"You Were on My Mind" is a popular song written by Sylvia Fricker in 1961.
The song was written in a bathtub in a suite at the Hotel Earle in Greenwich Village.
It was originally performed by Fricker and her future husband Ian Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia, and they recorded it in 1963 for their 1964 album on the Vanguard label, Northern Journey.
[3] Ian and Sylvia re-recorded the song in 1972 with their band Great Speckled Bird, reaching No.
The song was published in sheet form by M. Witmark & Sons of New York City in 1965.