George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You (Europe 12") (1987)
BAND/ARTIST: George Harrison
- Title: Got My Mind Set On You
- Year Of Release: 1987
- Label: Dark Horse Records
- Genre: Pop, Rock
- Quality: FLAC (Tracks) | 24 Bit/96 kHz
- Total Time: 00:13:02
- Total Size: 276 mb (+3%rec.)
- WebSite: Album Preview
“Got My Mind Set on You” (also written as “(Got My Mind) Set on You”) is a song written and composed by Rudy Clark and originally recorded by James Ray in 1962.
In 1987, George Harrison released a cover version of the song on his album Cloud Nine, which he had recorded on his Dark Horse Records label.
The first time Harrison heard the song was during a visit to his sister in the United States in 1963–five months before the Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. His sister lived in the countryside of Illinois. While there, Harrison visited record shops and bought a variety of albums. One was James Ray’s 1962 album that contained the song “I’ve Got My Mind Set on You.” In January 1987, Harrison began recording the song at his Friar Park home studio, with Jeff Lynne (ELO) producing and playing bass and keyboards, Jim Keltner on drums, Jim Horn on sax, and Ray Cooper on percussion.
Of Harrison’s three number-one singles in the US, it was the only song not written or composed by Harrison himself. Not only was it the last US No. 1 hit by Harrison, but, as of 2022, his last top 10 hit in the US. When the song hit No. 1, it broke a three-way tie between Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr, all of whom had two No. 1 hit singles as solo artists (discounting Paul McCartney’s work with Wings). It also happened to be the No. 1 single in the US the week immediately preceding the induction of the Beatles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, making Harrison one of the few inductees to have an active single on the US record charts at the time of induction. Billboard ranked the song as No. 3 for 1988.
The single’s B-side is “Lay His Head”, a remixed version of the unreleased song from Harrison’s originally intended Somewhere in England album. The 12-inch version of the single also adds an extended version of “Got My Mind Set on You”.
In the UK, the single spent four weeks at number two. It was kept off the number 1 spot by T’Pau’s “China in Your Hand” becoming the 5th best selling single of 1987.
Tracks:
SIDE A:
Got My Mind Set On You (Extended Version) 5:19
SIDE B:
Got My Mind Set On You (Single Version) 3:51
Lay His Head 3:51
In 1987, George Harrison released a cover version of the song on his album Cloud Nine, which he had recorded on his Dark Horse Records label.
The first time Harrison heard the song was during a visit to his sister in the United States in 1963–five months before the Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. His sister lived in the countryside of Illinois. While there, Harrison visited record shops and bought a variety of albums. One was James Ray’s 1962 album that contained the song “I’ve Got My Mind Set on You.” In January 1987, Harrison began recording the song at his Friar Park home studio, with Jeff Lynne (ELO) producing and playing bass and keyboards, Jim Keltner on drums, Jim Horn on sax, and Ray Cooper on percussion.
Of Harrison’s three number-one singles in the US, it was the only song not written or composed by Harrison himself. Not only was it the last US No. 1 hit by Harrison, but, as of 2022, his last top 10 hit in the US. When the song hit No. 1, it broke a three-way tie between Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr, all of whom had two No. 1 hit singles as solo artists (discounting Paul McCartney’s work with Wings). It also happened to be the No. 1 single in the US the week immediately preceding the induction of the Beatles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, making Harrison one of the few inductees to have an active single on the US record charts at the time of induction. Billboard ranked the song as No. 3 for 1988.
The single’s B-side is “Lay His Head”, a remixed version of the unreleased song from Harrison’s originally intended Somewhere in England album. The 12-inch version of the single also adds an extended version of “Got My Mind Set on You”.
In the UK, the single spent four weeks at number two. It was kept off the number 1 spot by T’Pau’s “China in Your Hand” becoming the 5th best selling single of 1987.
Tracks:
SIDE A:
Got My Mind Set On You (Extended Version) 5:19
SIDE B:
Got My Mind Set On You (Single Version) 3:51
Lay His Head 3:51
Pop | Rock | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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