I Don't Know How to Love Him has been universally acclaimed as the high point of the "Jesus Christ Superstar" soundtrack since the album's September 1970 release; in 2003 "The Rough Guide to Cult Pop" would assess Elliman's performance: "It's rare to hear a singer combine such power and purity of tone in one song, and none of the famous singers who have covered this ballad since have come close." The choice for the first single release went, however, to the track "Superstar" by Murray Head. When a cover of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" by Helen Reddy began moving up the charts in the
To Know You Is to Love You Know Him Is to Love Him", whose covers occasionally change the lyrics and the title to "To Know You Is To Love You" (Bobby Vinton, Peter and Gordon, Gary Glitter) or to "To Know Her Is To Love Her" (The Beatles 1962 Decca audition recording, released 1994; John Lennon 1973 recording, released 1986). To Know You Is to Love You "To Know You Is to Love You" is a song written by Syreeta Wright and Stevie Wonder in the early 1970s. The duet was first released on Syreeta Wright's debut album (Syreeta, MW 113) by MoWest Records (a Motown company)