I Don't Know How to Love Him (Yvonne Elliman) | Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) | TUNE

Mary Magdalene (Yvonne Elliman) sings about her unrequited love for Jesus Christ (Ted Neeley) in 'I Don't Know How to Love Him'.
What is Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) about?
This dazzling interpretation of the hit Tim Rice - Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera tells the story of Jesus Christ's (Ted Neeley) final weeks in a bold and epic production.
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[@TheRoyalBavarian]

Many singers could perform this song with fantastic vocals but I don't know how anyone could deliver the raw beauty that I hear in her voice. It's beyond just fantastic.

[@michaelholtzman1463]

This will be forever HER song..I don't care WHO sings it

[@belabelasko8223]

She has the pathos and sadness. In addition to quality vocal prowess.

[@countrybunk62]

Helen reddy put it on mainstream

[@draoi99]

The director gave a private screening to Pope Paul VI. The pope loved the movie and said this song in particular had an "inspired beauty."

[@kimquinn7728]

​@@countrybunk62She did but Helen Reddy sang the words with no feeling behind it. Ms. Elliman put her heart into it. Best ever.

[@CambriaCandiceMaria]

This is Yvonne's song, forever.

[@danzel1157]

Totally.

[@cupofjavaproductions3138]

👍🏿

[@Tom-er6bd]

Noone can beat this ever

[@cupofjavaproductions3138]

@@Tom-er6bd 👍🏿

[@peterk7734]

​@@Tom-er6bdpersonally prefer Helen Reddys

[@jasonfeng1824]

Many singers have covered this song but Yvonne Elliman will always be miles above the rest. So beautiful.

[@gritsteel4559]

I agree, miles and miles above ! heavenly

[@frankievalentine6112]

Sara Bareilles the only one who comes close!!

[@kevinmalone3210]

Yvonne Elliman's singing voice speaks for itself. Nothing more to say.

[@dennispicone6801]

​@@frankievalentine6112was just going to say, dead heat. 😊

[@robguyatt9602]

It's always hard to surpass the original. But I suggest you lookup Kate Ceberano.

[@benjit9603]

Nothing beats the original singer. Stands out the best of all of them. Viva, Jesus Christ Superstar!

[@theonemodifier]

She is exceptional, marvelous, compassionate, soulful, sincere, beautiful.

[@TJ-et8sw]

The story of Jesus and Mary Magdeline is the most powerful story of love I've ever heard. And Yvonne's portrayal of Mary is perfection.

[@Charango123quena]

weird for a guy that hanged around 12 other guys .. 😅

[@IberianJsposedasNewChristi-r8p]

@@Charango123quena Seek help. Jesus loves you. Have a blessed day.

[@KSt224]

@@Charango123quena What's weird, tell you what is weird saying something is weird when it's not.

[@sjefhendrickx2257]

@@IberianJsposedasNewChristi-r8p loves me ? How can a fake person from a fairytale loves me? Get real

[@christophersanders3252]

@@sjefhendrickx2257 For a fairytale He sure does show up in more historical accounts than any other figure in His century. Almost like He actually existed and fundamentally altered the planet when He rose from the dead to rescue sinners like me- which you know- is a bit unusual.

[@gerryleb8575]

This is the true center of this film. It's a song about a person on the verge of a profound spiritual experience, who interprets her feelings in terms of an old language of the heart, soon to be replaced by a new one.

[@Treehutch]

It's the real essence of the song ... sinner redeemed into a power of grace and humility. Beautiful

[@jaxxxon82]

Nicely put!

[@L-J178]

Hermoso pesamiento,y será así,escrito está.

[@grumpy1616]

I love how you put that.

[@raymondmanansala5647]

Yvonne you are the wisest choice to sing this song...

[@Downeaster-y3y]

I think what gives her such a believable performance is that her voice seems like she’s on the verge of tears.

[@harp3386]

I'm 17 and just discovering this amazing movie!!!! phenomenal beyond words :)

[@grumpy1616]

I envy you. The firs time is the best.

