In describing his inspiration for the lyric, Mercer told the Pop Chronicles radio documentary "[my] publicity agent ... went to hear Father Divine and he had a sermon and his subject was 'you got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.'
[5] On March 25, 2015, it was announced that Mercer's version would be inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry for the song's "cultural, artistic and/or historical significance to American society and the nation’s audio legacy".
John Boutte of New Orleans also released a version of this song on his 2008 album Good Neighbor.
[7] Kelly Hogan sings a version on Jon Rauhouse's Steel Guitar Air Show (2002).
[citation needed] The song has been used for many years as the theme for the Christian children's television program Faithville, in a version by the Spitfire Band.
This version was used as the soundtrack for the animated children's cartoon music video released in October 2012.
[9] Jools Holland covered this on his 2012 album The Golden Age Of Song with Rumer on vocals.
The British swing girl group The Puppini Sisters recorded and covered the song for their 5th studio album, The High Life.