“Make It with You” | ||||
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Single by Bread | ||||
from the album On the Waters | ||||
B-side | “Why Do You Keep Me Waiting” | |||
Released | June 1970 | |||
Format | 7″ 45 RPM | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | 3:18 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Songwriter(s) | David Gates | |||
Producer(s) | David Gates | |||
Bread singles chronology | ||||
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“Make It with You” is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by the pop–rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member. Only Gates and drummer Mike Botts appear on the song and the song was a #1 hit.
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 number one, their only single to do so; it also reached #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.
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