In the late 1970s, Gilliam was having an understandably tough time acquiring funding for a film about time-traveling robbers starring a child and a troupe of little people. Gilliam was a fledgling director yet to earn Hollywood cred, despite being almost a household name back in England. Luckily fellow Brit George Harrison had his own film production company. It was created to fund the Monty Python flick, Life of Brian. Still, Harrison didn't exactly have the $5 million required sitting in his pocket. So the ex-Beatle took a big risk: Mortgaging the film company's offices, in order to have the scrill to make Time Bandits.

Such a great gesture requires a symbolic Thank You, and being polite Brits it was only natural that Harrison expected Gilliam to use some of his songs in the movie. In fact, Harrison went so far to write some new compositions, which his co-producer championed as the perfect soundtrack for the film. Gilliam disagreed, prompting a miffed Harrison to jab, "you remind me of John Lennon, you're so difficult, so bolshie." Gilliam agreed to run exactly one Harrison tune, but instead of being featured in a major dramatic scene, it would just be run over the end credits. In response, Harrison picked up a pen and wrote a biting series of lyrics about his true feelings on the situation:

I've got my mind set on you

I've got my mind set on you

I've got my mind set on you

I've got my mind set on you

Or wait, that wasn't about Gilliam. It was this song:

Greedy feeling wheeling dealing

Losing what you won

See the dream come undone

Stumble you may with the elementary

Lucky you got so far

All you owe is apologies

It's no "Something" but in terms of "songs that George Harrison wrote about people who eventually hurt him," it is definitely in the Top 20.