Love You To

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"Love You To"
Song by The Beatles
Album	Revolver
Released	5 August 1966
Recorded	Abbey Road Studios 11 April 1966
Genre	Raga rock
Length	3:01 (stereo version) 3:13 (mono version)
Label	Parlophone
Writer	George Harrison
Producer	George Martin
Revolver track listing
Side one "Taxman" "Eleanor Rigby" "I'm Only Sleeping" "Love You To" "Here, There and Everywhere" "Yellow Submarine" "She Said She Said" Side two "Good Day Sunshine" "And Your Bird Can Sing" "For No One" "Doctor Robert" "I Want to Tell You" "Got to Get You Into My Life" "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Yellow Submarine Songtrack track listing
"Eleanor Rigby" (3) "Love You To" (4) "All Together Now" (5)

"Love You To" is a song by The Beatles from the album Revolver. It is sung and written by George Harrison and features a tabla, an Indian drum played with the hands, as well as a sitar and a tambura drone. Ringo Starr is the only other Beatle playing on the song, shaking a tambourine. Paul McCartney originally recorded background vocals for the song, but those were left out of the final mix.^[1]

Contents 1 Background 2 Credits 3 Cover versions 4 Notes

[edit] Background

"Love You To" was the first Beatles song that seriously attempted to incorporate classical Indian music. Harrison was learning the sitar from Ravi Shankar, who inspired him to learn more about Indian music and Eastern religion.

"Love You To" is considered to be the first pop song to emulate non-western form, in this case Indian music, in structure and instrumentation. ^[2]

The working title of the song was "Granny Smith."^[1]

A brief portion of the song was included in The Beatles animated film Yellow Submarine when Harrison's character is first introduced.

[edit] Credits

• George Harrison – sitar, tamboura, backwards guitar, double-tracked lead vocals, backing vocals
• Anil Bhagwat – tabla
• Ringo Starr – tambourine

[edit] Cover versions

• Ronnie Montrose featured a cover version with his own vocals and an electric guitar solo on his Territory album in 1986.
• The Trypes, an offshoot of the Feelies, included a cover of the song on their 1984 Coyote EP, The Explorers Hold.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0-517-57066-1. 
2. ^ The Dawn Of Indian Music In The West author Peter Lavezzoli