Could You Put Your Light On, Please

"Could You Put Your Light On, Please"
Single by Harry Chapin
from the album Heads & Tales
B-side "Mono"
Released March 1972
Recorded 1972
Genre Folk rock
Length 3:38
Label Elektra Records
Songwriter(s) Harry Chapin
Producer(s) Fred Kewley
Harry Chapin singles chronology
"Taxi"
(1972)
"Could You Put Your Light On, Please"
(1972)
"Sunday Morning Sunshine"
(1972)

"Taxi"
(1972)
"Could You Put Your Light On, Please"
(1972)
"Sunday Morning Sunshine"
(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]

Different Versions

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.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1972–73) Peak
position
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [2] 81

Other Uses

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.[3]

References

  1. "Harry Chapin Wiki".
  2. "Cashbox, 1970-1979" (PDF).
  3. "Harry Chapin Wiki".
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