Question: who wrote if you could read my mind
Answer: `` If You Could Read My Mind '' Single by Gordon Lightfoot from the album Sit Down Young Stranger B - side `` Poor Little Allison '' Released December 1970 Recorded 1970 Genre Soft rock , Folk rock Length 3 : 48 Label Reprise Songwriter ( s ) Gordon Lightfoot Producer ( s ) Lenny Waronker and Joseph Wissert Gordon Lightfoot singles chronology `` Approaching Lavender '' ( 1970 ) `` If You Could Read My Mind '' ( 1970 ) `` This Is My Song '' ( 1971 ) `` Approaching Lavender '' ( 1970 ) `` If You Could Read My Mind '' ( 1970 ) `` This Is My Song '' ( 1971 )