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If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
Genre: Folk
Year: 1971
Year: 1971
"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.
This song first appeared on Lightfoots 1970 album Sit Down Young Stranger. The success of the single led Lightfoots label, Reprise Records, to retitle the album after the song. The song reached #1 on Billboards Easy Listening charts.
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 was also used in the motion pictures including:
* Paperback Hero (1973), Read full article at wikipedia.org
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Recommend this song to friends!People who like this song also like The Night Chicago Died, Relax, Moonlight Shadow, Two Tribes, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
More songs by Gordon Lightfoot: Summertime Dream, Changes, Early Morning Rain, Carefree Highway, Don Quixote.
Best of Folk: Blowin' In The Wind, Don't Think Twice It's Alright, Banana Boat Song, I Want You, Father And Son.
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