gospel - flavoured version A version was sung by PJ Olsson & Salman Ahmad for the theme of the television series Aliens in America. It also appears on Olsson 's album American Scream. In the 2003 film Lost in Translation, Bill Murray 's character impassionately sings a karaoke version of the song. Simple Minds included a cover of the song in the bonus CD included with the deluxe release of their 2009 album Graffiti Soul. The Pretty Reckless sung the song live for KROQ Radio Sessions 2010. Panic ! at the Disco vocalist Brendon Urie posted a cover of the song to his Twitter account on 7 August 2011. Derek Webb recorded a cover of the song for the December installation of his 2011 subscription album project Democracy, Vol. 2. Indie band The Hush Sound covered the song during the encore of their 2012 tour. The Strypes featured a version of the song on a limited edition single to raise funds for the teenage cancer charity Canteen. References This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2016 ) Jump up ^ Cott, Jonathan, The Ballad Of John And Yoko, ( 1982 ), p. 191. Michael Joseph Ltd Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=(What%27s_So_Funny_%27Bout)_Peace,_Love,_and_Understanding&oldid=842608004 '' Categories : 1974 songs Songs written by Nick Lowe Nick Lowe songs Elvis Costello songs Radar Records singles Hidden categories : EngvarB from January 2014 Use dmy dates from January 2014 Articles with hAudio microformats Articles needing additional references from November 2016 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Italiano 日本 語 Polski Português Edit links This page was last edited on 23 May 2018, at 14 : 30. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: who wrote what's so funny bout peace love and understanding
Answer: Nick Lowe