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1970 single by Gordon Lightfoot

"If You Could Read My Mind"
If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot (Canadian single).png

Side A of the Canadian single
Unmarried by Gordon Lightfoot
from the anthology Sit Downward Young Stranger
B-side "Poor Little Allison"
Released Dec 1970
Recorded November 1969
Genre Soft rock, folk stone
Length 3:48
Label Reprise
Songwriter(south) Gordon Lightfoot
Producer(south) Lenny Waronker and Joseph Wissert
Gordon Lightfoot singles chronology
"Approaching Lavander"
(1970) 		"If You lot Could Read My Mind"
(1970) 		"This Is My Song"
(1971)
Sound
"If You Could Read My Heed" on YouTube

"If Y'all Could Read My Mind" is a breakdown vocal past Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. The lyrics were written when Lightfoot was reflecting upon his ain divorce. It reached No. 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart on commercial release in 1970 and charted in several other countries on international release in 1971.[1]

Theme [edit]

Lightfoot has cited his divorce for inspiring the lyrics,[two] proverb they came to him as he was sitting in a vacant Toronto house 1 summer.[3] At the request of his daughter Ingrid, he performs the lyrics with a slight change now: The line "I'chiliad just trying to understand the feelings that you lot lack" is altered to "I'm just trying to empathise the feelings that we lack." He has said in an interview that the difficulty with writing songs inspired by personal stories is that there is not always the emotional distance and clarity to brand lyrical improvements such as the one his daughter suggested.[4]

Product [edit]

Gordon Lightfoot (pictured in 2009) wrote and originally recorded the song.

The song was produced by Lenny Waronker and Joe Wissert at Sunwest Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California,[5] with strings bundled by Nick DeCaro.[6]

Composition [edit]

The song is in A major and uses the subtonic chord.[7] According to Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon, the chorus of their song "Save a Prayer" was based on "If You Could Read My Mind".

Format releases [edit]

This vocal beginning appeared on Lightfoot'due south 1970 album Sit Down Young Stranger, afterwards renamed If Yous Could Read My Mind following the song's success.[ citation needed ]

Chart operation [edit]

On release, the song reached No. 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart and was his first recording to appear in the U.Due south., reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in February 1971. Later in the year, it reached No. 27 on the Australian singles chart and No. thirty on the United Kingdom's singles chart. The song also reached No. 1 for ane week on the Billboard Easy Listening chart,[8] and was the first of four Lightfoot releases to reach No. 1.

Rights infringement legal action [edit]

In 1987, Lightfoot filed a lawsuit confronting Michael Masser, the composer of Whitney Houston'due south hit "The Greatest Love of All", alleging plagiarism of 24 bars of "If Y'all Could Read My Heed"; the transitional section that begins "I decided long ago never to walk in anyone'southward shadow" of the Masser vocal has the same tune every bit "I never thought I could act this way and I got to say that I just don't get it; I don't know where we went wrong only the feeling's gone and I simply can't get it back" of Lightfoot's song. Lightfoot has stated that he dropped the lawsuit when he felt it was having a negative effect on the singer Houston because the lawsuit was well-nigh the author and not her.[9] He besides said that he did not want people to think that he had stolen his tune from Masser.[x] The example was settled out of courtroom, and Masser issued a public amends.[11]

Charts [edit]

Stars on 54 version [edit]

"If You Could Read My Heed"
Stars on 54.jpg
Single by Stars on 54
from the album 54: Music from the Miramax Move Picture, Volume two
Released 1998
Recorded 1998
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:26
Label Tommy Boy Music (UK)
Songwriter(s) Gordon Lightfoot
Producer(south) The Berman Brothers
Music video
"If Yous Could Read My Mind" on YouTube

The business firm music collective Stars on 54—consisting of Amber, Jocelyn Enriquez, and Ultra Naté—recorded a version of the vocal for the 1998 pic 54, reaching No. 3 on Commonwealth of australia's ARIA Singles Chart and Canada'due south RPM Singles Chart, too every bit No. 6 in New Zealand and No. 10 in Spain. Australian music channel Max included this version of "If You Could Read My Listen" in its list of 1000 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2012.[15]

Critical reception [edit]

Tin can't Stop the Pop called "If Y'all Could Read My Mind" "one of the most listen-bogglingly brilliant encompass versions of the '90s", adding that information technology "remains a securely fabulous single" and "a proudly '90s homage to disco that is as uplifting and joyous as there could exist – and can now be rightly enjoyed every bit a triumphant celebration of everything that 54 represents."[16]

Music video [edit]

A music video was made to accompany the single release. It pays homage to aspects of the disco-era presented through a '90s lens. Amber and Ultra Naté performs in a room where every surface is covered in LED dancefloor tiles. Jocelyn Enriquez are swinging on a behemothic disco brawl. In the end, the singers performs together on the stage in a night club, all three dressed in carmine outfits. In between these scenes, several clips from the movie 54 are shown.

Track listings [edit]

UK 12-inch vinyl (1998)[17]
No. Championship Length
1. "If Yous Could Read My Mind" (Hex Hector Order Mix) 9:30
2. "If You Could Read My Mind" (original social club mix) 6:11
3. "If You Could Read My Mind" (Hex Hector Dub Mix) 7:00
four. "If Yous Could Read My Listen" (The Shark Dub Mix) viii:00
Total length: 30:41
European CD single (1998)[18] [19]
No. Title Length
1. "If You Could Read My Mind" (original edit) iii:27
2. "If You Could Read My Listen" (Hex Hector Lodge Mix) seven:48
3. "If You Could Read My Mind" (original club mix) half dozen:10
Full length: 17:25
US cassette single (1998)[20]
No. Title Length
1. "If Y'all Could Read My Mind" (album version)
2. "If You Could Read My Heed" (instrumental)

Charts and certifications [edit]

Other notable cover versions [edit]

Many artists have covered "If Y'all Could Read My Mind." Among the most notable versions is the 1980 embrace by Viola Wills, which peaked at No. 2 for five weeks on the trip the light fantastic/disco charts with a trip the light fantastic version of the song[42] and at No. 80 in Commonwealth of australia.[43] Olivia Newton-John covered the song on her debut 1971 album If Not For You. Johnny Cash recorded a version of the song that was included in the posthumously released album American V: A Hundred Highways (2006). Barbra Streisand besides recorded the song on her Stoney Terminate LP of 1971. Diana Krall covered the song as a duet on her Wallflower anthology in 2015.

See also [edit]

  • List of number-one developed gimmicky singles of 1971 (U.S.)

References [edit]

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  5. ^ Product credit for the album 'Sit down Down Young Stranger' (Reprise Records, 1969).
  6. ^ Production credits on 'If Y'all Could Read My Heed', single (Reprise Records 1970).
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External links [edit]

  • Lyrics of this song
  • Page near song at Canadian Encyclopedia

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Could_Read_My_Mind

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