Put a Little Love in Your Heart

"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
side-A label
One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by Jackie DeShannon
from the album Put a Little Love in Your Heart
B-side"Always Together"
ReleasedJune 1969
Recorded1969
GenrePop
Length2:39
LabelImperial Records
Songwriter(s)Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers
Producer(s)VME
Jackie DeShannon singles chronology
"Trust in Me"
(1969)
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
(1969)
"Love Will Find a Way"
(1969)
Official audio
"Put A Little Love In Your Heart" on YouTube

"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.[1] In late 1969, the song reached number 1 on South Africa's hit parade. The song rivalled the success of her signature song, "What the World Needs Now Is Love".

In 1988, Annie Lennox and Al Green released a cover version of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" which reached number 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 77.