I Don't Know How to Love Him to Love Him" album included an initial arrangement of Reddy's signature song, "I Am Woman" which via a 1972 re-recording with a new arrangement would prove to be the vehicle to consolidate Reddy's stardom, reaching No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 dated 9 December 1972. The earliest single version of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" was that cut by Karen Wyman an artist on the roster of MCA/Decca Records the label of release for the original "Jesus Christ Superstar" album: Wyman's single, produced by Ken Greengrass and Peter Matz, was released in November 1970 in the US
I Don't Know How to Love Him introduced in the Mossovet Theatre production which premiered in 1990 and has been constantly revived, marking its 1000 performance in December 2015. Among the singer/ actresses who have performed onstage as Mary Magdalene for Mossovet are Yekaterina Guseva, Irina Klimova () (2008), Lada Maris () (1999, 2005, 2006, 2007), and Anastasija Makiejewa () (2012). An alternate Russian rendering: "Kak dolžen byt' ljubim on" (lyricist Vyacheslav Ptitsyn), was recorded by Tatiana Antsiferova () for the 1992 studio cast album of "JCS", while the St. Petersburg Rock Opera Theatre () production, which premiered February 1990 introduced a rendering of "I Don't Know