Note: This reference gives Australian albums and singles information. Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers. "The Number Ones: George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set On You" ". "The music video for George's "Got My Mind Set on You" was a spoof of the 1987 horror comedy film, 'Evil Dead II' and was his third #1 single in the US." (Tweet). ^ a b "George Harrison - "Got my mind set on you " ".^ "George Harrison - "Got My Mind Set on You " ".^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1988."How George Harrison made his last number 1 hit, 'Got My Mind Set On You'". Hot 100 number-one hits of 1988 (United States).^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. West Germany (Official German Charts) Īll-time charts Chart (1958–2018) 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. Irish singer Lee Matthews covered it in his 2015 album It's a Great Day to Be Alive. Shakin' Stevens recorded the song for his 2006 album Now Listen. 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. "Got My Mind Set on You" (Extended Version) – 5:17.The second video received significant airplay and was nominated for three MTV VMAs. It was choreographed by Vincent Paterson. In the middle of the video, Harrison (through the use of a stunt double) performs a backflip from his chair and follows it with a dance routine before jumping back to his seat.
As the song progresses, furniture and knick-knacks (including a stuffed squirrel, sentient chainsaw, a statue, and mounted stag and warthog), begin to sing or dance along with the song. The second video, inspired by the then-recently released comedy horror film Evil Dead II, depicts Harrison playing a guitar while seated in a study. He succeeds, but the ballerina somehow drops into Harrison's performance, to the girl's amusement.
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While the girl watches Harrison and his band (including Jeff Lynne) in a movie viewer, the young man tries to win a toy ballerina for the girl. The first features Alexis Denisof trying to win the heart of a girl in an amusement arcade. Two music videos were released for the single, both directed by Gary Weis. In 2010, AOL radio listeners chose "Got My Mind Set on You" as one of the 10 Best George Harrison Songs, appearing at number 4 on the list. The song was included in the Harrison compilation albums Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 (1989) and Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison (2009).Ī live version was recorded for his Live in Japan (1992) album. It was kept off the number 1 spot by T'Pau's " China in Your Hand" becoming the 5th best selling single of 1987. In the UK, the single spent four weeks at number two. The 12-inch version of the single also adds an extended version of "Got My Mind Set on You".
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. 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. 1 hit singles as solo artists (discounting Paul McCartney's work with Wings).
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1, it broke a three-way tie between Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr, all of whom had two No. 1 hit by Harrison, but, as of 2022, the last from any of the ex-Beatles in the US. Of Harrison's three number-one singles in the US, it was the only song not written or composed by Harrison himself. 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 producing and playing bass and keyboards, Jim Keltner on drums, Jim Horn on sax, and Ray Cooper on percussion. While there, Harrison visited record shops and bought a variety of albums. His sister lived in the countryside of Illinois. 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. Friar Park Studios, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
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