[@harp3386]

@@grumpy1616 I’m yet to recover from it haha

[@thelightdivining]

The beauty of being young and beginning to discover the amazing things that humans did at their best.

[@teunbeens6512]

Good for to you!

[@philip5314]

Noelia

[@ianjensen7742]

She sings every word as if her life depends on it. Can't beat authenticity

[@Bell2323]

If this doesn't give you goosebumps you have passed away. Yvonne has the voice of an angel and the song itself is beyond beautiful.

[@backslash68]

no goosebumps here, but a lump in my throat and tears

[@Mike-ny6sf]

Yes, I'm 78 and was at the original play. This track on the original album is a little better in my opinion. But listening to it always gives me goosebumps ...and I'm a guy. What it must have been like to be with Jesus and to know him in person. Awaiting that day with anticipation! I love Him so.

[@kathleenmclaughlin4153]

👏👏👏

[@Ceerads]

I was in my early twenties when this played all over. I’m not Christian; in fact, I’m an atheist. But her voice singing this song haunts me and reminds me of the early Seventies and my youth.

[@jenniferlloyd9574]

You mean, you're not even agnostic???😢 I can't wrap my brain around the thought of a finite end to everything upon our deaths... I definitely believe in something after this because I've had "experiences". I'm not crazy, by any means. The experiences I've had absolutely do defy logic and are inexplicable. But they occurred nonetheless. I hope the energy and frequencies can speak to your cells in abundance, showing you another way. Imagine a source that's greater and larger than anything we can conceive while simultaneously being the smallest quantifiable essence; the grid to our reality.

[@Ceerads]

@@jenniferlloyd9574 Why be agnostic when one can be an atheist? If there’s no proof of a god or God, and cannot be real proof, how could I be agnostic? To me, any “experiences” of an afterlife are the function of a dying brain. I hope I’m wrong about that, but as far as I know - and no one who’s actually died came back - this life is it. We can’t conceive of not being here. But when I’ve had a medical procedure (a colonoscopy, for instance), that period of time in which I was under anesthesia was completely blank. Only the going under and then the recovery period existed. Then again, we’re not dead when we’re under anesthesia, so maybe death is very different and we have some awareness after we die.

[@70snobettertimeinhistory-kg3rm]

Just say if your real Jesus show me. Nothing to lose.

[@Ceerads]

@@jenniferlloyd9574 I thought I’d replied to you. No, I’m an atheist and fine with thinking that once we die, that’s the end. I believe that our brains give us “experiences” when we’re near death, to ease our anxieties. I’d love to believe that after death we meet our loved ones who preceded us in death, but I can’t believe that. If I’m wrong, great!

[@grumpy1616]

Same. Haunting memories.

[@silvereagle2061]

IDK why this song always makes me cry and I'm 63.

[@aussietim7974]

It is because the spirit that God put inside you knows desperately that Jesus wants a deep & intimate relationship with you. "If you seek Me with all your heart you will find Me". (Jeremiah 29:13)

[@SovereignQueenTammyEdward]

Me too. I turned 63 today.

[@silvereagle2061]

@@SovereignQueenTammyEdward Happy birthday Tammy

[@soniam.p.-li2lj]

What a song!! Yvonne Elliman is just perfect! Maybe this is the best musical I ever saw!

[@magdalenaabella6378]

This wonderful movie still the best in all Jesus Christ Superstar concert I’ve seen even in this year 2024!.Thanks for showing!

[@debrap947]

As a teenager, I bawled like a baby leaving the theater after seeing this movie. This song had a lot to do with it. This movie changed my life!

[@re575817]

Fifty-one years later, this still holds up.

[@edith5122]

This is the BEST version of the song💚

[@willietherescue8627]

Her voice gives me chills. She has the most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard!❤️

[@Ciclopea2]

So soulful, the way she delivers those lyrics, iconic.

[@marinervnvet]

The first time I heard this in the movie theater, it gave me goosebumps.

[@matthewplaysultimategames1171]

Her voice though, not only is she absolutely gorgeous her voice is just out of this world, I really wish I could sound like her

[@charlesbeausejour1902]

I'll never understand why she couldn't make it as a singer. She had a couple of hits. Then that was it.

