🎵 Got My Mind Set On You // by George Harrison
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Got My Mind Set On You
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"Got My Mind Set on You" is a song written by Rudy Clark and originally recorded by James Ray in 1962. It is best known for the cover version released by George Harrison (single Got My Mind Set on You, October 1987). It was included in his 1987 album Cloud Nine.
Of Harrison's three number one singles in the U.S., it was the only song not written by Harrison and the only one without religious overtones. The single's B-side is "Lay His Head", written by Harrison. Read more on Last.fm.
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Got My Mind Set On You Lyrics
Listen closely to the film of The Beatles in New York in 1964 and at one point you’ll hear Harrison say, “Have you got a record called ‘Got My Mind Set On You’ by James Ray?” Fast forward to 1987 during… Read More
[Chorus]
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
Got my mind set on you
[Verse]
But it's gonna take-a money
A whole lotta' spending money
It's going to take plenty-a money
To do it right, chile
It's gonna take time
Whole lotta' precious time
It's gonna take patience and time, mmm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it
To do it, to do it right, chile
[Chorus]
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
[Bridge]
And this time I know it's for real
The feeling that I feel
I know if I put my mind to it
I know that I really can do it
[Chorus]
I got my mind set on you
Set on you
I got my mind set on you
Set on you
[Verse]
But it's gonna take-a money
Whole lotta' spending money
It's gonna take plenty-a money
To do it right, chile
It's gonna take time
Whole lotta' precious time
It's gonna take patience and time, mmm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it
To do it, to do it right!
[Instrumental Chorus]
[Chorus]
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
[Bridge]
And this time I know it's for real
The feelings that I feel
I know if I put my mind to it
I know that I really can do it
[Verse]
But it's gonna to take-a money
A whole lotta' spending money
It's gonna take plenty-a money
To do it right, chile
It's gonna take-a time
A whole lotta' precious time
It's gonna take patience and time, mmm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it
To do it, to do it right!
[Outro]
(Set on you)
(Set on you)
Set on you
Set on you
Set on you
Set on you
Set on you
Set on you
Set my mind on you (Set on you)
I got it set on you (Set on you)
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