Put a Little Love in Your Heart

"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
Single by Jackie DeShannon
from the album Put a Little Love in Your Heart
B-side Always Together
Released June 1969
Recorded 1969
Genre Pop
Length 2:39
Label Imperial Records
Writer(s) Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers
Certification Gold
Jackie DeShannon singles chronology
"Trust in Me"
(1969)		 "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
(1969)		 "Love Will Find a Way"
(1969)

"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" is a song originally performed in 1969 by Jackie DeShannon, who composed it with her brother, Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday. In the USA, it was DeShannon's highest-charting hit, reaching #4 on the Hot 100 in August 1969 and #2 on the Adult Contemporary charts.[1] In late 1969, the song reached number one on South Africa's hit parade.

The song rivaled the success of her signature song, "What the World Needs Now is Love".

Charts

Chart (1968-1969) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart 12
South African Singles Chart 1
US Billboard Hot 100 Chart 4
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 2

Annie Lennox & Al Green version

"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"

U.S. edition
Single by Annie Lennox & Al Green
from the album Scrooged
B-side "A Great Big Piece of Love" by The Spheres of Celestial Influence
Released 1988
Recorded 1988
Genre Pop
Label A&M Records
Writer(s) Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers
Producer(s) David A. Stewart
Annie Lennox singles chronology
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
(1988)		 "Why"
(1992)
Al Green singles chronology
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
(1987)		 "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
(1988)		 "As Long as We're Together"
(1989)

In 1988 Annie Lennox and Al Green recorded a version that was released as the ending theme song to the 1988 film Scrooged. The song reached #9 in the USA on the Hot 100 in January 1989 and climbed all the way to #2 on the US Adult Contemporary chart, as well as becoming a top 40 hit in several countries worldwide. Although credited to Lennox, the song was produced by her Eurythmics partner David A. Stewart.

The video was directed by Sophie Muller.

Charts

Chart (1988-1989) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 4
Australian Singles Chart 6
US Billboard Hot 100 Chart 9
Swiss Singles Chart 11
German Singles Chart 20
UK Singles Chart 28
Irish Singles Chart 30

Other versions

RIAA gold record for "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", by Jackie DeShannon

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 77.
  2. ↑ British Hit Singles, 12th edition, Guinness

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