[@James-uu4ko]

@@charlesbeausejour1902 she did pretty good she toured w Eric Clapton as well she left on her own cuz she wanted a family at least she wasn't a one hit wonder like a lot of them there's a lot of female singers who totally disappeared

[@benjamingoldstein14]

@@James-uu4koit makes sense that she toured with Clapton, she was married to an RSO executive for a long time

[@TristanandIsolt]

@@charlesbeausejour1902 To me she did make it as a singer. A big song from Saturday Night Fever as well as this. She has other hits besides.

[@DonnaLombardo-n5i]

​@@TristanandIsoltexactly

[@KimWF570]

This film along with Godspell marked a new era, bringing rock to Christian stories. This song was so beautifully sung, arranged and acted and it made Mary's story real. Throughout the summer of 1973 and beyond, it stuck with me, and coming back to it, it's no less poignant.

[@shwingyshwing]

Can we take a sec to appreciate the bass work in this recording. My god.

[@joefoley1480]

haha

[@andrewsmith5457]

Greatest vocal of this song, ever. No one captures the emotion of despair and Love like Yvonne ❤

[@ronniebishop2496]

She is so incredible on this song, much emotion.? What a great capture of it all brings tears, and I’m just an old cowboy

[@wandydeoli5780]

What a beautiful soft voice

[@sejrec56]

Every damn time I listen, it still brings me to tears !! Just so beautiful!!

[@rossinaross7475]

A mi también. Siempre.

[@nevillehill5210]

A very moving rendition, in fact , the best

[@temsonsimeki1808]

Beautiful song Beautiful voice from a Beautiful Woman I could listen to her forever

[@radovangleich1157]

goosebumps ........absolute briliant sound melody and voice

[@anahata77]

All these years... all these years... still takes my breath away. 💗💖💗

[@ronniebishop2496]

My generation proving once again how we had all the music from the beginning to the ending and then some. The musical revolution started and ended with us, in ever single genre!

[@lilgrasshoppah]

weird flex, bro.

[@mr.mikeyg.5282]

Yvonne delivers so much emotion in this classic song!

[@allencollins6031]

Un f'n believable-- truly

[@DonnaLombardo-n5i]

She credits director Norman jewison as well for the way she portrayed the song her movements

[@craigvereecke908]

I was 13 when I seen this at the theater and left with the biggest crush on yvonne! Still watch it all the time.I tell people about it and say never heard of it.well they should!

[@GodWins100]

I have always loved this song! This beautiful woman has a wonderful voice and a very expressional face

[@danzel1157]

Superbly authentic love song.

[@jeanrocque-rr4ec]

I still know all the words

[@accomplishedcleverangel2594]

Legendary unforgettable touches the heart and soul of listener very SOULFUL

[@eddiesalazar1773]

My elder brothers brought home this JesusChrist Superstar record. I guess I was 6 years old when heard this dramatic opera on the Stromberg Carlson turntable. Without a doubt, Yvonne Elliman performance was the best in the vynil record. Thanks a lot for uploading this incredible video. Greetings from Mexico City...

[@CheradanineZakalwe]

I hate musicals, Broadway shows and the like but bought the album purely for this song.

[@abbantucobergazo8381]

Yvonne Elliman fué determinante en la obra opera cinematogràfica de Jesus Super Star quién en da al espíritu su sónica especial y por la cuál élla es reconocida .Aún asi tiene exitos en la banda músical como esta hermosa pieza que la canta JUSTAENTE con el protagoniata de la obra Jesus Super Star quién respetuosamente acompaña en esta presentación .Belleza y humildad de Yvonne ✨

[@tonyfox7510]

Beautiful voice, great performance by Yvonne Elliman.

[@billengles7485]

Just beautiful.

[@Pa-tk1dx]

When ALW first heard Yvonne sing he went up to her and said youre my Mary.

[@nevillehill5210]

I am not surprised

[@tuttt99]

It's really hard not to tear up at 2:40.

