Put a Little Love in Your Heart
"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
Annie Lennox & Al Green version
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.
Charts
Other versions
RIAA gold record for "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", by Jackie DeShannon
- 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
External links
|
---|
| Studio albums | |
---|
| Compilations | |
---|
| Singles | |
---|
| Other songs | |
---|
| Video and DVD | |
---|
| Related articles | |
---|
|
|
---|
| Studio albums | Initial R&B albums | |
---|
| Gospel albums | |
---|
| Later secular albums | |
---|
|
---|
| Other albums | |
---|
| Singles | |
---|
| Related articles | |
---|
| Book:Al Green |
|