Try a Little Kindness (song) explained

Try a Little Kindness
Type:single
Artist:Glen Campbell
Album:Try a Little Kindness
B-Side:Lonely My Lonely Friend
Released:October 1969
Recorded:March/April 1969
Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California, and United . Recording Studio, Hollywood, California
Genre:Country, easy listening
Length:2:23
Label:Capitol 2659
Producer:Al DeLory
Prev Title:True Grit
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:Honey Come Back
Next Year:1970

"Try a Little Kindness" is a song written by Curt Sapaugh and Bobby Austin, first recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. The song was a hit on three different music charts: it peaked at number two for one week on the country charts,[1] went to number one for one week on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart, and peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
Australian Go-Set Chart10[3]
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Top Singles5
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary1
New Zealand Singles Chart4
U.K. Singles Chart45
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening1

Other notable recordings

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 66.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 44.
  3. Web site: Go-Set Australian charts - 3 January 1970 . Poparchives.com.au . 1970-01-03 . 2016-10-02.