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Make It with You

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Make It with You
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"Make It with You" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by American soft rock band 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.

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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 soft rock music."[5]

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Charts

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Certifications

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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]
  • British R&B group the Pasadenas released their version in 1992 which was a top 20 hit in the UK.[20] It was the second single from their third album Yours Sincerely.
  • British pop group Let Loose took their version to No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart in 1996.[21] It was the second single from their second album Rollercoaster and was their third and last top ten hit.
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