It was originally sung by James Ray in 1962. George Harrison made it a hit back in 1988 with a cover version, and it was the last number one single in the US for any of the solo Beatles. Though, there’s not much words in the lyrics, and even Weird Al Yankovi took the piss out of it with his release, “(This Song’s Just) Six Words Long”. Still, not a bad tune.
George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
I got my mind set on you
But its gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
Its gonne take plenty of money
To do it right child
Its gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
Its gonna take patience and time, ummm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right child
I got my mind set on you
And this time I know its for real
The feelings that I feel
I know if I put my mind to it
I know that I really can do it
I got my mind set on you
A Year Ago
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Tags: 1962, 1988, beatles, cover version, george harrison, james ray, lyrics, review, set on you, US single, weird al yankovic
June 8th, 2008 at 6:54pm
Wow, what a coincidence. It’s also earlier today that I looked for that song, then after getting your FB confirmation, saw this.
Reason I looked up the song: I suddenly had the urge to listen to songs I havent heard in 20 years. I came up with amongst others, apart from this song, Sinead O’Connor’s Mandinka and The La’s There She Goes (a much superior version to Sixpence None The Richer’s cover).
All this while I thought this number was written by George himself and not by Rudy Clark in the early 60s!
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June 8th, 2008 at 9:54pm
ben Well, I agree with There She Goes. I hate Sixpence None the Richer - a lame band.
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