I Don't Know How to Love Him - Helen Reddy - w/lyrics

"I Don't Know How to Love Him" is a song from the 1970 album and 1971 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar written by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics), a torch ballad sung by the character of Mary Magdalene. In the opera she is presented as bearing an unrequited love for the title character. The song has been much recorded, with "I Don't Know How to Love Him" being one of the rare songs to have had two concurrent recordings reach the Top 40 of the Hot 100 chart in Billboard magazine, specifically those by Helen Reddy and Yvonne Elliman, since the 1950s when multi-version chartings were common.
I Don't Know How to Love Him is the debut studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy, released on May 10, 1971, by Capitol Records. I Don't Know How to Love Him included her first (and lesser known) recording of "I Am Woman". It made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated June 5, 1971, and remained there for 37 weeks, peaking at number 100, and got as high as number 40 on the album chart in Canada's RPM magazine. On November 27, 1974, the album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, and on March 29, 2005, it was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being Reddy's eponymous follow-up that originally came out in the fall of 1971.
Jeff Wald, Reddy's husband and manager, was persistent in contacting Capitol Records executive Artie Mogull with the hope that he would give his wife her first chance at recording in the US. When Mogull felt inspired to make a hit out of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar in 1970, he finally came around to giving her that chance. Her recording of the song was released on January 4, 1971, and Wald's strategy then became contacting disc jockeys across the country about giving the single airplay. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 the following month, in the issue of the magazine dated February 20, and remained there for 20 weeks, during which time it peaked at number 13 and "encouraged Capitol to produce an album." The title song also went on to reach number 12 on the magazine's list of the 50 most popular Easy Listening records in the US, and number 10 on the pop chart in Canada's RPM magazine. A second single, a cover of Van Morrison's "Crazy Love", made it to number eight Easy Listening and number 51 pop in the US and number 35 in Canada.

[@user-rz8bu6vl8x]

This song makes me cry, Helen Reddy had such a beautiful voice!

[@corryjookit7818]

I do like this version by Helen Reddy. I have my own thoughts on how this song ended up being sung like this. I remember Helen Reddy singing a song which was a massive hit, the Power of Love. It certainly had power as the music builds and raises her voice up and up to that massive set of notes she attains and we're all glad she got there, particularly when we try to sing along with her. It seems to me a perfect mix of music, great voice, great words superior breathing techniques and all in the same room at the same time, I always think Acoustics have a big part to play particularly with such a song., good Acoustics do enhance the music as well as improving your confidence.. . It's like having an invisible helper in your diaphragm. Love it. It works for anyone who feels like being impromptu. Bathrooms are famous for this, so sing in your shower or bath. Enjoy ! She sounds so different on that massive song compared to how she sounds on this one. I meant to say I enjoyed this video, clearly messaged, and great sound pitched just right. I've had a look at each one of those you posted for me. They're all the same music, yet your video allows each singer their own individual authority over the song.. I hope I've put this correctly, but I found this an important point to make. You managed to differentiate between them without seeming to favour one over another. That's your audience's decision. I like that about these videos. Clever stuff. Very clever stuff. Thank you. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@joaoviolagoloka1513]

A legend and a gold voice

[@janetjohnson7279]

A Pure Legend!! R.I.P. Helen!! 🙏😥🙏😥

[@miamikeith]

Janet, have you seen the Netflix docudrama of her?

[@janetjohnson7279]

@@miamikeith No, I have not seen it.

[@miamikeith]

@@janetjohnson7279 it's outstanding. The girl who plays her, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, is to be seen to be believed. It's worth the watch for the soundtrack alone. You would not be disappointed. If you ever do see it, please get back to me and let me know what you think. Glad you commented because now I feel inspired to make another video of her. 🥰 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6vXlpaZlMp4a9E

[@miamikeith]

@@janetjohnson7279 I replied to this yesterday but once again comments are vanishing. So if this message doubles up, you know why. Well the movie is outstanding, well worth the watch just for the soundtrack, but Tilda Cobham-Hervey as Reddy couldn't be a more perfect fit. She was simply GREAT.

