Try a Little Kindness ( song ) - Wikipedia Try a Little Kindness ( song ) `` Try a Little Kindness '' Single by Glen Campbell from the album Try a Little Kindness B - side `` Lonely My Lonely Friend '' Released October 1969 Recorded March / April 1969 Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California, and United. Recording Studio, Hollywood, California Genre Country, easy listening Length 2 : 23 Label Capitol 2659 Songwriter ( s ) Curt Sapaugh Bobby Austin Producer ( s ) Al DeLory Glen Campbell singles chronology `` True Grit '' ( 1969 ) `` Try a Little Kindness '' ( 1969 ) `` Honey Come Back '' ( 1970 ) `` True Grit '' ( 1969 ) `` Try a Little Kindness '' ( 1969 ) `` Honey Come Back '' ( 1970 ) `` Try a Little Kindness '' is a song written by Curt Sapaugh and Bobby Austin, first recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. The song was hit on three different music charts : it peaked at number two for one week on the country charts. `` Try a Little Kindness '' went to number one for one week on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart as well as peaking at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. Contents 1 Chart performance 2 Other notable recordings 3 References 4 External links Chart performance Chart ( 1969 ) Peak position Australian Go - Set Chart 10 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary New Zealand Singles Chart U.K. Singles Chart 45 US Billboard Hot 100 23 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) U.S. Billboard Easy Listening Other notable recordings 1969 : The Wilburn Brothers -- album : Little Johnny From Down the Street 1969 : Wanda Jackson -- album : Country 1970 : Jack Greene -- album : Lord is That Me 1970 : Ginette Reno -- album : Beautiful Second Hand Man 1970 : Lynn Anderson -- album : I 'm Alright 1971 : Kitty Wells -- album : Pledging My Love 1971 : The Oak Ridge Boys -- album : `` Talk About the Good Times '' 1972 : Frances Yip ( 葉麗儀 ) -- album : Frances Yip Golden Hits 1996 : The Whites -- album : Give A Little Back 2006 : Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press -- album : Try a Little Kindness References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 66. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 44. Jump up ^ `` Go - Set Australian charts - 3 January 1970 ''. Poparchives.com.au. 1970 - 01 - 03. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Glen Campbell Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Glen Campbell Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Glen Campbell Studio albums Big Bluegrass Special Too Late to Worry -- Too Blue to Cry The Astounding 12 - String Guitar of Glen Campbell The Big Bad Rock Guitar of Glen Campbell Burning Bridges Gentle on My Mind By the Time I Get to Phoenix Hey Little One A New Place in the Sun Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell That Christmas Feeling Wichita Lineman Galveston True Grit Try a Little Kindness Oh Happy Day Norwood The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album The Last Time I Saw Her Anne Murray / Glen Campbell The Artistry of Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell I Knew Jesus ( Before He Was a Star ) I Remember Hank Williams Houston ( I 'm Comin ' to See You ) Reunion : The Songs of Jimmy Webb Ernie Sings & Glen Picks Rhinestone Cowboy Bloodline Southern Nights Basic Highwayman Somethin ' ' Bout You Baby I Like It 's the World Gone Crazy Old Home Town Letter to Home No More Night It 's Just a Matter of Time Still Within the Sound of My Voice Light Years Favorite Hymns Walkin ' in the Sun Unconditional Love Show Me Your Way Rock - A-Doodle Wings of Victory Somebody Like That Home for the Holidays The Boy in Me Christmas with Glen Campbell A Glen Campbell Christmas My Hits and Love Songs Love Is the Answer : 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love Meet Glen Campbell Ghost on the Canvas See You There I 'll Be Me soundtrack Adiós Live albums Glen Campbell Live Live in Japan Live at the Royal Festival Hall Glen Campbell Live Glen Campbell Live ! His Greatest Hits Glen Campbell in Concert with the South Dakota Symphony Through the Years Live - Ultimate Collection Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb : In Session Compilations Country Shindig The 12 String Guitar of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Plays 