"Can't See Me" is a song by Ian Brown

Ian Brown

Ian George Brown is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses, which broke up in 1996 but are confirmed to reunite in 2012. Since the break-up of the Stone Roses he has pursued a solo career...

, released as a single from his debut solo album Unfinished Monkey Business

Unfinished Monkey Business

Unfinished Monkey Business is the debut solo album by Ian Brown released in February 1998 via Polydor Records. The album was self-financed and produced by Brown, and was his first album release since the break-up of The Stone Roses in October 1996...

. It was released in June, 1998, and rose to #21 on the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 charts.

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

It came from Mani

Gary Mounfield

Gary Manny "Mani" Mounfield , is an English rock bassist of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream. He has a distinctive playing style that combines a fast moving rock style with a dance rhythm or dub groove...

 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

Alan Wren

Alan John Wren , better known as Reni, is the drummer of The Stone Roses.Reni is considered by many to be the best drummer of his generation and the "single most important drummer in UK indie circles." According to former Hacienda General Manager Howard Jones, he "played the drums like Hendrix...

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