Put a Little Love in Your Heart

Album: Put a Little Love in Your Heart (1969)
Charted: 4
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  • Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand
    Put a little love in your heart
    You see, it's getting late, oh, please don't hesitate
    Put a little love in your heart

    And the world will be a better place
    And the world will be a better place for you and me
    You just wait and see

    Another day goes by, and still the children cry
    Put a little love in your heart
    If we want the world to know, we won't let hatred grow
    Put a little love in your heart

    And the world will be a better place
    And the world will be a better place for you and me
    You just wait and see, wait and see

    Take a good look around and if you're lookin' down
    Put a little love in your heart
    I hope when you decide kindness will be your guide
    Put a little love in your heart
    And the world will be a better place
    And the world will be a better place for you and me
    You just wait and see
    People now
    Put a little love in your heart
    Each and every day
    Put a little love in your heart
    There's no other other
    Put a little love in your heart
    We ought to
    Put a little love in your heart
    Come on and
    Put a little love in your heart Writer/s: Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Gepi from Canberra, Australia"Think of your fellow man": same tune as
    "How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people?" in "Baby You're A Rich Man" by The Beatles (Magical Mystery Tour" 1967)...
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 12, 1969, Jackie DeShannon performed "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV network Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time the song was at #55 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; seven weeks later it would peak at #4 {for 1 week} and it spent 14 weeks on the Top 100...
    And on August 31st, 1969 it reached #2 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart; the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "A Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash...
    Between 1963 and 1980 she had sixteen records on the Top 100 chart; two made the Top 10, her other Top 10 record was "What The World Needs Now Is Love", it peaked at #7 {for 2 weeks} on July 18th, 1965...
    Ms. DeShannon, born Sharon Lee Myers, will celebrate her 76th birthday come next month on August 21st, 2017.
  • Esskayess from Dallas, TxWhen I heard Mr. Spock "sing" it, my ears were forever maimed.
  • Camille from Toronto, OhHere's the type of song that epitomizes a certain sentiment that several popular tunes from the late 60's & early 70's expressed; similar to "One Tin Soldier", "United We Stand" and "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing". Basically, it says spread the love and goodwill around to all of mankind (womankind, too). While Annie Lennox/Al Green's version was okay, this simple and pure version from Jackie DeShannon is my favorite as it conjurs up all those wonderful memories of a simpler time in life.
  • Anna from Honolulu, HiLeonard Nimoy also did a cover of this song on his album Outer Space/Inner Mind
  • Robin from Birmingham, AlAlso covered by the Isley Brothers on their "Brother, Brother, Brother" album.
  • Pete from Nowra, AustraliaAnnie Lennox and Al Green did a cover
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