Put a Little Love in Your Heart

song written and composed by Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday and Randy Myers, originally recorded by Jackie DeShannon in 1969

"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" is a 1969 song by Jackie DeShannon and is the title track from her LP Put a Little Love in Your Heart. It topped the single charts in South Africa.

"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"
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)

Annie Lennox and Al Green version

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"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
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
Released1988
Recorded1988
GenrePop
Length3:48
LabelA&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)

In 1988, it was covered by Annie Lennox and Al Green for the 1988 movie Scrooged. It went to number 2 in Canada, number 4 in Austria, number 6 in Australia, number 7 in New Zealand and number 9 in the United States.