Try a Little Kindness (song)

"Try a Little Kindness"
"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
Songwriters	Curt Sapaugh; Bobby Austin
Producer	Al DeLory
Glen Campbell singles chronology

B-side"Lonely My Lonely Friend"

ReleasedOctober 1969

RecordedMarch/April 1969

Studio

Capitol (Hollywood, California)
United (Hollywood, California)

"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]

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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 (Listener) ^[4]	4
U.K. Singles Chart	45
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	23
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	2
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	1

v t e Glen Campbell
Studio albums	Big Bluegrass Special Too Late to Worry – Too Blue to Cry The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell The Big Bad Rock Guitar of Glen Campbell Burning Bridges Gentle on My Mind By the Time I Get to Phoenix Hey Little One A New Place in the Sun Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell That Christmas Feeling Wichita Lineman Galveston True Grit Try a Little Kindness Oh Happy Day Norwood The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album The Last Time I Saw Her Anne Murray / Glen Campbell The Artistry of Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star) I Remember Hank Williams Houston (I'm Comin' to See You) Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb Ernie Sings & Glen Picks Rhinestone Cowboy Bloodline Southern Nights Basic Highwayman Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like It's the World Gone Crazy Old Home Town Letter to Home No More Night It's Just a Matter of Time Still Within the Sound of My Voice Light Years Favorite Hymns Walkin' in the Sun Unconditional Love Show Me Your Way Rock-A-Doodle Wings of Victory Somebody Like That Home for the Holidays The Boy in Me Christmas with Glen Campbell A Glen Campbell Christmas My Hits and Love Songs Meet Glen Campbell Ghost on the Canvas See You There I'll Be Me Adiós
Live albums	Glen Campbell Live Live in Japan Live at the Royal Festival Hall Glen Campbell Live Glen Campbell Live! His Greatest Hits Glen Campbell in Concert with the South Dakota Symphony Through the Years Live - Ultimate Collection Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session
Compilations	The 12 String Guitar of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Plays 12 String Guitar Portrait Country Soul Country Music Star No. 1 The Glen Campbell Album Limited Collector's Edition A Satisfied Mind Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits Gentle on My Mind The Good Time Songs of Glen Campbell I'll Paint You a Song Arkansas The Best of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell's Twenty Golden Greats The Great Hits of Glen Campbell The Glen Campbell Collection The Very Best of Glen Campbell Classics Collection Greatest Country Hits Best of the Early Years Merry Christmas All-Time Greatest Hits The Essential Glen Campbell Volume One The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Two The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Three Jesus and Me: The Collection Home at Last The Glen Campbell Collection (1962–1989) Gentle on My Mind The Capitol Years 65/77 Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988 Love Songs Glen Campbell Christmas Super Hits 20 Greatest Hits Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodline The Lambert & Potter Sessions 1975–1976 All the Best The Legacy (1961–2002) Rhinestone Cowboy (New Studio Recordings) Glen Campbell Collection Rhinestone Cowboy Live, on the Air & in the Studio Sings the Best of Jimmy Webb 1967–1992 The Platinum Collection Classic Campbell Words and Music Greatest Hits
Singles	"Turn Around, Look at Me" "Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry" "Long Black Limousine" "Guess I'm Dumb" "Universal Soldier" "Burning Bridges" "Gentle on My Mind" "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" "Hey Little One" "I Wanna Live" "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" "Wichita Lineman" "Let It Be Me" (with Bobbie Gentry) "Galveston" "Where's the Playground Susie" "True Grit" "Try a Little Kindness" "Honey Come Back" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (with Bobbie Gentry) "Oh Happy Day" "Everything a Man Could Ever Need" "It's Only Make Believe" "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" "The Last Time I Saw Her" "I Say a Little Prayer" "Oklahoma Sunday Morning" "Manhattan, Kansas" "Bonaparte's Retreat" "Rhinestone Cowboy" "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" "Don't Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" "Southern Nights" "Sunflower" "Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like" (with Rita Coolidge) "I Love How You Love Me" "Faithless Love" "A Lady Like You" "It's Just a Matter of Time" "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (with Steve Wariner) "Still Within the Sound of My Voice" "I Remember You" "I Have You" "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
Related articles	Discography Collaborative discography Videos Goodbye Tour The Wrecking Crew The Beach Boys Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me soundtrack The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Ashley Campbell

v t e Lynn Anderson
Albums Singles Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Ride, Ride, Ride Promises, Promises Big Girls Don't Cry With Love, from Lynn At Home with Lynn Songs That Made Country Girls Famous Uptown Country Girl Stay There 'Til I Get There No Love at All I'm Alright Rose Garden You're My Man How Can I Unlove You The Christmas Album Cry Listen to a Country Song Keep Me in Mind Top of the World Smile for Me What a Man My Man Is I've Never Loved Anyone More All the King's Horses Wrap Your Love All Around Your Man I Love What Love Is Doing to Me/He Ain't You From the Inside Outlaw Is Just a State of Mind Even Cowgirls Get the Blues The Best of Lynn Anderson: Memories and Desires Back What She Does Best Cowboy's Sweetheart Latest and Greatest Home for the Holidays The Bluegrass Sessions Cowgirl Cowgirl II Bridges
Compilation albums	The Best of Lynn Anderson Songs My Mother Wrote (Lynn Anderson Sings Liz Anderson) Lynn Anderson's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Lynn Anderson with Strings The World of Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson's Greatest Hits Flower of Love It Makes You Happy Lynn Anderson's Greatest Hits, Volume II Encore
Television	Bob Hope television specials The Lawrence Welk Show
Related acts and people	Liz Anderson Ed Bruce Bob Hope Dean Martin Gary Morris Joe South Glenn Sutton Lawrence Welk Mentor Williams

Try a Little Kindness (song)

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