"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" (also known simply as "On My Mind") is the first single from the fifth studio album by

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. It was released as a single on 16 June 2003 and reached 9 on the

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, the band's third-highest-charting single to date. In January 2018, as part of

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's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" was ranked No. 97. The music video, directed by Scott Walton, was nominated for Best Video at the

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Background

After two albums of either acoustic anthems (such as " My Happiness") or ballads (" The Metre" or "

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"), Powderfinger decided to release a heavy rock song as their new album, '' Vulture Street'''s lead single. In accordance with this, the band's publicity was geared towards a more rock oriented slant, with magazine covers and articles indicating that they were "returning to rock", alluding to the rock albums '' Parables for Wooden Ears'' and the highly successful ''

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'', however some criticism was that the band's "rock" sound was different from previous releases, indicating that they were trying to be more like

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than previously. Although the single for the song was released under the title of "On My Mind", the album cover has the song's title printed as "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind". It is alleged that

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implicitly wrote the lyrics as a tribute to former radio and television personality John Burgess. The band stated that the intro of the song is a "production tribute" to the repeating guitar riff in

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's "

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" (1972). The album's artwork is of a painted ship entitled "On My Mind". The design style of the cover and case is in the same style as the other singles from '' Vulture Street'', however all are very different from the album itself, except for the use of highly contrasting colours.

Music video

The music video for "On My Mind" was directed by Scott Walton. The video, like the group's previous single " Like a Dog", was filmed in black and white. The clip was nominated for Best Video at the

.ARIA Award previous winners.

Track listings

CD version # "On My Mind" – 3:24 # "Sweetness" ("Bandroom" demo version) – 2:25 # "On My Mind" ("Bandroom" demo version) – 3:51 # "This Song Has Gone to Hell" (studio outtake) – 3:36 7-inch version # "On My Mind" (album version) – 3:23 # "On My Mind" (instrumental) – 3:23 # "On My Mind" (acapella) – 3:23

Charts

Release history

Cover versions

In 2005, on the third season of ''

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'', the song was performed by contestant Tarni Stephans on the Top 12 Australiana theme night. Stephans was eliminated the next night on the verdict show, however she recorded a cover of this song on that season's cast album. In 2007, "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" was performed again on the fifth season of ''Australian Idol'' by

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who eventually won the series. Gauci recorded a cover of the song for her '' Winner's Journey'' album. In 2021, dance duo

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released a record sampling the vocals of the song, under the title "On My Mind".

References

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