[@maffieduran]

To me she is one of the best singers in history, she deserves more credit

[@tomeniovlogs2973]

This song makes me cry...eversince i first listened to it. Didn't know it came out when i came out too...50 years ago.

[@oundhakar]

It's impossible to remain dry-eyed.

[@spiralreplicator]

I have loved this since childhood.

[@coleparker]

I was 20 when this Movie came out. I had heard about the play a year before it did. The movie really got to me. I watched it many times, along with various plays.

[@pauld5631]

Perfect. Fantastic movie as well

[@Mediawatcher2023]

this is always Evonnes song no one else can touch it

[@SoundSista222]

People are saying Mel C is better 🙉😂

[@Mediawatcher2023]

@@SoundSista222 yuck

[@Samsung-sm7fo]

Вся опера это шедэвр!!!

[@edgarvidal8641]

Esta musica marcó mi niñez , porque era un niño de 9 años cuando la escuchava por mi hermano mayor

[@raymondsommerfeldt2817]

Beautiful song and fantastic voice. I saw this musical at the drive in and on screen well over twernty times. And still think Yvonne singing is awesome,

[@johnenglish3993]

I agree with all of you. No need to say anything else, just listen and see for yourself.

[@danielaberdeen1444]

Never fails ! Brings me back to my childhood never tire of this sound track " Jesus Christ Superstar " is the best ! Musical ever 💯 👌 Amen 🙏 .

[@JimJenz]

Your so Rite

[@spoonfulashuga6202]

I have absolutely no words .. ❤

[@ClaireBradley-xb6uv]

Great movie great song love them so much❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@agussusanto5397]

I love this song of the Bread…, also the singer’s voice is incredible ❤👍

[@charlottemoreau1957]

Yes the voice of a angel . I still have the original Jesus Christ super star album

[@RayFromLUCKYSHADOW]

Before it was a show? The one with a different Judas? I never heard it. I just always listen to the movie soundtrack album. I can't imagine anyone being better than Carl Anderson as Judas.

[@charlottemoreau1957]

@@RayFromLUCKYSHADOW absolutely 💯 Ted Needly as Jesus . Yes l have the old one here in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 oh enjoy 😉

[@ronaldomadrebien7045]

I remember saving up the £4.99 (or was it £4.50 ?) ……..my first double album

[@charlottemoreau1957]

Yes me to and still have it .

[@charlottemoreau1957]

@ronaldomadrebien7045 yes true 👍 was expensive here too in Canada 🇨🇦

[@fiabeeracconti7025]

❤❤❤❤❤ i love this Song since my thentienth Now i m 58..but so few reality good men

[@marklumpkin6109]

Listen to her enunciation. Perfect.

[@thelmaalvarez239]

Esta canción hace doler todas las fibras del corazón ♥️ 😢

[@philipworl9340]

My favorite! Thank you! So many wonderful memories!

[@claudio130]

Absolutely magical!

[@michaelgalt388]

Delivered in a tasteful, desperate sensuality. Still the best version, IMO.

[@nbenefiel]

When my kids were little, our priest had a beautiful voice. On Palm Sunday they would recreate the passion of Christ. They used songs from Jesus Christ Superstar. It was so meaningful. After years of just listening to boring readings of the Passion, it was electric.

[@AeceDece]

Best version

[@robertduggan6367]

Hey! Yvonne sang this song 🎵 with all of her Soul!!! Love Jesus with your Spirit and not your Flesh.

[@fionamckinnon1167]

She sings this so beautifully what a gorgeous girl I just love this am old enough to remember x

[@ron4640]

Heard this on WGN Roy Leonard show in 1973 and he was blown away, as were thousands of others.

[@klm1239]

What an amazing piece of art that movie is??!!!!!!!

[@budmiller807]

Yvonne Elliman perfection

[@mikegalvin9801]

I saw this on Broadway in first run. Lived in Chicago but my folks had taken me before to NY to see the Met and once a Neil Simon play. This was my first musical and it was extraordinary. Back home at my suburban Catholic school the priests were divided as to whether it was blasphemous or wonderful (I kinda thought both but just went with wonderful). I was 17 years old.

