South Pacific - I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair - Complete Audio

Mitzi Gaynor filmed this number to this track, but it was highly edited for the released film. Oscar Hammerstein was on location in Hawaii and thought the number wasn't working as well as it had on Broadway. Director Josh Logan told him that people had been washing their hair in films for years, so it didn't have the novelty effect it had on stage.

Here's the complete audio track with some footage from the trailer and a behind-the-scenes short added (thanks to HistoryofWidescreen and mikeystar5 for that).

Apparently these lyrics were never recorded:

You can't light a fire when the wood's all wet,
You can't make a butterfly strong,
You can't fix an egg when it ain't quite good,
And you can't fix a man when he's wrong,
You can't put back a petal when it falls from a flower,
Or sweeten up a fellow when he starts turnin' sour...
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[Stephen Cowley]

This sequence was filmed in its entirety and would match the soundtrack recording perfect if it could be found, as was the children's solo 'Dites Moi' on the soundtrack recording but Dies Moi was cut completely out of the film and 'wash that man badly cut before even the roadshow version of the film was shown.

[Broadway Classixs]

That's why I recreated it.

[ebonumba12]

To me, this song is like "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" in the 50s :)

[cheneeamoi93]

The original getting over someone song!

[GeneticChowder69]

Wtf??? Lmao!

[Cheyenne Printup]

Is it just me or does her outfit seem to be an homage to Mary Martin, the original star of this show, and mary's other famous part as peter pan?

[Carlie Zucker]

that's so damaging to her scalp

[dreamingheidi]

Juuust like dandruff

[Stephen Cowley]

whats this obcession about gay men and musical theatre? some were gay others not as with everything in life. Rodgers and Hammerstein the most successful partnership in musical theatre happened not to be!

[rebecca omer]

My friend told me to watch this cause her brothers had a play on it

[cheneeamoi93]

The only movie by Rogers and Hammerstein I've seen is the sound of music. It's my fave movie of all time!

[Sophie Jackson]

I love singing this song in the shower... hahaha:)