Significant changes were made to She Loves Me for the original London production in 1964, most notably replacing Ilona’s “I Resolve” with this song, “Heads I Win,” for Rita Moreno. (Other changes include changing “Three Letters” into the company number “Letters,” candy became chocolates, optometrist became optician, etc.)
Moreno sang “I Resolve” in the 1977 Town Hall concert of She Loves Me starring Madeline Kahn and Barry Bostwick.
When Sheldon Harnick appeared at the Paley Center to present the tv version of this show, I asked him about this song. He said he never really liked it, and they only wrote it because Rita was having trouble with the more difficult “I Resolve.”
oh man, I would be PISSED if I went to see a production of She Loves Me and THIS replaced “I Resolve”. It’s just…not as...
When Sheldon Harnick appeared at the Paley Center to present the tv version of this show, I asked him about this song....