Put a Little Love in Your Heart - wikipedia Put a Little Love in Your Heart `` Put a Little Love in Your Heart '' Single by Jackie DeShannon from the album Put a Little Love in Your Heart B - side `` Always Together '' Released June 1969 Format 7 '' vinyl Recorded 1969 Genre Pop Length 2 : 39 Label Imperial 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 ) `` Trust in Me '' ( 1969 ) `` Put a Little Love in Your Heart '' ( 1969 ) `` Love Will Find a Way '' ( 1969 ) `` 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 charts. 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 ''. Contents 1 Charts 2 Annie Lennox and Al Green version 2.1 Personnel 2.2 Charts 2.2. 1 Weekly charts 2.2. 2 Year - end charts 3 Other versions 4 References 5 External links Charts Chart ( 1968 -- 1969 ) Peak position Canadian Singles Chart 12 South African Singles Chart US Billboard Hot 100 Chart US Billboard Adult Contemporary Annie Lennox and Al Green version `` Put a Little Love in Your Heart '' US edition Single by Annie Lennox and Al Green from the album Scrooged B - side `` A Great Big Piece of Love '' by The Spheres of Celestial Influence Released 1988 Recorded 1988 Genre Pop Label A&M Records Songwriter ( s ) Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers Producer ( s ) David A. Stewart Annie Lennox singles chronology `` Put a Little Love in Your Heart '' ( 1988 ) Put a Little Love in Your Heart1988 `` Why '' ( 1992 ) Why 1992 Al Green singles chronology `` Everything 's Gonna Be Alright '' ( 1987 ) Everything 's Gonna Be Alright1987 `` Put a Little Love in Your Heart '' ( 1988 ) Put a Little Love in Your Heart1988 `` As Long as We 're Together '' ( 1989 ) As Long as We 're Together1989 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. 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 German Singles Chart 20 Irish Singles Chart 30 Swiss Singles Chart 11 UK Singles Chart 28 US Billboard Hot 100 9 Year - end charts Chart ( 1989 ) Position Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 51 Other versions This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2013 ) 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 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. 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, Pröva lite kärlek nå'n gång with lyrics by the wellknown 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 ) 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 's version was featured in the 2002 film Stuart Little 2. 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. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 2001. Record Research. p. 77. Jump up ^ Brennan, Steve ( June 11, 2015 ). `` 15 Best Songs From ' 80s Movies ( Besides `` The Power of Love '' ) ``. browardpalmbeach.com. Retrieved November 15, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989 ''. RPM. December 23, 1999. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017. Jump up ^ British Hit Singles, 12th edition, Guinness Jump up ^ `` Hollywood Flashback : When Bill Murray Played a Sleazy Lounge Singer on ' Saturday Night Live ' ''. hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved November 15, 2017. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) External links Put A Little Love In Your Heart lyrics at Dolly Parton On - Line Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Annie Lennox Studio albums Diva Medusa Bare Songs of Mass Destruction A Christmas Cornucopia Nostalgia Compilations The Annie Lennox Collection Singles `` Put a Little Love in Your Heart '' `` Why '' `` Precious '' `` Walking on Broken Glass '' `` Cold '' `` Little Bird '' `` Love Song for a Vampire '' `` No More `` I Love You 's '' '' `` A Whiter Shade of Pale '' `` Waiting in Vain '' `` Something So Right '' `` Pavement Cracks '' `` Into the West '' `` A Thousand Beautiful Things '' `` Wonderful '' `` Dark Road '' `` Sing '' `` Many Rivers to Cross '' `` Shining Light '' `` Pattern of My Life '' `` Full Steam '' ( with David Gray ) `` Universal Child '' `` God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen '' `` The Holly and the Ivy '' `` I Put A Spell On You '' `` Summertime '' Other songs `` Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye '' `` Step by Step '' `` Angel ' 97 '' Related articles Discography Eurythmics The Tourists Al Green Studio albums Initial R&B albums Back Up Train Green Is Blues Al Green Gets Next to You Let 's Stay Together I 'm Still in Love with You Call Me Livin ' for You Al Green Explores Your Mind Al Green Is Love Full of Fire Have a Good Time The Belle Album Truth n ' Time Gospel albums The Lord Will Make a Way Higher Plane Precious Lord I 'll Rise Again Trust in God He Is the Light Soul Survivor I Get Joy From My Soul Love Is Reality Do n't Look Back Later secular albums Your Heart 's in Good Hands I Ca n't Stop Everything 's OK Lay It Down Other albums Al Green 's Greatest Hits Al Green 's Greatest Hits, Volume II Cream of Al Green Tokyo Live The Christmas Album White Christmas Hi Life : The Best of Al Green Al Greatest Hits More Greatest Hits Greatest Gospel Hits Take Me to the River Feels Like Christmas L-O-V-E : The Essential Al Green The Love Songs Collection Absolute Best The Definitive Greatest Hits What Makes the World Go ' Round ? Singles `` Tired of Being Alone '' `` Let 's Stay Together '' `` Look What You Done for Me '' `` I 'm Still in Love with You '' `` You Ought to Be with Me '' `` Call Me ( Come Back Home ) '' `` Here I Am ( Come and Take Me ) '' `` Livin ' for You '' `` Let 's Get Married '' `` Sha - La - La ( Make Me Happy ) '' `` L-O-V-E ( Love ) '' `` Full of Fire '' `` Love and Happiness '' `` Put a Little Love in Your Heart '' ( with Annie Lennox ) `` Love Is a Beautiful Thing '' `` Keep On Pushing Love '' Related articles Discography Book : Al Green Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Put_a_Little_Love_in_Your_Heart&oldid=839097519 '' Categories : 1968 singles 1988 singles Songs written by Jackie DeShannon Songs written by Jimmy Holiday Jackie DeShannon songs Annie Lennox songs Al Green songs Susan Raye songs The Dave Clark Five songs Andy Williams songs 1968 songs Imperial Records singles A&M Records singles Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from November 2017 Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles needing additional references from November 2013 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 1 May 2018, at 07 : 02. 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Question: put a little love in your heart composer
Answer: Jackie DeShannon, who composed it with her brother, Randy Myers, and Jimmy Holiday