Have a Little Faith in Me

"Have a Little Faith in Me"
Song by John Hiatt from the album Bring the Family
Released	1987 (1987)
Genre	Rock
Length	4:01
Label	A&M
Writer	John Hiatt

"Have a Little Faith in Me" is a song written and performed by John Hiatt that appears on his 1987 album Bring the Family. His version of the song has also appeared on the soundtracks of the movies The Theory of Flight (1998), Look Who’s Talking Now (1993), Benny & Joon (1993), My Best Friends’s Girl (2008) and Love Happens (2009). Live versions were included on 1994’s Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan? and 2005’s Live from Austin, TX. The song has been included in all of his greatest hits collections, including 1998’s The Best of John Hiatt (as a new, rerecorded version) and Greatest Hits - The A&M Years ’87-’94, 2001’s Anthology, 2003’s 20th Century Masters and the 2005 box set Chronicles.

The song has been covered by many artists, many of whom are compiled in the table below.

Mandy Moore version

"Have a Little Faith in Me"
Single by Mandy Moore
from the album Coverage
Released	July 15, 2003
Format	CD single
Recorded	February 2003
Genre	Pop
Length	4:02
Label	Epic Records
Producer	John Fields
Mandy Moore singles chronology
"Cry" (2002) "Have a Little Faith in Me" (2003) "Drop the Pilot" (2003)

Background, release and composition

"Have a Little Faith in Me" is the first single from the fourth studio album from Mandy Moore, Coverage. Moore has publicly admitted the original song to be one of her favorites. In 2004, the label included "Have a Little Faith in Me" in the first compilation of Mandy Moore, The Best of Mandy Moore. Later, in 2007, included the single in the deluxe edition of the second artist compilation album, Super Hits.

The music video for "Have a Little Faith in Me" was directed by Christopher Mills, with whom Moore worked for the first time in the race, the video stream is different from his previous videos, you can see Moore wearing elegant clothes, and other scenes with a common picture, you can also observe that it takes a hair color darker tone that previously used.

"Have a Little Faith in Me" did not have a major impact in the United States, reaching the No. 39 position radial count Pop Songs.

Track listings

• Digital download

1. "Have a Little Faith in Me" - 4:03

Credits and personnel

• Mandy Moore – vocals
• John Hiatt - songwriter
• John Fields - producer, keyboards and guitar

• Dorian Crozier - engineering

Chart

Chart (2003)	Position
U.S (Billboard Top 40 Mainstream)	39

Covers

Year	Singer/Group	Album	Comments
1989	Jo-El Sonnier	Have a Little Faith
1989	Messerschmitt	Bombardiranje New Yorka (Various Artists)	Part of a Yugoslav various artists garage rock compilation record published by Listen Loudest Records
1991	Peter Belli	Yeah	as “Ha’ Lidt Tro Pa Mig”
1992	29 Palms	No Eden
1992	Strawpeople	World Service
1992	Delbert McClinton	Never Been Rocked Enough
1992	Bill Frisell	Have a Little Faith	instrumental version
1994	Joe Cocker	Have a Little Faith	also released as a single, with an edited (shortened) radio version
1995	Chris Farlowe	Lonesome Road
1996	Denise Jannah	Different Colours
1996	Jewel	Music from the Motion Picture Phenomenon
1997	Kenny Rogers	Across My Heart
1999	Bob Malone	Bob Malone
1999	Linda Worster	Different From the Rest
1999	Ilse DeLange	Dear John (Live and Limited)
2000	Chaka Khan	Music from the HBO Film Disappearing Acts
2000	Patty Larkin	Rollin’ into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt	tribute album featuring original covers
2001	Jubilant Sykes	Wait for Me	duet with Jennifer Warnes
2003	Bon Jovi	This Left Feels Right
2003	Benni Chawes	Up Close
2003	Peter Evrard	Rhubarb
2004	Mandy Moore	Coverage
2005	threeleggeddog	threeleggeddog
2005	Melissa Gibson	Under Their Influence
2005	Grant Cook	Live at the Hide-A-Way
2006	Solveig Slettahjell	Pixiedust
2006	George Ozier	A Little Faith
2008	Michael English	The Prodigal Comes Home
2009	Westside Music Ministry	Faithful: Songs of Devotion and Worship
2010	Daniel Evans	No Easy Way
2010	Toccatones	Hits from the Pitch Pipe	a cappella version
2010	Thomas Quasthoff	Tell it Like it is
2011	Ida Sand	The Gospel Truth

Jewel covered it for the 1996 Phenomenon soundtrack. The song is also prominently featured in the television series Dawson's Creek. In the 2011 movie New Year's Eve the song is performed by Jon Bon Jovi in his role of 'Jensen' the rock star. It is covered by a character in the TV show Alias in Season 1, Episode 6, as well.

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics