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"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] "Try a Little Kindness" went to number one for one week on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart as well as peaking at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

"Try a Little Kindness"
Single by Glen Campbell
from the 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
Songwriter(s)	Curt Sapaugh Bobby Austin
Producer(s)	Al DeLory
Glen Campbell singles chronology
"True Grit" (1969) "Try a Little Kindness" (1969) "Honey Come Back" (1970)

Chart performance

Chart (1969)	Peak position
Australian Go-Set Chart	10[3]
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	5
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary	1
New Zealand Singles Chart	4
U.K. Singles Chart	45
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	23
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	2
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	1

Other notable recordings

• 1969: The Wilburn Brothers – album: Little Johnny From Down the Street
• 1969: Wanda Jackson – album: Country
• 1970: Jack Greene – album: Lord is That Me
• 1970: Ginette Reno – album: Beautiful Second Hand Man
• 1970: Lynn Anderson – album: I'm Alright
• 1971: Kitty Wells – album: Pledging My Love
• 1971: The Oak Ridge Boys – album: "Talk About the Good Times"
• 1972: Frances Yip (葉麗儀) – album: Frances Yip Golden Hits
• 1996: The Whites – album: Give A Little Back
• 2006: Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press – album: Try a Little Kindness

References

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