Put Your Hand in the Hand - Wikipedia Put Your Hand in the Hand This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2016 ) `` Put Your Hand in the Hand '' Single by Ocean from the album Put Your Hand in the Hand B - side `` Tear Down the Fences '' Released March 1971 Recorded 1970 Genre Pop, gospel Length 2 : 52 -- Single Edit 3 : 53 -- Album Cut Label Kama Sutra Songwriter ( s ) Gene MacLellan Producer ( s ) Greg Brown, Ocean Ocean singles chronology `` Put Your Hand in the Hand '' ( 1971 ) `` Deep Enough for Me '' ( 1970 ) `` Put Your Hand in the Hand '' ( 1970 ) `` Deep Enough for Me '' ( 1970 ) `` Put Your Hand in the Hand '' is a gospel pop song composed by Gene MacLellan and first recorded by Canadian singer Anne Murray from her third studio album Honey, Wheat and Laughter. It became a hit single for the Canadian band Ocean, released as the title track to their debut album. The single peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and went on to become 22nd best - seller of 1971. The single version omitted the instrumental, that occurs between the second chorus and the second verse, as well as the repeat of the chorus and the final instrumentalist chorus, that ends without the fade. The song was used in the 2013 film Prisoners. Track listing 7 '' single A1 `` Put Your Hand in the Hand '' -- 2 : 52 A2 `` Tear Down the Fences '' -- 2 : 53 Cover versions The song was also covered in the 1970s by a number of other performers, including Elvis Presley ( who also covered MacLellan 's `` Snowbird '' ), Randy Stonehill, Frankie Laine, Donny Hathaway, Joan Baez, Dutch group Himalaya, the Les Humphries Singers and a German - language version ( `` Ich fand eine Hand '' ) by Cindy & Bert. Bing Crosby recorded the song for his 1972 album Bing ' n ' Basie. Evangelist Garner Ted Armstrong covered the song in a January 1976 episode of Hee Haw. Country singers Sandy Posey, Lynn Anderson and Loretta Lynn, and The Oak Ridge Boys also recorded the song. South African singer Ray Dylan recorded a cover on his album Goeie Ou Country - Op Aanvraag. In a 1991 episode of the sitcom Family Matters titled `` Choir Trouble '', the cast was singing the song in their church as part of their Gospel Fest. After MacLellan 's suicide in 1995, his friend and fellow Atlantic Canadian musician Ron Hynes wrote the song `` Godspeed '' as a tribute, the lyrics for which reference the title of this song. References Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2013 - 06 - 06. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Godspeed ( Ron Hynes ) tabs, videos ''. Wtv-zone.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 05. Anne Murray Studio albums What About Me This Way Is My Way Honey, Wheat and Laughter Straight, Clean and Simple Talk It Over in the Morning Anne Murray / Glen Campbell Annie Danny 's Song Love Song Highly Prized Possession Keeping In Touch Together There 's a Hippo in My Tub Let 's Keep It That Way New Kind of Feeling I 'll Always Love You Somebody 's Waiting Where Do You Go When You Dream The Hottest Night of the Year A Little Good News Heart over Mind Something to Talk About Harmony As I Am You Will Yes I Do Croonin ' Anne Murray What a Wonderful World Country Croonin ' I 'll Be Seeing You Anne Murray Duets : Friends & Legends Christmas albums Christmas Wishes Anne Murray Christmas The Season Will Never Grow Old Best of the Season My Christmas Favorites What a Wonderful Christmas Anne Murray 's Christmas Album Icon : Christmas Compilations Snowbird Country A Country Collection Anne Murray 's Greatest Hits Country Hits Songs of the Heart Love Songs Greatest Hits Volume II From Springhill to the World The Very Best of Anne Murray 15 of the Best Her Greatest Hits and Finest Performances Now & Forever The Best... So Far An Intimate Evening with Anne Murray Ultimate Collection All of Me 10 Great Songs : Inspirational Classics Icon No. 1 singles `` Snowbird '' `` Sing High, Sing Low '' `` A Stranger in My Place '' `` It Takes Time '' `` Talk It Over in the Morning '' `` I Say a Little Prayer / By the Time I Get to Phoenix '' `` Cotton Jenny '' `` Danny 's Song '' `` What About Me '' `` A Love Song '' `` He Thinks I Still Care '' `` Son of a Rotten Gambler '' `` You Wo n't See Me '' `` You Needed Me '' `` I Just Fall in Love Again '' `` Shadows in the Moonlight '' `` Broken Hearted Me '' `` Daydream Believer '' `` Lucky Me '' `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' `` Could I Have This Dance '' `` Blessed Are the Believers '' `` We Do n't Have to Hold Out '' `` It 's All I Can Do '' `` Another Sleepless Night '' `` Hey ! Baby '' `` Somebody 's Always Saying Goodbye '' `` A Little Good News '' `` Just Another Woman in Love '' `` Nobody Loves Me Like You Do '' ( with Dave Loggins ) `` Time Do n't Run Out on Me '' `` Now and Forever ( You and Me ) '' Other songs `` Thirsty Boots '' `` Put Your Hand in the Hand '' `` Night Owl '' `` Robbie 's Song for Jesus '' `` Everything 's Been Changed '' `` Send a Little Love My Way '' `` Just One Look '' `` Day Tripper '' `` Uproar '' `` Sunday Sunrise '' `` The Call '' `` Golden Oldie '' `` Things '' `` Walk Right Back '' `` That 's Not the Way ( It 's S'posed to Be ) '' `` I Do n't Think I 'm Ready for You '' `` Who 's Leaving Who '' `` Are You Still in Love with Me '' `` Anyone Can Do the Heartbreak '' `` Perfect Strangers '' `` If I Ever Fall in Love Again '' ( with Kenny Rogers ) `` Feed This Fire '' `` Bluebird '' `` I Can See Arkansas '' `` Make Love to Me '' `` The Wayward Wind '' `` Born to Be with You '' `` Over You '' `` That 's What My Love Is For '' `` That 's the Way It Goes '' `` What a Wonderful World '' Related articles Discography Capitol Records `` Tears Are Not Enough '' Book : Anne Murray This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote the song put your hand in the hand
Answer: Gene MacLellan