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“Got My Mind Set On You” by George Harrison

From the album Cloud Nine (1987)

“Got My Mind Set On You” by George Harrison appears on 19 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1987 and 2026. It was first released in 1987 on the album Cloud Nine. Its best result is #25 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #222 alternative song of 1987.

19countdowns

12stations

#25best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1987–2026years charted

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George Harrison went back to the early '60s for "Got My Mind Set On You", the 1987 cover that lands on Cloud Nine, his eleventh studio album, issued on his own Dark Horse Records. The song belonged to Rudy Clark, who wrote the words and music, and James Ray first cut it in 1962 as "I've Got My Mind Set on You", with the Hutch Davie Orchestra & Chorus sharing the label credit on the single.

Harrison and Jeff Lynne produced this version and gave it a sturdy studio band: Jim Keltner on drums, Gary Wright on piano, Jim Horn blowing tenor sax and Harrison himself on electric guitar, with Richard Dodd and John Etchells engineering. It comes out bright, brassy and relentless, a man having a very good time with somebody else's song. "When We Was Fab" was the single that came next.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

#384 of the '80s

Classic Rock

#1,360 of all time

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1987	84	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 1987	91
1987	25	Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987	29

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2002	651	92.3 KGON	KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002)	923
2004	650	92.3 KGON	KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004)	923
2012	1195	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012)	1200
2014	950	Big 100	BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014)	1000
2018	406	Big 100	BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018)	500
2019	476	102.5 KZOK	KZOK Top 1025 of 2019	1025
2020	871	102.5 KZOK	KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020)	1025
2021	217	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s	909
2021	939	Q104.3	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021)	1043
2022	258	99.1 PLR	99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022)	500
2022	950	Q104.3	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022)	1043
2022	964	102.5 KZOK	KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022)	1025
2023	934	101.5 WPDH	WPDH Top 1015 (2023)	1015
2023	325	Q104.3	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023)	1043
2024	903	Q104.3	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024)	1043
2024	781	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs	850
2026	374	WFPK	WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s	498

Also listed as: Got My Mind Set on You; Got My Mind Sete On You.

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