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Put a Little Love in Your Heart
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Wikipedia article
"'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 one on South Africa's hit parade. The song is used in the Gus Van Sant film 'Drugstore Cowboy'.
The song rivalled the success of her signature song, "What the World Needs Now Is Love".
Charts
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. 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
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Other versions
*Susan Raye covered the song on her debut 1969 album, 'One Night Stand'. The song was released as a single and peaked at number 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.'British Hit Singles', 12th edition, Guinness
*Andy Williams - 'Get Together with Andy Williams' (1969)
*David Ruffin formerly of The Temptations recorded a version as well on his sophomore solo album 'Feeling Good' in 1969.
*Siw Malmkvist made a Swedish version in 1970, 'Prva lite krlek n'n gng' 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 recorded their own version 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 version of the song on her 'Slow Dancing with the Moon' album in 1993.
*Judith Durham - 'Mona Lisas' (1996)
*Anne Murray - 'What a Wonderful World' (1999)
*Mary Mary covered the song 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 covered the song on his 1974 album Outer Space/Inner Mind'
*Bright Light Bright Light included a duet version of the song, performed with Nerina Pallot, on his 2017 EP 'Cinematography III' (2017)
References
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