Almost unanimity among the authors who write about the Beatles songs, that one of the biggest difficulties of George Harrison with his compositions, was when giving a title to them. Choosing a title for “Love You To” had already been a problem and the song was recorded with the working title of “Granny Smith”, a reference to a type of apple. Thus, the first takes of “I Want ToTelI You”, the third song by George Harrison to appear on ‘Revolver’, were recorded with the nonsense title suggested by sound engineer Geoff Emerick: “Laxton’s Superb” – also a different name of apple. The track became even known as “I Don’t Know”, due to a dialogue that caught the attention of Mark Lewisohn in his book “The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions”:According to Harrison, “I Want ToTelI You” was about the frustrations of the avalanche of thoughts that are so difficult to write, say, or convey.” He later said that if he were to write the song again he would modify the part that says: “But if I seem to act unkind, Its only me, it’s not my mind, That’s confusing things” so I wouldn’t get so confused.The Beatles began recording “I Want To Tell You” on June 2, 1966. The next day, they wrote a bass track while Paul played piano on the rhythm tracks. “I Want To Tell You” was complete and mixed for the album Revolver on this day and on June 6. When George says in the lyrics “I don’t mind… I could wait forever. I’ve got time.”, Paul insists on the same note on the piano, serving to justly emphasize that it can wait forever. Enjoy that gem from Revolver album, 1966.
