| Could You Put Your Light On, Please | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Harry Chapin |
| Album: | Heads & Tales |
| B-Side: | Mono |
| Released: | March 1972 |
| Recorded: | 1972 |
| Genre: | Folk rock |
| Length: | 3:38 |
| Label: | Elektra Records |
| Producer: | Fred Kewley |
| Prev Title: | Taxi |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | Sunday Morning Sunshine |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
"Could You Put Your Light On, Please" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his 1972 album, Heads & Tales. It has also been included on numerous posthumous compilation albums.[1]
Record World called it "a flowing, folky ballad with an interesting interlude, and a fine wedding of melody, lyrics and production."[2]
In 2004, a double album called Heads & Tales/Sniper and Other Love Songs was released. It features the full albums with some unreleased tracks. This song was included and showed an unreleased version.
In 1973, Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops released an orchestral cover of this song. This was anthologized on the 2007 release Arthur Fiedler Legacy: From Fabulous Broadway to Hollywood's Reel Thing on the Deutsche Grammophon label.[4]