[@janetjohnson7279]

@@miamikeith I don't have Netflix at this time. But if I do get a chance to watch it I most definitely will. Thanks for suggesting it! Thank You for responding to my comment!! A lot of KZbinrs don't even acknowledge a person when they have taken the time to comment. Or perhaps they just give us commenters a heart emoji. So it's nice to get a response to my comments, so Thank You!! 😁

[@losinyee4514]

It grows on me....

[@claudialeigh4692]

very nice Keith ,lovely song!

[@miamikeith]

Thank you! And thank you for the support here. Believe it or not, it's made a big difference in my analytics. 40 more subscribers since I hit the 3.5K mark. Oddly enough, people subscribe more than the LIKE or COMMENT so you guys have been a big plus, all 4 of you. :-D

[@claudialeigh4692]

@@miamikeith awesome my friend :)

[@CrispinAdams-rb9uc]

I truly listen to the sentiment😅❤ of your heart yet I have no remedy for

[@dianewood4799]

You do some really great work! I appreciate the work & effort you put into each of these videos. I hadn't thought of that song in what seems like one hundred years. Yet, once again you seem to tap into my mental Jukebox. I seriously just played this last week. However, this version was light years better than the one I pulled up. Thanks for sharing!

[@miamikeith]

Thank you Thank you!!

[@ianfrancis777]

Thank you, Keith, for the wonderful treatise of the song in the description. Thinking about this song this Easter season, but wasn't it sad that as much as Wald helped and loved Helen, that their marriage didn't last. I've heard that her third husband was the exact opposite of Wald, with a very laid-back personality. That marriage lasted 10 years. In the end, it seemed she was very content to be living alone (save for her cat).

[@miamikeith]

Thank you! Ian was Wald the one that ruined her financially?

[@ianfrancis777]

@@miamikeith Yup, coke head he was. I believe I heard her say in one interview that it took her 30 years to pay off her debts (meaning his debts). Did u know she was only worth 3 million when she passed?

[@ianfrancis777]

@@miamikeith Hope you have a GREAT Easter, Keith.

[@miamikeith]

@@ianfrancis777 You also and thank you.

[@miamikeith]

@@ianfrancis777 Sorry, I just saw this comment. That is truly sad indeed. Like Elvis, the people who were supposed to take care of them bled them to death. In Elvis' case, that's pretty literal.

[@marryannlamb9853]

Thanks Keith got snow yesterday it was pretty but it was cold so I'll let you have all the snow you want. It's still on ground and it's cold.

[@miamikeith]

We got BOMBED in Rhode Island. 12+ inches, high wind and feel like temp in the single digits. Hard to believe it was 60 here last Sunday.

[@marryannlamb9853]

@@miamikeith I know Keith same here too . We gonna be cold for awhile. I bet your snow was pretty too .maybe I'll get to see that much this year . Maybe I want freeze lol.

[@miamikeith]

@@marryannlamb9853 Not ME! I a Summer kid through and through. I hate the cold.

[@marryannlamb9853]

@@miamikeith Me too Keith I'm a Georgia Girl at heart it lot warmer there than here in N. J.

[@ianfrancis777]

@@miamikeith I'm in Upper Michigan in the snowbelt of the Midwest if not the country. Hate the winter. Only here for family.

[@alisonpalmer2587]

beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[@miamikeith]

Thank you!

[@PoGirlShines]

John 14:15

[@gunaseeilan7979]

I don't know how to love him What to do, how to move him I've been changed, yes, really changed In these past few days when I've seen myself I seem like someone else I don't know how to take this I don't see why he moves me He's a man, he's just a man And I've had so many men before In very many ways He's just one more Should I bring him down? Should I scream and shout? Should I speak of love? Let my feelings out? I never thought I'd come to this What's it all about? Don't you think it's rather funny I should be in this position? I'm the one who's always been So calm, so cool, no lover's fool Running every show He scares me so I never thought I'd come to this What's it all about? What's it all about? If he said he loved me I'd be lost, I'd be frightened I couldn't cope, just couldn't cope I'd turn my head, I'd back away I wouldn't want to know He scares me so Oh, I want him so I love him so