![]() ![]() The case was settled out of court, and Masser issued a public apology. He also said that he did not want people to think that he had stolen his melody from Masser. Lightfoot stated that he dropped the lawsuit when he felt it was having a negative effect on the singer Houston because the lawsuit was about the writer and not her. In 1987, Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against Michael Masser, the composer of Whitney Houston's hit " The Greatest Love of All", alleging plagiarism of 24 bars of "If You Could Read My Mind" the transitional section that begins "I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow" of the Masser song has the same melody as "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 but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back" of Lightfoot's song. 1 for one week on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, and was the first of four Lightfoot releases to reach No. 30 on the United Kingdom's singles chart. 27 on the Australian singles chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in February 1971. 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart and was his first recording to appear in the U.S., reaching No. This song first appeared on Lightfoot's 1970 album Sit Down Young Stranger, later renamed If You Could Read My Mind following the song's success. ![]() Īccording 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". The song is in A major and uses the subtonic chord. The song is analyzed in detail by music producer Rick Beato in a YouTube video entitled "What Makes this Song Great? Ep. The song was produced by Lenny Waronker and Joe Wissert at Sunwest Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, with strings arranged by Nick DeCaro. Gordon Lightfoot (pictured in 2009) wrote and originally recorded the song. At the request of his daughter Ingrid, he performed the lyrics with a slight change: The line "I'm just trying to understand the feelings that you lack" is altered to "I'm just trying to understand the feelings that we lack." Lightfoot 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 make lyrical improvements such as the one his daughter suggested. Lightfoot cited his divorce for inspiring the lyrics, saying they came to him as he was sitting in a vacant Toronto house one summer. ![]() 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart on commercial release in 1970 and charted in several other countries on international release in 1971. Lightfoot wrote the lyrics while he was reflecting on his own divorce. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS)." If You Could Read My Mind" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. Get the embed code Kim Burrell - Try Me Again Album Lyrics1.Give Him Praise2.I Found Him3.Love Is What You Do4.Magnify Him5.Prayer Changes Things6.Seeing Over7.Since Jesus Came In8.Since Jesus Came In (Reprise)Kim Burrell Lyrics provided by He said, "I got good news, your brother is gonna live" Just a few minutes later the Doctor came runnin' in So the family joined hands and they began to prayĪnd called on the name that's above every name 'Cause we believe in God, we believe in miracles?" So he called the family in to give them the bad newsīut the family said, "No, we ain't gonna let him go Well the doctor said, that he wouldn't make it through Prayer, it changes things, I know that prayer It was her daughter sayin', "Momma, please forgive me" She heard a knockin', a knockin' at her doorĪnd when she answered, she said " Who could it be?" When she got down on her knees and began to talk to the Lord She said why should I be cryin' when I know how to pray It changes things, yes, it changes thingsīecause of her daughter that ran away from home ![]()
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