Make It with You

This article is about the 1970 song. For the Philippine TV series, see Make It with You (TV series). For the Peggy Lee album, see Make It with You (album). For the Queens of the Stone Age song, see Make It wit Chu.

"Make It with You"
One of US single pressings
Single by Bread
from the album On the Waters
B-side	"Why Do You Keep Me Waiting"
Released	April 1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Pop [1] soft rock [2] easy listening [3]
Length	3:18
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	David Gates
Producer(s)	David Gates
Bread singles chronology
"Could I" (1969) "Make It with You" (1970) "It Don't Matter to Me" (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

• David Gates - lead & harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, strings
• Mike Botts - drums ^[4]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1970) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 7 Canada RPM Top Singles [7] 2 Ireland (IRMA) [8] 10 New Zealand ( Listener ) [9] 6 UK [10] 5 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [11] 1 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [12] 4 U.S. Cashbox Top 100 [13] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1970) Rank Australia (KMR) [6] 57 Canada [14] 24 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [15] 13 U.S. Cash Box [16] 22

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [17]	Silver	200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [18]	Gold	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notable cover versions

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

• Ralfi Pagan's Latin-soul version reached No. 32 on the Billboard R&B chart in the summer of 1971. ^[19]
• Let Loose took their version to No. 7 in the UK charts in 1996. It was their third and last top ten hit.
• Claudine Longet's gossamer version from her 1971 album "We've Only Just Begun".

See also

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1970 (U.S.)

References

1. Azerrad, Michael (August 10, 1989). "Bread: Where Are They Now?". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 26, 2024.
2. Harcourt, Nic (2005). "Good Enough To Eat". Music Lust. Seattle: Sasquatch Books. p. 68. ISBN   1570614377.
3. Considine, J.D.; Coleman, Mark; Evans, Paul; McGee, David (1992). "Bread". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Random House. p. 48.
4. "Bread - Retrospective". Albumlinernotes.com. December 11, 1940. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
5. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Record World. May 23, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 . St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
7. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
8. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Make It with You". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
9. Flavour of New Zealand, 9 November 1970
10. "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
11. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 107.
12. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 39.
13. "Cash Box Top 100 8/15/70".
14. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
15. "Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
16. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1970". Cashbox Magazine . Retrieved July 7, 2016.
17. "British single certifications – Bread – Make It with You". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved April 19, 2022.
18. "American single certifications – Bread – Make It with You". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved April 19, 2022.
19. Joel Whitburn Top R&B Singles 1942 - 2004 ISBN   0-89820-160-8

External links

• Bread - Make It with You on YouTube