 The composition adheres to the pitches of the Indian equivalent of Dorian mode and emulates the khyal vocal tradition of Hindustani classical music . For musical inspiration , Harrison drew from the work of master sitarist Ravi Shankar , who became his sitar tutor shortly after the recording was completed . In its lyrical themes , " Love You To " is partly a love song to Harrison 's wife , Pattie Boyd , while also incorporating philosophical concepts inspired by his experimentation with the hallucinogenic drug LSD . In the context of its release , the song served as one of the first examples of the Beatles expressing an ideology aligned with that of the emerging counterculture . 
