 In his 1977 book The Beatles Forever , Schaffner wrote that , next to the dominant Lennon – McCartney songwriting partnership , Harrison 's three compositions on Revolver – " Love You To " , " Taxman " and " I Want to Tell You " – " offered ample indication that there were now three prolific songwriting Beatles " . Schaffner also commented that , through his championing of the sitar and Shankar 's music , Harrison came to be seen as " the maharaja of raga @-@ rock " , as other Western musicians began adopting Indian musical stylings . In the Beatles ' 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine , a brief portion of the song is used to introduce Harrison 's character , as a guru @-@ like figure , standing on a hill . 
