"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
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"
Released	June 1969
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)

"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.

Charts

Annie Lennox and Al Green version

"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
Picture sleeve for US vinyl 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
Length	3:48
Label	A&M
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) "Why" (1992)
Al Green singles chronology
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (1987) "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (1988) "As Long as We're Together" (1989)
Official audio
"Put A Little Love In Your Heart" on YouTube

In 1988, Annie Lennox and Al Green recorded a version that was released as the ending theme song to the 1988 film Scrooged.^[3] 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.^[4]

Personnel

• Annie Lennox – vocals
• Al Green – vocals
• Uncredited - background vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Other versions

• Siw Malmkvist, in Swedish Pröva litet kärlek nån gång (1968) on her LP Underbara Siw".
• Susan Raye, on her debut 1969 album, One Night Stand. It was released as a single and peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
• The Dave Clark Five, 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.^[6]
• Andy Williams – Get Together with Andy Williams (1969)
• Cilla Black – Sweet Inspiration (1970)
• The Isley Brothers, on 1972's Brother, Brother, Brother album.
• At the end of Richard Donner's film Scrooged (1988), Bill Murray breaks the fourth wall to lead a sing-along of the song.^[7]
• Leonard Nimoy, on his 1974 album Outer Space/Inner Mind.^[8]
• Bright Light Bright Light included a duet, performed with Nerina Pallot, on his 2017 EP Cinematography III.^[9] (2017)
• Circle Jerks included a hard-core punk version on their 1982 album, Wild in the Streets (Circle Jerks album)^[10]