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
To Know Him Is to Love Him Sheet". In the United States, the song spent 7 weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 24. In 1969, Bobby Vinton released a version of the song, titled "To Know You Is to Love You". Vinton's version spent 7 weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 34, while reaching No. 8 on "Billboard"s Easy Listening chart, No. 16 on Canada's "RPM" 100, and No. 6 on "RPM"s Adult Contemporary chart. In 1972, Jody Miller took a version to No. 18 on the "Billboard" country charts. In 1987, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris