"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[3] which was a number-one hit.

"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[1]
Recorded	1970
Genre	Soft rock[2]
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)

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 number five 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.

Personnel

• David Gates - lead & harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, strings
• Mike Botts - drums[3]

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12]	Silver	200,000
United States (RIAA)[13]	Gold	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notable cover versions

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

• Ronnie Dyson recorded a version in 1970 for his album (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?.
• The Supremes recorded a version in 1971 that went unreleased for over 30 years.
• In 1971, a cover was included on Aretha Franklin's Aretha Live at Fillmore West LP.
• Ralfi Pagan's Latin-soul version reached number 32 on the Billboard R&B chart in the summer of 1971.[14] Later on, this version was featured on the seventh East Side Story compilation.
• Cilla Black covered the song on her 1971 album Images.
• In 1992, The Pasadenas released a cover of the song as a single from their album Yours Sincerely.
• In the Philippines, it was covered by Martin Nievera from his album Forever Forever in 1999.
• It was also covered in 2007 by Filipino pop singer Christian Bautista from his first live album, Just A Love Song: Christian Bautista Live!.
• It was also covered by Filipino indie folk/folk pop band Ben&Ben in 2020 and used as a theme song in a TV series of the same title.
• Dusty Springfield covered the song in 1971 for a planned album called "Faithful" which was to be released in the autumn of 1971 but was shelved due to two singles making no impact in the charts; however, 44 years later, "Faithful" was released.

See also

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

References

External links

• Bread - Make It with You on YouTube