- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones (1965), contains the lyrics "I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no [...] satisfaction when I think about the world [...] If I go and read all of the papers".
- "I Read It in the Stars" by The Supremes (1970)
- "Read 'Em and Weep" by Barry White (1974)
- "Read Between the Lines" by The Commodores (1982)
- "Read My Mind" by The Killers (2006)
- "Read All About It" by Emeli Sandé (2012)
- "Read to Me" by Imagine Dragons (2018)