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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• Gaynor
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• broadway
• musical
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• dream

[SeriallySpeaking]

Thanks for this. The original and best!

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@SeriallySpeaking

Actually, not the original. To see that, watch the Mary Martin version on my channel.

[DorisDaygirl97]

Mitzi Gaynor is so adorable! ♥

[lostvocals6]

@Jamesmac30

You can see Mary perform both songs in other clips at my channel.

[Jamesmac30]

Mitzi Gaynor has always been savaged by the critics for her role in this film, which I think is unfair, as she is excellent, having said that I prefer the Mary Martin recorded versions of this song and A Cockeyed Optimist

[justlittleolmefyi]

who in the world could have washed that man out of their hair?!

[WinningHorseRacingPi]

i love this song



[Cheehooo24]

So hard to find the Mitzi Gaynor version!