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8.56pm
26 June 2011
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I can't figure out if George's title is misspelled; Did he mean "Love you as well [too]" or "[I'd] Love you to . . . .[insert verb to complete the infinitive]"
Or, maybe I just need to get out more. Either way, great song.
9.03pm
9 June 2010
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That's always made me wonder as well. I used to misread it as "Love You Do" -- you know, a reference to "Love Me Do." But then I realized it was "Love You To." Grr.
Whatever it is, everyone can agree that the intro is epic. 
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1.22am
7 August 2010
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ive always read it as "love you too"
3.57am
1 May 2010
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MeanMrsMustard said:
That's always made me wonder as well. I used to misread it as "Love You Do" -- you know, a reference to "Love Me Do." But then I realized it was "Love You To." Grr.
Whatever it is, everyone can agree that the intro is epic.
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9.47am
31 March 2008
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I've always thought it was a misspelling of Love To You, as in "I'll make love to you/If you want me to", which they decided to keep.
10.43am
15 June 2011
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I always pronounce it as "Love You Too". Whatever it's name is, it's propably my favourite indian-influenced song.
11.28am
14 April 2010
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I'm glad this was brought up becuase it's one of those little rock & roll mysteries that has not been fully explained. I always interpreted it as Flaming Pie's second offering;"[I'd] Love you to . . ."
The only problem with that is, it doesn't really fit the lyrics. I will admit the title fits the lyrics better than the original title.
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1.35pm
19 September 2010
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For me, the story behind the title is like the song itself – it's of zero interest to me. The combination of stupid lyrics, a bad (by George's standards) vocal, and just general "meh" ness make this a tour de farce, not de force. Although the intro is truly epic.
10.24pm
1 May 2010
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I love this song, I used to dislike it but I grew into it. And I would say the title is just art, Love You Too sounds too cheesy and doesn't really fit the dull temperment of the song. Love You To gives it that twist.
2.58am
20 December 2010
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This is one of my favorite songs. The first one where the Indian influence really kicked in. When George brought the Sitar into the recording studio, he started to become important and I think from this point on, John and Paul started looking in his direction. Going to India and meditating and writing such great songs that were on the 'White Album'
10.16am
4 December 2010
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This has always bugged me. Like Zig, I have taken the title as "I'd love you to" of late, though I used to think someone had missed an "o" off and it was supposed to be "too". I think Joe's explanation is a good one.
I love the song itself. George isn't a great sitarist per se, but he gets a good sound out of it, and the result is a lovely blur. I think George's contributions with guitar and sitar are what makes Revolver so fantastic, and Love You To is a prime example.
5.23am
4 December 2010
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I've always pronounced it as Love You Too as well. But I like Joe's explanation. It makes sense. Again George has wording problems along with I Want To Tell You.
It's one of my favorite songs though. I dig the sitar. 
9.43am
11 June 2011
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I've often wondered where this title came from but I think I got it one day ! 
Listening again and again to Paul's terrific rendition of Larry Williams' "She Said Yeah" on Run Devil Run, a track they used to play in Hamburg in the early days, I was suddenly struck by the last line of the chorus… he he… Just play it again to yourselves, brothers !
I'm pretty sure there is no better explanation than this little disguised tribute to Mr. Williams.
11.46am
31 March 2008
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He's singing "Make love to you too", which doesn't suggest a link with "Love you to" to me.
11.53am
11 June 2011
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No he doesn't.
2.22pm
1 May 2011
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The beginning always sounds like hesitation to me what with all the stop start bits, kind of like working up the guts to go for it. Thankfully someone does and its off with no one having a dickiebird hope of stopping it. It was kind of new to the western world at the time, Indian Music in popular music.
Have heard that Paul really doesnt like this song.
4.06pm
1 December 2009
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Glad to find this topic already exists because I've wondered it myself from time to time over the years, including as recently as two minutes ago! (Don't know myself how come I didn't reply to the thread originally in August of '11; presumably I was on vacation that week.) For much of the time, I just assumed it was a cryptic George-type title – "Love You To…something" – it took me a long time to make the "(I'll make) love to you" leap and suspect that the arrangement of the words was messed up somehow.
Sure wish that George had had the chance to clarify it…then again, any song that begins with the title "Laxton's Superb" pretty much indicates that he really didn't give a toss WHAT the title was.
I do know that some guy made a Youtube video, four or five minutes long, that consists of nothing but ALL the Beatles song titles being sung, chronologically from "Love Me do" thru "The End" and edited all together. And yeah, he used the "I'll make love to you" to represent that song. (For "Flying", he had to settle for "La la la la laaaa"; don't remember what he did for "Tomorrow Never Knows" or "The Inner Light".)
6.01pm
6 December 2012
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Hm… that brings up a good (yet irrelevant) question: What Beatles songs don't use the titles in the lyrics?
Anyway, I agree with Von; it's "a cryptic George-type title". I mean, I guess it's possible that the words were switched around. But I still think it seems George-ish. I suppose that, even if the words were switched around, he liked it that way. Or something like that.
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9.10pm
1 November 2012
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Think of it as a typical answer to a question: "Would you like me to do it?"
"[I'd] love you to."
11.11pm
21 November 2012
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Always thought it was supposed to be ''Love to you'' like most people thought. At the beginning I used to misread it as ''love to you'' too.
It's not that bad though. It's working-title was ''Granny Smith''. Imagine if it had stayed that way. Hmm Laxton's Superb..Granny Smith..George sure liked apples!
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