Normally, you wouldn't associate "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" with the Christmas season, but it was included on the soundtrack of the Bill Murray comedy, "Scrooged", in 1988, more than 20 years after Jackie DeShannon had originally charted with "Love".
Rev. Al Green came out of chart retirement to team with Annie Lennox of Eurythmics to send "Love" racing back up the charts. It marked the first single for Lennox without regular partner Dave Stewart, and propelled her into a successful solo career in the 90's.
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I remember this (and "Scrooged") and it was a pretty good remake. Annie Lennox was the perfect singer to take on the song, and Al Green was a bonus voice.
The video got a ton of airplay on MTV back in the day, and if anyone hadn't heard of Al Green before this, they certainly went looking for his old records after.
I remember people paying attention to Green when Tina Turner rerecorded his song, "Let's Get Together". I'm more likely to hear HIS version of the song rather than hers on the radio however. They both sound sound great - although I think Green's version is just a bit ahead.
Green's version of "Let's Stay Together" is and always has been the more definitive version. Sadly, Green failed to chart again after "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" ran its course.
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