Make It with You explained

Make It with You
Type:single
Artist:Bread
Album:On the Waters
B-Side:Why Do You Keep Me Waiting
Released:April 1970
Recorded:1970
Genre:
Length:3:18
Label:Elektra
Producer:David Gates
Prev Title:Could I
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:It Don't Matter to Me
Next Year:1970

"Make It with You" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by American pop-rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member. Gates and drummer Mike Botts are the only members of the group to appear on the recording,[4] which was Bread's only No.1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Release

The song first appeared on Bread's 1970 album, On the Waters. Released as a single that June, it was the group's first top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and spent the week of August 22, 1970, at No.1; it also reached No.5 on the UK Singles Chart. Billboard ranked "Make It with You" as the No. 13 song of 1970, and it was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over one million copies.

Record World called it "well-constructed... rock music."[5]

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1970)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 7
Canada RPM Top Singles[7] 2
New Zealand (Listener)[8] 6
UK[9] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 1
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[11] 4
U.S. Cashbox Top 100[12] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1970)Rank
Australia (KMR)57
Canada[13] 24
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 13
U.S. Cash Box[15] 22

Notable cover versions

Many artists have recorded cover versions of "Make It with You". Among the most notable are:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Bread: Where Are They Now? . Azerrad . Michael . 10 August 1989 . . 26 January 2024.
  2. Book: Harcourt, Nic . 2005 . Music Lust. Good Enough To Eat. . Seattle . 68. 1570614377.
  3. Book: Considine. J.D.. Coleman. Mark. Evans. Paul. McGee. David. Bread. DeCurtis. Anthony. Henke. James. George-Warren. Holly. 1992. Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. New York. 48.
  4. Web site: Bread - Retrospective . Albumlinernotes.com . December 11, 1940 . October 3, 2016.
  5. Single Reviews. Record World. May 23, 1970. 1. 2023-04-28.
  6. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . . Australian Chart Book . St Ives, N.S.W. . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.
  7. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155403/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4084&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=14j86r4hrb27nnv6eieofuatm0 . March 5, 2016 . dead .
  8. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=1008#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 9 November 1970
  9. Web site: officialcharts.com. officialcharts.com. February 15, 2023.
  10. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 107.

  11. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 39.

  12. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 8/15/70.
  13. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817041345/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3740&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=14j86r4hrb27nnv6eieofuatm0 . August 17, 2016 . dead .
  14. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970 . Musicoutfitters.com . October 3, 2016.
  15. Web site: Top 100 Year End Charts: 1970 . . July 7, 2016 .
  16. Joel Whitburn Top R&B Singles 1942 - 2004

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