According to James Taylor's stage banter at The Star in Frisco 31 July 2017, this was the song he played for Paul McCartney and George Harrison as an audition before signing with Apple Records.
[1] Rolling Stone critic Jon Landau regards the song as being about "transcendence of a sort.
[2] Allmusic critic Lindsay Planer regards "Something in the Way She Moves" as one of the "notable inclusions" on the James Taylor album.
[3] Fellow Allmusic critic David R. Adler described it as "one of Taylor's finest melodies".
"[2] Martin Charles Strong describes it as being a "memorable original" and one that "marked Taylor out as a kind of male Joni Mitchell, if not quite as adventurous.
[11] George Harrison liked "Something in the Way She Moves" so much that he used the beginning as the first line of his 1969 song "Something" from the Beatles album Abbey Road, which was also released as a single and reached No.
[1] Taylor had played the song for Rush when he visited the Elektra Records offices for an audition in 1967.
"[12] Country artist Bobbie Gentry recorded a version titled "Something In the Way He Moves" for her 1970 album Fancy.