12 String Guitar Portrait Country Soul Country Music Star No. 1 The Glen Campbell Album Limited Collector 's Edition A Satisfied Mind Glen Campbell 's Greatest Hits Gentle on My Mind The Good Time Songs of Glen Campbell I 'll Paint You a Song Arkansas The Best of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell 's Twenty Golden Greats The Great Hits of Glen Campbell The Glen Campbell Collection All I Have to Do Is Dream The Very Best of Glen Campbell Presents His Hits in Concert Classics Collection Greatest Country Hits Best of the Early Years Merry Christmas All - Time Greatest Hits The Essential Glen Campbell Volume One The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Two The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Three Jesus and Me : The Collection Home at Last The Glen Campbell Collection ( 1962 -- 1989 ) Gentle on My Mind The Capitol Years 65 / 77 Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974 -- 1988 Love Songs Glen Campbell Christmas Super Hits 20 Greatest Hits Rhinestone Cowboy / Bloodline The Lambert & Potter Sessions 1975 -- 1976 Southern Nights / Basic All the Best The Legacy ( 1961 -- 2002 ) Rhinestone Cowboy ( New Studio Recordings ) Glen Campbell Collection Rhinestone Cowboy Live, on the Air & in the Studio Sings the Best of Jimmy Webb 1967 -- 1992 The Platinum Collection Classic Campbell Words and Music Greatest Hits Singles `` Turn Around, Look at Me '' `` Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry '' `` Long Black Limousine '' `` Guess I 'm Dumb '' `` Universal Soldier '' `` Gentle on My Mind '' `` By the Time I Get to Phoenix '' `` Hey Little One '' `` I Wanna Live '' `` Dreams of the Everyday Housewife '' `` Wichita Lineman '' `` Let It Be Me '' ( with Bobbie Gentry ) `` Galveston '' `` Where 's the Playground Susie '' `` True Grit '' `` Try a Little Kindness '' `` Honey Come Back '' `` All I Have to Do Is Dream '' ( with Bobbie Gentry ) `` Oh Happy Day '' `` Everything a Man Could Ever Need '' `` It 's Only Make Believe '' `` Dream Baby ( How Long Must I Dream ) '' `` The Last Time I Saw Her '' `` I Say a Little Prayer '' `` Oklahoma Sunday Morning '' `` Manhattan, Kansas '' `` Bonaparte 's Retreat '' `` Rhinestone Cowboy '' `` Country Boy ( You Got Your Feet in L.A. ) '' `` Do n't Pull Your Love / Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye '' `` Southern Nights '' `` Sunflower '' `` I Love How You Love Me '' `` Faithless Love '' `` A Lady Like You '' `` It 's Just a Matter of Time '' `` The Hand That Rocks the Cradle '' ( with Steve Wariner ) `` Still Within the Sound of My Voice '' `` I Remember You '' `` I Have You '' `` She 's Gone, Gone, Gone '' `` I 'm Not Gonna Miss You '' Related articles Discography Collaborative discography Videos The Wrecking Crew The Beach Boys Glen Campbell : I 'll Be Me The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Ashley Campbell Lynn Anderson Studio albums Ride, Ride, Ride Songs That Made Country Girls Famous Rose Garden You 're My Man How Can I Unlove You Cry Listen to a Country Song Keep Me in Mind Top of the World Smile for Me What a Man My Man Is I 've Never Loved Anyone More All the King 's Horses Wrap Your Love All Around Your Man I Love What Love Is Doing to Me / He Ai n't You From the Inside Outlaw Is Just a State of Mind Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Back What She Does Best Cowboy 's Sweetheart The Bluegrass Sessions Holiday albums The Christmas Album Home for the Holidays Live albums Live at Billy Bob 's Texas Compilations The World of Lynn Anderson Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Singles `` If I Kiss You '' `` Promises, Promises '' `` Big Girls Do n't Cry '' `` I 've Been Everywhere '' `` Rocky Top '' `` Rose Garden '' `` It Was n't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels '' `` You 're My Man '' `` How Can I Unlove You '' `` Cry '' `` Listen to a Country Song '' `` Fool Me '' `` Keep Me in Mind '' `` Top of the World '' `` Talkin ' to the Wall '' `` What a Man My Man Is '' `` Paradise '' `` Wrap Your Love All Around Your Man '' `` I Love How You Love Me '' `` Sea of Heartbreak '' `` You 're Welcome to Tonight '' `` Under the Boardwalk '' Related articles Discography This 1960s country song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote the song try a little kindness
Answer: Curt Sapaugh