What's on My Mind (Kansas song)

"What's on My Mind"
Single by Kansas
from the album Leftoverture
B-side"Lonely Street"
ReleasedMay 1977
StudioStudio in the Country
GenreProgressive rock
Length3:27
LabelKirshner
Songwriter(s)Kerry Livgren
Producer(s)Jeff Glixman
Kansas singles chronology
"Carry On Wayward Son"
(1976)
"What's on My Mind"
(1977)
"Point of Know Return"
(1977)

"What's on My Mind" is a song written by Kerry Livgren that was first released by Kansas on their 1976 album Leftoverture. It was also released as the follow-up single from the album to their hit "Carry On Wayward Son".

"What's on My Mind" was not as successful as "Carry On Wayward Son" and did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It did reach No. 87 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart.[1] It also reached No. 89 in Canada.[2]

"What's on My Mind" was the first song written for Leftoverture and served as a starting point for the album.[3]

  1. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. July 9, 1977. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  2. ^ "RPM Top Singles". Library and Archives Canada. July 23, 1977. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  3. ^ Wardlaw, Matt (October 21, 2016). "40 Years Ago: Kansas Carry On in a Big Way With 'Leftoverture'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2023-02-19.