"Got My Heart Set on You" is a song written by

Dobie Gray Dobie Gray (born Lawrence Darrow Brown; July 26, 1940 – December 6, 2011) was an American singer and songwriter whose musical career spanned soul, country, pop, and musical theater. His hit songs included " The 'In' Crowd" in 1965 and "Dr ...

and Bud Reneau, and recorded by American

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artist

John Conlee John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

. It was released in May 1986 as the second single from the album ''

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''. The song was Conlee's seventh and final number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.

Chart performance

Other versions

John Denver Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, activist, and humanitarian whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singe ...

was the first to record this song on his 1985 album ''

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''. * Mason Dixon also recorded the song in 1986. Their version peaked at number 72 on the ''

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chart in 1986.

References

1986 singles 1985 songs John Denver songs John Conlee songs Mason Dixon (band) songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by Dobie Gray {{1986-country-song-stub