Got My Mind Set on You

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
George Harrison
  DE 7th 07/12/1987 (15 weeks)
  AT 8th 02/15/1988 (4 weeks)
  CH 11 January 17, 1988 (6 weeks)
  UK 2 October 24, 1987 (15 weeks)
  US 1 10/14/1987 (22 weeks)

Got My Mind Set on You is a song written by Rudy Clark. The first publication was by James Ray and appeared in 1962.

Hit version by George Harrison

George Harrison brought out a cover version of the title in October 1987 , which was produced by him in cooperation with Jeff Lynne . This version is notated in F major, is in four-four time and has a length of 3:50 and 3:51 minutes.

The singer assures that he has committed himself to the person addressed (“got my mind set on you”), but that it takes time and money to do it right (“but it's gonna take money / time to do it right”) . This time his feelings are real (“I know it's real the feelings that I feel”).

In addition to George Harrison (vocals and guitars), Jeff Lynne ( electric bass and keyboards ), Jim Keltner ( drums ), Jim Horn ( saxophone ) and Ray Cooper ( percussion ) were involved in the recording . This version was released as a pre-release single for Harrison's album Cloud Nine . On the B-side was the Harrison composition Lay His Head . The publication took place on October 12, 1987 in Great Britain; in the USA, Canada, Ireland, Australia and Belgium the piece became a number one hit. Got My Mind Set on You was Harrison's third and final number one hit in the United States in 1988 . The song also appeared on the compilations Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 and Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison . A live version appeared on the album Live in Japan .

After Harrison and Warner Brothers didn't like the first music video, another video was shot under the direction of Gary Weis. In this second clip, Harrison is sitting in an armchair in a haunted house with moving furniture, playing the guitar. In between he suddenly jumps up and performs an acrobatic dance, which was visibly shot with a double.

Cover versions

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sources chart positions: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 , pp. 121-127.
  3. ↑ The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 , p. 121.
  4. ^ Rohde, p. 186.
  5. ↑ Leng, p. 194.
  6. ↑ The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 , pp. 121-123.
  7. ↑ The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 , p. 126.
  8. ↑ Leng, p. 194.
  9. ↑ Blaney, p. 104.
  10. ^ Rohde, p. 194.
  11. ↑ Harry, p. 201.