Try a Little Kindness (song)

"Try a Little Kindness"
Swedish release picture sleeve
Single by Glen Campbell
from the album Try a Little Kindness
B-side	"Lonely My Lonely Friend"
Released	October 1969
Recorded	March/April 1969
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood, California) United (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)

"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 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

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 66.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 44.
3. "Go-Set Australian charts - 3 January 1970". Poparchives.com.au. 1970-01-03. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
4. "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
5. "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.