I Can't Read

"I Can't Read"
Single by David Bowie
from the album Tin Machine and the soundtrack The Ice Storm
Released1 December 1997
RecordedAugust 1996
Length
  • 4:40 (short version)
  • 5:30 (long version)
LabelVelvel Records/ZYX (ZYX 8757-8)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
David Bowie singles chronology
"I'm Afraid of Americans"
(1997)
"I Can't Read"
(1997)
"Thursday's Child"
(1999)
Music video
"I Can't Read '97" by David Bowie on YouTube
Audio
"I Can't Read '97" (long version) by David Bowie on YouTube

"I Can't Read" is a song written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels for Tin Machine on their debut album in 1989. The song was subsequently re-recorded by Bowie and Gabrels together in 1997, and performed live during Bowie's concerts in the late 1990s.