Got My Mind Set on You

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“Got My Mind Set On You”
Single by George Harrison
from the album Cloud Nine
B-side "Lay His Head"
Released October, 1987
Format Vinyl
Recorded Friar Park Studios Oxford 1987
Genre Rock
Length 3:51 Min
Label Dark Horse Records
Producer Jeff Lynne
George Harrison
George Harrison singles chronology
"Got My Mind Set On You"
(1987)		 "When We Was Fab"
(1988)

"Got My Mind Set on You" is a song written by Rudy Clark and originally recorded by James Ray in 1962.

A cover version by former Beatle George Harrison from his album Cloud Nine reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1988. Two music videos were released for that song and a young Alexis Denisof starred in the music video. Produced by Harrison and former ELO member Jeff Lynne, the song was his third and last solo US number one, after "My Sweet Lord" in 1970 and "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" in 1973. It was also the last number one single, to date, by any of the solo Beatles in the United States. The single's B-side is "Lay His Head", written by Harrison. The 12" version of the single also adds an extended version of "Got My Mind Set On You". The song was #2 in the United World Chart, knocked-off the top spot by George Michael's Faith.

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[edit] Parodies and uses in popular culture

Harrison's version of the song was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic on his 1988 album Even Worse, as "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long".

The popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is known for naming each episode after an 80s hit song, named an episode after this song.

The song featured in the 1990 film Look Who's Talking Too.

In 2006, cover version sung by a singer called Robbie Wyckoff was used in the TV commercial of the Japanese Company Asahi Breweries.

[edit] Chart performance (George Harrison version)

Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1[1]
Australian Kent Music Report 1
UK Singles Chart 2[2]
German Singles Chart 7
Austrian Singles Chart 8[3]
Swedish Singles Chart 10[3]
Norway VG-lista Singles Chart 10[3]
Swiss Singles Chart 11[3]
French SNEP Top 100 Singles Chart 19[3]
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 64[4]
United World Chart 2

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ George Harrison - Chart Archives on the Billboard Hot 100
  2. ^ George Harrison - Chart Archives in the UK
  3. ^ a b c d e austriancharts.com George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
  4. ^ George Harrison - Chart Archives on the Japanese Oricon Top 100
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Preceded by
"So Emotional" by Whitney Houston		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
January 16, 1988		 Succeeded by
"The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson