# Classic Rockers: ID This 80s Song Please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rockers-id-this-80s-song-please/736710>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 5, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rockers-id-this-80s-song-please/736710 "2015-11-05T14:30:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rockers-id-this-80s-song-please/736710/1 "2015-11-05T14:30:20Z")

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Does anyone recognize a classic rock song from the 1980s that sounds very much like the rock band, .38 Special, with a distinct line in the chorus repeating once or twice “Can you read my mind?” or, something very close to this? I know it’s not much to go on. Or, maybe a .38 Special guru can say if it IS or IS NOT this band. My Google search produced obscure results; however, someone just a tad more familiar with this song may have better luck Googling than did I. I hear this song so infrequently, I would love to know artist and title, please. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rockers-id-this-80s-song-please/736710/2 "2015-11-05T14:36:27Z")

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I’m no 38 Special guru, but it’s 38 Special. [If I’d Been the One](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBPuzjZ8Dc0)