I Don't Know How to Love Him

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“I Don't Know How to Love Him”
Single by Yvonne Elliman from the album Jesus Christ Superstar
Released	1971
Format	7"
Recorded	1970
Genre	Rock opera
Writer(s)	Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

"I Don't Know How to Love Him" is a song originally from the 1970 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice hit rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. The song was originally featured on the #1 album Jesus Christ Superstar which was released in October of 1970. Yvonne Elliman was the original recording artist.

[edit] Recorded versions

• Yvonne Elliman had a #28 hit in 1971.
• Helen Reddy had a US #12 hit with it 1971, and it was featured on her album which was also titled I Don't Know How to Love Him
• Tina & Real McCoy had a number one hit in Ireland in December 1971 with their version of the song
• Petula Clark had a UK #47 hit with it in 1972.
• Angela Carrasco Dominican singer and actress, song "Es más que amor", the title in the Spanish version of the musical in 1975.
• The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps had it as a part of their repertoire from 1977 to 1979.
• Kate Ceberano had an Australian #38 hit with it in 1992. Ceberano starred in an arena version of the musical that year in Australia.
• Sarah Brightman covered the song for her 1992 album "Sarah Brightman Sings the Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber." Her cover was re-released on her compilation album Love Changes Everything in 2005.
• Joanna Ampil performs the song on the 1997 London Cast Recording of Jesus Christ Superstar.
• On their late-2005 tour of Japan, rock band Weezer covered this song as "I Don't Know How to Love Her"
• Leanne Dobinson and Helena Blackman covered it on the TV reality show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? in 2006.
• Bonnie Tyler on the 2007 compilation album Over the Rainbow
• Sinéad O'Connor released it as a single from her 2007 album Theology