Put a Little Love in Your Heart
| "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Always Together" |
"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" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "A Great Big Piece of Love" by The Spheres of Celestial Influence |
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
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- Susan Raye covered the song on her debut 1969 album, One Night Stand. The song was released as a single and peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
- The Dave Clark Five recorded a version in 1969. Issued as a single in the UK, it spent four weeks in the top 75, reaching number 31, three positions below that attained by Annie Lennox and Al Green in 1988.[2]
- The Isley Brothers covered the song on their 1972 album, Brother, Brother, Brother.
- The Circle Jerks covered the song on their album Wild in the Streets in 1982.
- Dolly Parton covered the song on her 1993 album, Slow Dancing with the Moon.
- Mary Mary's version was featured in the 2002 film Stuart Little 2.
- A cover appeared in a 2003 Gap television campaign, performed by Al Green, Melissa Etheridge, Kelly Rowland, Stephan Jenkins, Vanessa Carlton, Ginuwine, Musiq, Heather Headley and Gavin DeGraw.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 77.
- ^ British Hit Singles, 12th edition, Guinness