Music videos: +and← Previous revisionRevision as of 08:50, 19 October 2026 Line 68: Line 68: === Music videos === === Music videos === Two [[music video]]s were released for the single. The first was directed by Willy Smax{{Cite web |title=George Harrison September 1987: Got My Mind Set On You #1A |url=https://beatlesonfilm.com/gh19870901a.html}}{{Cite web |title=George Harrison: Got My Mind Set on You (Version 1) [MV] |url=https://mubi.com/en/us/films/george-harrison-got-my-mind-set-on-you-mv}}{{Cite web |title=George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You [Single/Album Version] |url=https://www.jefflynnesongs.com/popup.php?data=GotMyMindSetOnYou198717_popupplus}}, the second by [[Gary Weis]]. The first features a young man (played by [[Alexis Denisof]]) trying to win the heart of a girl in an [[amusement arcade]]. While the girl watches Harrison and his band (including [[Jeff Lynne]] on bass and [[Ray Cooper]] miming the saxophone) in a [[kinetoscope]] movie viewer, the young man tries to win a toy ballerina for the girl. He succeeds, but the ballerina somehow drops into Harrison's performance, to the girl's amusement.{{cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=12647 |title=George Harrison – "Got My Mind Set on You [version 1: nickelodeon]" |publisher=mvdbase.com |access-date=April 23, 2009 |archive-date=October 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007235854/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=12647 |url-status=dead }} Two [[music video]]s were released for the single. The first was directed by Willy Smax,{{Cite web |title=George Harrison September 1987: Got My Mind Set On You #1A |url=https://beatlesonfilm.com/gh19870901a.html}}{{Cite web |title=George Harrison: Got My Mind Set on You (Version 1) [MV] |url=https://mubi.com/en/us/films/george-harrison-got-my-mind-set-on-you-mv}}{{Cite web |title=George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You [Single/Album Version] |url=https://www.jefflynnesongs.com/popup.php?data=GotMyMindSetOnYou198717_popupplus}} and the second by [[Gary Weis]]. The first features a young man (played by [[Alexis Denisof]]) trying to win the heart of a girl in an [[amusement arcade]]. While the girl watches Harrison and his band (including [[Jeff Lynne]] on bass and [[Ray Cooper]] miming the saxophone) in a [[kinetoscope]] movie viewer, the young man tries to win a toy ballerina for the girl. He succeeds, but the ballerina somehow drops into Harrison's performance, to the girl's amusement.{{cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=12647 |title=George Harrison – "Got My Mind Set on You [version 1: nickelodeon]" |publisher=mvdbase.com |access-date=April 23, 2009 |archive-date=October 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007235854/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=12647 |url-status=dead }} The second video, inspired by the then-recently released [[comedy horror]] film ''[[Evil Dead II]]'', depicts Harrison playing a blonde-colored [[Fender Telecaster]] guitar while seated in a [[study (room)|study]].{{cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=12648 |title=George Harrison – "Got my mind set on you [version 2: chair]" |publisher=mvdbase.com |access-date=April 23, 2009 |archive-date=October 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007235859/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=12648 |url-status=dead }}{{cite tweet |user=GeorgeHarrison |number=1375114904152154112 |date=March 25, 2021 |title=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... |link=https://twitter.com/georgeharrison/status/1375114904152154112 |access-date=January 5, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2143088/the-number-ones-george-harrisons-got-my-mind-set-on-you/columns/the-number-ones/ |title=The Number Ones: George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set On You" |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=April 7, 2021 |website=[[Stereogum]] |access-date=January 5, 2022}} As the song progresses, furniture and knick-knacks (including a stuffed squirrel, sentient chainsaw, a suit of armor, and mounted stag and [[warthog]]) begin to sing or dance along with the song. During the instrumental break, Harrison performs a [[backflip]] from his chair and follows it with a dance routine before jumping back to his seat, a scene performed by a [[Double_(occupation)#Dance_double|dance double]]. The video was choreographed by [[Vincent Paterson]].{{Cite web |url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/people/george-harrison/songs/got-my-mind-set-on-you/ |title=Got My Mind Set On You|date=September 14, 2023 |website=The Beatles Bible}}{{Cite web |url=https://msaagency.com/wp-content/themes/msa_twentytwo/profile_pdf/vincent-paterson-3159.pdf |title=Vincent Paterson |website=msaagency.com |page=4 |access-date=November 4, 2023 |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217213208/https://msaagency.com/wp-content/themes/msa_twentytwo/profile_pdf/vincent-paterson-3159.pdf |url-status=dead }} The second video, inspired by the then-recently released [[comedy horror]] film ''[[Evil Dead II]]'', depicts Harrison playing a blonde-colored [[Fender Telecaster]] guitar while seated in a [[study (room)|study]].{{cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=12648 |title=George Harrison – "Got my mind set on you [version 2: chair]" |publisher=mvdbase.com |access-date=April 23, 2009 |archive-date=October 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007235859/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=12648 |url-status=dead }}{{cite tweet |user=GeorgeHarrison |number=1375114904152154112 |date=March 25, 2021 |title=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... |link=https://twitter.com/georgeharrison/status/1375114904152154112 |access-date=January 5, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2143088/the-number-ones-george-harrisons-got-my-mind-set-on-you/columns/the-number-ones/ |title=The Number Ones: George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set On You" |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=April 7, 2021 |website=[[Stereogum]] |access-date=January 5, 2022}} As the song progresses, furniture and knick-knacks (including a stuffed squirrel, sentient chainsaw, a suit of armor, and mounted stag and [[warthog]]) begin to sing or dance along with the song. During the instrumental break, Harrison performs a [[backflip]] from his chair and follows it with a dance routine before jumping back to his seat, a scene performed by a [[Double_(occupation)#Dance_double|dance double]]. The video was choreographed by [[Vincent Paterson]].{{Cite web |url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/people/george-harrison/songs/got-my-mind-set-on-you/ |title=Got My Mind Set On You|date=September 14, 2023 |website=The Beatles Bible}}{{Cite web |url=https://msaagency.com/wp-content/themes/msa_twentytwo/profile_pdf/vincent-paterson-3159.pdf |title=Vincent Paterson |website=msaagency.com |page=4 |access-date=November 4, 2023 |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217213208/https://msaagency.com/wp-content/themes/msa_twentytwo/profile_pdf/vincent-paterson-3159.pdf |url-status=dead }}