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"I'm Not Sayin'"
Song
B-side"For Loving Me"

"I'm Not Sayin'" is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot.[1] [2] [3] [4] It was released as single A-side in 1965[5] and on his 1966 debut album Lightfoot!.[6] The lyrics detail the singer's promise: not that he can necessarily love the subject, or be true to the subject, but only that he can try to do so.[7] The single peaked at #12 in Canada in June 1965.[8] [9]

In late May 1965, Nico recorded a version of the song released on Immediate Records. Her version is stylistically reminiscent of the work of Marianne Faithfull. The single only garnered limited success. This version of the song features Jimmy Page, then a studio musician, on the 12-string guitar. The promo film was shot at West India Docks in London.

Other artists who have recorded this song include Turley Richards and Ian Campbell Folk Group.

On Lightfoot's 1975 platinum compilation LP Gord's Gold, the song appears in a re-recorded medley with "Ribbon of Darkness". Lightfoot's 1969 live album Sunday Concert also features a medley of the two songs.

Nico's version was one of the Desert Island Discs chosen by former Smiths frontman Morrissey on the show broadcast 29 November 2009 on BBC Radio Four.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Song Details (Song Number: 54494)". www.cmrra.ca/song+lookup/song.nsf/$$Search?OpenForm. Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency. Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  2. ^ "ACE Title Search Work ID: 390201708". www.ascap.com. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  3. ^ "Song title: I'm Not Sayin'". www.dbopm.com. Database of Popular Music. Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  4. ^ "I'm Not Sayin' Gordon Lightfoot". www.allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  5. ^ http://www.lightfoot.ca/single60.htm Singles
  6. ^ Library and Archives Canada. "AMICUS No. 12716449". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= and |work= (help)
  7. ^ "Gracenote:Gordon Lightfoot:I'm Not Sayin'". lyrics.wikia.com. LyricWiki. Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  8. ^ Library and Archives Canada. "Top Singles - Volume 3, No. 18, June 28 1965". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all. RPM (magazine). Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  9. ^ Library and Archives Canada. "Top Singles - Volume 3, No. 18, June 28 1965" (PDF). www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all. RPM (magazine). Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  10. ^ "Desert Island Discs Morrissey". www.bbc.co.uk/radio4. BBC Radio Four. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)


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