It Don't Matter to Me

{{short description|1970 song performed by Bread}}

{{Infobox song

| name = It Don't Matter to Me

| cover = It_Don't_Matter_to_Me.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Bread

| album = Bread

| B-side = Call on Me

| released = September 1970

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Soft rock

| length = 2:51

| label = Elektra

| writer = David Gates

| producer = David Gates

| prev_title = Make It with You

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = Let Your Love Go

| next_year = 1970

}}

"It Don't Matter to Me" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by the pop-rock group the Cryan Shames in 1965.later recorded by Bread, of which Gates was a member. It was a Top 10 hit in the U.S. and Canada. In the U.S., it reached No.10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.7 on the Cash Box Top 100. In Canada, "It Doesn't Matter to Me" spent two weeks at No.6, and is ranked as the 81st biggest hit of 1970.

Record World said that it "sounds like another big one for Bread and their gentle sound."{{cite magazine|title=Single Picks of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=September 26, 1970|page=1|accessdate=2023-04-25|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-09-26.pdf}}

"It Don't Matter to Me" was included on the group's 1969 debut LP rather than their second album from which the previous single, "Make It with You", was taken. The 1970 single release was a new version, different from the 1969 album cut.

Chart performance

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=Weekly charts=

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Chart (1970)

! Peak
position

Australia KMR

| style="text-align:center;"|29

Canada RPM Top Singles {{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3717&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3717.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3717 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date=17 July 2013 |access-date=2016-10-03}}

| style="text-align:center;"|6

New Zealand (Listener)[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=1008#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 22 February 1971]

| style="text-align:center;"|19

US Billboard Hot 100

| style="text-align:center;"|10

US Billboard Easy Listening{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1970-11-21 |title=Adult Contemporary Music Chart |publisher=Billboard |date=1970-11-21 |access-date=2016-10-03}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2

US Cash Box Top 100{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19701114.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 14, 1970 |access-date=March 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608155454/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19701114.html |archive-date=June 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

| style="text-align:center;"|7

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable"
Chart (1970)

! Rank

Canada{{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3740&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=14j86r4hrb27nnv6eieofuatm0 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=2016-10-03 |archive-url=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 |archive-date=2016-08-17 |url-status=dead }}

| style="text-align:center;"|81

US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual){{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}

| style="text-align:center;"|96

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