I Don't Know How to Love Him I Don't Know How to Love Him "I Don't Know How to Love Him" is a song from the 1970 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
I Don't Know How to Love Him Collins ("Amazing Grace" – 1985), Dana ("Everything is Beautiful" - 1980), Kjerstin Dellert (entitled "Vad Gör Jag Med Min Kärlek") ("Primadonna" – 1977), Johnny Dorelli & Catherine Spaak (entitled "Non So Più Come Amarlo") (B-side of No. 6 Italian chart hit "Una Serata Insieme a Te" – 1973), Katja Ebstein (entitled "Wie soll ich ihn nur lieben") ("Liebe" – 1977), Peggy Lee ("Where Did They Go?" – 1971), Suzanne Lynch ("Walk a Little Closer" - 1973; credited as Suzanne ), Gloria Lynne ("I Don't Know How to Love Him" – 1976), Ginette Reno (entitled "La Chanson De Marie Madeleine") ("Spécialement