[@joseoka8582]

So meaningful love it always

[@philipworl9340]

This is my favorite! Thank you!

[@eddymavarez908]

Hermosa voz ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😢😢😢

[@mellowapocalypse]

Still gives me chills listening to her!

[@Rhonda-u3e]

Love Yvonnes voice. So beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@clairegrano9410]

Pure magic!

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

The best version of a woman singing it.

[@dtch1810]

You can't touch this!!❤❤

[@leszekstefaniak6377]

50 lat........jak trudno uwierzyc że to tyle juz czasu minęło od premiery. Tak tworzy sie arcydzieła które sa niesmiertelne.....Króluj na Chryste!!! pozdrawiam z Polski

[@alfonsodesaili1540]

la calidad interpretativa es increíble aún mas allá de la preciosa voz, llega hasta o mas profundado del sentir

[@alexanderdavis4689]

shes one of our favs.

[@CarmenToro-lr2gr]

Una belleza lirica,hermoso❤❤❤❤

[@carolynsanders3185]

The way she sings this song is beyond moving, you can feel it in your soul. It makes me cry, because it’s true, some people just don’t know how to love Him or let Him love you.

[@aussietim7974]

It is because the spirit that God put inside us knows desperately that Jesus wants a deep & intimate relationship each of us. "If you seek Me with all your heart you will find Me". (Jeremiah 29:13)

[@delshoemaker7616]

been sung by many voices, always her song.

[@charlesbeausejour1902]

I just saw a documentary on this movie. The director said he decided to do this after hearing the original album from the play. But he never mentioned that Yvonne Elliman (Mary Magdeline) and Barry Dennin (Pilate) were also in that play.

[@DonnaLombardo-n5i]

I saw another one where one of the actors was talking about Yvonne and how good she was

[@charlie-obrien]

Yvonne was 19 years old when she was in the original cast of "Jesus Christ Superstar". Her portrayal of Mary Magdalene is one of the highlights of the show and this song is the reason why. Her one young voice conveys so many emotions at once, that it simply raises it above most of the other moments in the musical.

[@redhed6971]

Pure Brilliance

[@catchison8671]

Yvonne Elliman, so beautiful and such an amazing voice… This is absolutely the purest, rawest and most perfect performance and recording of the song!! Before all of the tuning equipment and gadgets. Having dark hair, skin and eyes myself, she was my inspiration as a young girl…and I played this record over and over. Later on, I was even cast in the same role in local theatre production…but then they changed directors and recast the sister of the musical director …Oh well, that’s the breaks 😂 I still love the show and she is still my favorite vocalist and actress of that time!🎶⭐️🎤🩷💖💝👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@MegaFlamingo13]

So beautiful ❤

[@carolelisan910]

I love that song so much emot

[@tomevans4402]

Beautiful

[@ekarukin]

51 years later , remember the moment of hearing this song for the first time in the Byron and Carlyle movie theater, Miami Beach

[@ildifensorefamiglia]

Fa venire ancora i brividi dopo 50 anni

[@tashkenty]

Best lead vocal I’ve seen in film. Should’ve won best pop vocal female in the Grammys and the academy award for best original song

[@magic8ball1982]

Unfortunately, it couldn't have won the Academy Award as it's not an original song. It's from the stage production. As for the Grammy's, they don't usually give pop awards to gospel music.

[@tashkenty]

@@magic8ball1982 they have categories for gospel. Just don’t know if it exists in 1973

[@magic8ball1982]

@@tashkentyIt did. Elvis Presley won 3 Grammys for hid Gospel music.

[@k333nya]

~LYRICS~ 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? Yet, 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 I want him so I love him so

[@patxijosebaperezlopez8545]

Yo tampoco sé cómo amarle. Pero sí sé que sin Él estoy perdido.❤

[@donnakawana]

I remember seeing this an her voice is beautiful, deep!! This song all the feelz

[@joekosobucki2141]

What a beautiful voice!!

[@YsraelLugo-dw1gg]

Anybody can do it like them they are the best forever I say from Venezuela