<P> The opening lyric was taken from the title of `` Something in the Way She Moves '' , a track by Harrison 's fellow Apple Records artist James Taylor . While Harrison imagined the composition in the style of Ray Charles , his inspiration for `` Something '' was his wife , Pattie Boyd . In her 2007 autobiography , Wonderful Today , Boyd recalls : `` He told me , in a matter - of - fact way , that he had written it for me . I thought it was beautiful ... '' Boyd discusses the song 's popularity among other recording artists and concludes : `` My favourite ( version ) was the one by George Harrison , which he played to me in the kitchen at Kinfauns . '' </P>
<P> The opening lyric was taken from the title of `` Something in the Way She Moves '' , a track by Harrison 's fellow Apple Records artist James Taylor . While Harrison imagined the composition in the style of Ray Charles , his inspiration for `` Something '' was his wife , Pattie Boyd . In her 2007 autobiography , Wonderful Today , Boyd recalls : `` He told me , in a matter - of - fact way , that he had written it for me . I thought it was beautiful ... '' Boyd discusses the song 's popularity among other recording artists and concludes : `` My favourite ( version ) was the one by George Harrison , which he played to me in the kitchen at Kinfauns . '' </P>
who did george harrison wrote the song something for
who did george harrison wrote the song something for
his wife , Pattie Boyd
his wife , Pattie Boyd