 | Have a Little Faith in MeJohn Hiatt |
Writer(s): John Hiatt (see lyrics here) Released: 5/29/1987 (album cut on Bring the Family) First Charted: -- Peak: 37 CO, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 13.30 video, 80.10 streaming |
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About the Song:“For years, John Hiatt was in a category of his own. His own record company didn’t know where to place him. He is undoubtedly under Americana’s broad banner, but would you say he was country, blues or new wave? No matter where you peg Hiatt, he has produced noteworthy music throughout his career.” AU The singer/songwriter was born in 1952 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He went to Nashville in 1972 and became a staff songwriter, crafting songs covered by Feddy Fender, Willie Nelson, Three Dog Night, and others. He released his first album, Hangin’ Around the Observatory, in 1974 but didn’t find any chart success on the Billboard album chart until more than a decade later with 1987’s Bring the Family, which blogger Lary Glickman called “a country-rock masterpiece.” GO It featured a stellar lineup of guitarist Ry Cooder, bassist Nick Lowe, and drummer Jim Keltner. The four later reformed in 1992 as the group Little Village. The album produced Hiatt’s first mainstream rock hit with “Thank You Girl.” It also had “Thing Called Love,” which was a #11 mainstream rock hit for Bonnie Raitt in 1989. In 1994, the song “Alone in the Dark” was featured in the 1994 James Cameron movie True Lies. It was “Have a Little Faith in Me,” however, that became the album’s most memorable song. It has been recorded by multiple artists, including Jon Bon Jovi, Joe Cocker, Bill Frisell, Jewel, Chaka Khan, Delbert McClinton, Mandy Moore, and Dolly Parton. It has been featured in multiple movies, including Look Who’s Talking Now (1993), Benny & Joon (1993), Phenomenon (1996), and more. Hiatt wrote the song after sobering up from drugs and alcohol. While trying to record it, he learned his estranged wife had committed suicide. WK Producer John Chelew encouraged Hiatt to sit down at the piano and run through a quick version of the song to let everyone hear it fresh. Chelew taped the performance, unbeknownst to Hiatt, and it ended up the version on the album. GO “Hiatt whispers, then sings in falsetto. He strains to share passion and emotion. The lyrics are not groundbreaking, but they tell a truth. He is singing to us. He is singing for us.” GO “The simplicity of the lyrics and the arrangement let the song breathe in the way it should.” AU Resources:
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First posted 11/21/2025. |
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