Can't See Me

"Can't See Me" is a song by Ian Brown, released as a single from his debut solo album Unfinished Monkey Business. It was released in June, 1998, and rose to #21 on the United Kingdom charts.

In an interview with Making Music in 1998, Brown spoke about the song:

It came from Mani sitting down with his portastudio and coming up with a bassline, but we only found out last week that Reni doesn't actually play on it - it's a breakbeat Mani sampled. I thought it was a sample Reni took from the studio that Mani played to, but it was actually a breakbeat.

I've got a big pillowcase of tapes at home of Roses live shows and rehearsals and stuff, and I was just going through them one day and I found this bassline and remembered it. So I phoned him up, said, 'Can I put some Iyrics over this for my record ?' and he said, 'Course you can'.

This track refers to an incident when Brown saw Squire in a village in Hale, not long after the split of the band. According to this story, Brown waved to Squire, but Squire hid behind a newspaper and would not acknowledge him.

Track listing

Enhanced Maxi-Single CD 1

1. "Can't See Me" (Bacon & Quarmby Remix)
2. "Can't See Me" (Harvey's Invisible Mix)
3. "Come Again (Part 2)"
4. "My Star" (CD-Rom Video)

Enhanced Maxi Single CD 2 Enhanced

1. "Can't See Me" (Bacon & Quarmby Remix) - 3:56
2. "Can't See Me" (Bacon & Quarmby Vocal Dub) - 5:02
3. "Under The Paving Stones: The Beach" (Gabriel's 13th Dream Remix) - 4:39
4. "Corpses" (CD-Rom Video)

7" Vinyl Single

1. "Can't See Me" (Bacon & Quarmby Remix) - 3:56
2. "Can't See Me" (Bacon & Quarmby Vocal Dub) - 5:02

12" Vinyl Single

1. "Can't See Me" (Bacon & Quarmby Remix) - 3:56
2. "Can't See Me" (Bacon & Quarmby Vocal Dub) - 5:02
3. "Can't See Me" (Harvey's Invisible Mix) - 4:37
4. "Can't See Me" (Harvey's Instrumental Mix) - 4:37
5. "Under The Paving Stones: The Beach" (Gabriel's 13th Dream Remix) - 4:27