Eduo Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Author
Albert Flores"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 U.S., it was DeShannon's highest-charting hit, reaching number 4 on the Hot 100 in August 1969 and number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In late 1969, the song reached number 1 on South Africa's hit parade. Gus Van Sant utilized it in his film Drugstore Cowboy.
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" rivalled the success of her signature song, "What the World Needs Now Is Love".
Charts
| Chart (1968-69) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia Kent Music Report | 15 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 12 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary | 9 |
| South African Singles Chart | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Chart | 4 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 2 |
Annie Lennox and 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 number 9 in the US on the Hot 100 in January 1989 and climbed all the way to number 2 on the US Adult Contemporary chart, as well as becoming a Top 40 hit in several countries worldwide, including number 28 in the UK for the festive season of 1988-1989. +more Although credited to Lennox, the song was produced by her Eurythmics partner David A. Stewart.
The video was directed by Sophie Muller.
Personnel
Annie Lennox - vocals *Al Green - vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1988-89) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 6 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 4 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 2 |
| German Singles Chart | 20 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 30 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 7 |
| UK Singles Chart | 28 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1989) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 51 |
Other versions
Susan Raye, on her debut 1969 album, One Night Stand. It was released as a single and peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. +more *The Dave Clark Five, 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. *Andy Williams - Get Together with Andy Williams (1969) *David Ruffin formerly of The Temptations, on his sophomore solo album Feeling Good in 1969. *Siw Malmkvist made a Swedish version in 1970, Pröva lite kärlek nå'n gång with lyrics by the well-known Swedish journalist and songwriter Peter Himmelstrand. Malmkvist's version appeared on her album Underbara Siw (Wonderful Siw), which was awarded a Swedish Grammis the same year. *Cilla Black - Sweet Inspiration (1970) *The Isley Brothers, on 1972's Brother, Brother, Brother album. *Circle Jerks Tongue-in-cheek version appeared as the final track on their 1982 album Wild in the Streets. *At the end of Richard Donner's film Scrooged (1988), Bill Murray breaks the fourth wall to lead a sing-along of the song. *Dolly Parton included a gospel-inspired rendition on her Slow Dancing with the Moon album in 1993. *Judith Durham - Mona Lisas (1996) *Anne Murray - What a Wonderful World (1999) *Mary Mary, for the 2002 film Stuart Little 2 *KC & The Sunshine Band on 'Feeling You! The 60's' (2015) *Darren Criss, Jeremy Jordan, Carlos Valdes, and John Barrowman perform the song during "Duet", the musical crossover episode between the series The Flash and Supergirl (2017) *Leonard Nimoy, on his 1974 album Outer Space/Inner Mind *Bright Light Bright Light included a duet, performed with Nerina Pallot, on his 2017 EP Cinematography III (2017).