Read My Mind (album)

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Read My Mind is the twentieth album by Reba McEntire, released in April 1994. It was preceded by the first single, "Why Haven't I Heard From You" which peaked at No. 5 on the country chart. The album's second single, "She Thinks His Name Was John", was the first country song to address the topic of AIDS. Due to the subject matter, some radio stations shied away from putting it into heavy rotation. The third single, "Till You Love Me" became McEntire's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" the album's fourth single, topped the country singles chart. The album peaked at No. 2 on both the country album chart and the Billboard 200 and is certified 3 times platinum by the RIAA. It has sold 4,000,000 copies world-wide.

The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard Top 200 albums for the week of May 14, 1994 and peaked at #2 for the week of May 21, 1994. It ended in the charts at #199 for the week of January 13, 1996.

Track listing

1. "Everything That You Want" (Randy Sharp, Jack Wesley Routh) - 4:24
2. "Read My Mind" (Keith Thomas, Melissa Coleman, Todd Moore) - 3:59
3. "I Won't Stand in Line" (Sharp, Steve Diamond) - 3:57
4. "I Wish That I Could Tell You" (Anthony Jerome Martin, Van Stephenson, Reese Wilson) - 3:19
5. "She Thinks His Name Was John" (Sandy Knox, Steve Rosen) - 4:22
6. "Why Haven't I Heard from You" (Knox, T.W. Hale) - 3:27
7. "And Still" (Liz Hengber, Tommy Lee James) - 3:27
8. "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (Mark D. Sanders, Kim Williams, Ed Hill) - 3:50
9. "I Wouldn't Wanna Be You" (Sharp, Jeff Silbar) - 3:34
10. "Till You Love Me" (Bob DiPiero, Gary Burr) - 3:50

Personnel

• Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Terry Crisp - steel guitar
• Reba McEntire - lead vocals
• Joe McGlohon - saxophone
• Steve Nathan - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer
• Matt Rollings - piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
• Leland Sklar - bass guitar
• Carlos Vega - drums
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar

backing vocals: Melissa Coleman, Linda Davis, Vince Gill, Chris Rodriguez, Lang Scott, Harry Stinson, Mark Heimermann, Christopher Harris, Donna McElroy, Yvonne Hodges, Lisa Bevill, Michael Mellett, Ashley Cleveland, Robert Bailey, Vicki Hampton, Lisa Glasgow, Kim Fleming

Sales chart positions

Album

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	2
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	2
Canadian Top Country Albums	1
Canadian Albums Chart	12

Certifications/sales

Country	Certification (thresholds)	Sales
United States	3× Platinum	3,900,000
Canada	Platinum	100,000
World-Wide		4,000,000

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		US Country	US	R&R	Gavin	CAN Country
1994	"Why Haven't I Heard From You"	5	101	6	5	4
	"She Think's His Name Was John"	15	101	8	10	11
	"Till You Love Me"	2	78	14	1	6
1995	"The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"	1	—	1	1	1
	"And Still"	2	—	1	1	1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.