Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind

"If You Could Read My Mind" was Gordon Lightfoot's first single to crack the US or UK top 40. It has been covered by dozens of artists, from Barbra Streisand to Johnny Cash, and has been used in various soundtracks, including Paperback Hero, a classic slice of Canadiana. It placed seventh in Bob Mersereau's The Top 100 Canadian Singles book and second in the 1992 Mar*Star poll.

Click below for:

• the original 1971 version
• a 1971 Barbra Streisand cover version
• a 1971 Olivia Newton-John cover version
• a 2006 Johnny Cash cover version
• a 2014 Neil Young live version

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Personnel

• Gordon Lightfoot – guitar, piano, vocals
• Red Shea – guitar
• Rick Haynes – bass
• Nick DeCaro – string arrangements

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