If You Could Read My Mind (song)
- If You Could Read My Mind (song)
"If You Could Read My Mind" is a song by Gordon Lightfoot. It was his first recording to appear on the American music charts, reaching #5 on the "Billboard" chart in January 1971. Lightfoot has cited his divorce for inspiring the lyrics. [ [http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-00/12-04-00/b02ae081.htm "Gordon Lightfoot 'still out there'"] "South Coast Today" (Martin Griffith, Associated Press) 4-Dec-2000]
This song first appeared on Lightfoot's 1970 album "Sit Down Young Stranger". The success of the single led Lightfoot's label, Reprise Records, to retitle the album after the song. The song reached #1 on Billboard's Easy Listening charts.
Other versions
The song has been covered by many artists, including Johnny Cash, Don McLean, Kalan Porter, Olivia Newton-John, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Glen Campbell, Gene Clark, Viola Wills, The Spotnicks, and the house music collective Stars on 54.
It has also been used in motion pictures, including:
* "Paperback Hero" (1973), starring Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley
* "" (1990)
* "54" (1998)
* "Wonderland" (2003)
* "We Are Marshall" (2006)
References
External links
* [http://gordonlightfoot.com/ifyoucouldreadmymind.shtml Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind song lyrics]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001687 Page about song at Canadian Encyclopedia]
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