Got My Mind Set on You

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"I've Got My Mind Set on You"
Got My Mind Set on You.png
B-side label of US single
Song by James Ray with Hutch Davie Orchestra & Chorus
A-side "Always"
ReleasedDecember 8, 1962
Recorded1962
Genre
Length3:26
Label Dynamic Sound
Songwriter(s) Rudy Clark
Producer(s) Hutch Davie
Official audio
"I've Got My Mind Set on You" on YouTube

"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, under the title "I've Got My Mind Set on You". An edited version of the song was released later in the year as a single on Dynamic Sound Records credited to Ray with Hutch Davie Orchestra & Chorus. The song features a variety of instruments, including a Chinese Lute, but it is unsure whether Ray or the orchestra played the lute.

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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.

George Harrison version

"Got My Mind Set on You"
Got My Mind Set on You.jpg
Standard artwork
Single by George Harrison
from the album Cloud Nine
B-side "Lay His Head"
ReleasedOctober 12, 1987 [2]
RecordedJanuary–August 1987
Studio Friar Park Studios, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Genre
Length3:50
Label Dark Horse
Songwriter(s) Rudy Clark
Producer(s)
George Harrison singles chronology
"Shanghai Surprise"
(1986)		"Got My Mind Set on You"
(1987)		"When We Was Fab"
(1988)
Music video
"Got My Mind Set on You" ver. 1 on YouTube

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" poking fun at the repetitive nature of the lyrics.

Shakin' Stevens recorded the song for his 2006 album Now Listen. Irish-Australian singer–songwriter Damien Leith recorded the song in 2012 for his album Now & Then . Irish singer Lee Matthews covered it in his 2015 album It's a Great Day to Be Alive. British entertainer and musician Warren James performed the song following his 2003 live performance for the show business charity the Grand Order of Water Rats—an organisation that Harrison was an active member of. Brandon Flowers recorded the song in 2014 for his 2016 album George Fest .

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [50] Gold50,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [51] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [52] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [53] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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