Make It with You

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{{Infobox song

| name = Make It with You

| image = Make it with you by bread US single (red white).png

| alt = red, white, and black side-A label by Elektra Records

| caption = One of US single pressings

| type = single

| artist = Bread

| album = On the Waters

| B-side = Why Do You Keep Me Waiting

| released = April 1970

| recorded = 1970

| studio =

| genre =

Pop{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bread-where-are-they-now-39927/ |last=Azerrad |first=Michael |date=10 August 1989 |title=Bread: Where Are They Now? |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=26 January 2024}}
soft rock{{cite book|first= Nic |last= Harcourt |year= 2005 |title= Music Lust|chapter= Good Enough To Eat|publisher= Sasquatch Books |location= Seattle |page= 68|isbn=1570614377|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qwQNNY3MX54C}}
easy listening{{cite book|last1=Considine|first1=J.D.|last2=Coleman|first2=Mark|last3=Evans|first3=Paul|last4=McGee|first4=David|chapter=

Bread|editor1-last=DeCurtis|editor1-first=Anthony|editor2-last=Henke|editor2-first=James|editor3-last=George-Warren|editor-first3=Holly|date=1992|title=Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Random House|location=New York|page= 48}}

| length = 3:18

| label = Elektra

| writer = David Gates

| producer = David Gates

| prev_title = Could I

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = It Don't Matter to Me

| next_year = 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.albumlinernotes.com/Bread_-_Retrospective.html |title=Bread - Retrospective |website=Albumlinernotes.com |date=December 11, 1940 |access-date=October 3, 2016}} 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."{{cite magazine|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Record World|date=May 23, 1970|page=1|accessdate=2023-04-28|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-05-23.pdf}}

Personnel

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

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
align="left"\|Chart (1970) !align="left"\|Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book\|first= David \|last= Kent \|author-link= David Kent (historian) \|title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 \|publisher= Australian Chart Book \|location= St Ives, N.S.W. \|year= 1993 \|isbn= 0-646-11917-6}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|7
align="left"\|Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web \|url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4084&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=14j86r4hrb27nnv6eieofuatm0 \|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada \|website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca \|access-date=October 3, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155403/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4084&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=14j86r4hrb27nnv6eieofuatm0 \|archive-date=March 5, 2016 \|url-status=dead }} \| style="text-align:center;"\|2
{{single chart\|Ireland2\|10\|song=Make It with You\|access-date=July 1, 2018}}
New Zealand (Listener)[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=1008#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 9 November 1970] \| style="text-align:center;"\|6
align="left"\|UK{{cite web\|title=officialcharts.com\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14107/bread/\|website=officialcharts.com\|accessdate=February 15, 2023}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|5
align="left"\|U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite book \|title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 \|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|authorlink=Joel Whitburn \|year=2013 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=107}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|1
align="left"\|U.S. Billboard Easy Listening{{cite book \|title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|authorlink=Joel Whitburn \|year=2002 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=39}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|4
align="left"\|U.S. Cashbox Top 100{{Cite web\|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19700815.html\|title = Cash Box Top 100 8/15/70}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|1

class="wikitable sortable"

align="left"|Chart (1970)

!align="left"|Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}

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

align="left"|Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4084&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=14j86r4hrb27nnv6eieofuatm0 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=October 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155403/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4084&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=14j86r4hrb27nnv6eieofuatm0 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

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

{{single chart|Ireland2|10|song=Make It with You|access-date=July 1, 2018}}

New Zealand (Listener)[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=1008#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 9 November 1970]

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

align="left"|UK{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14107/bread/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=February 15, 2023}}

| style="text-align:center;"|5

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=107}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Easy Listening{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=39}}

| style="text-align:center;"|4

align="left"|U.S. Cashbox Top 100{{Cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19700815.html|title = Cash Box Top 100 8/15/70}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
align="left"\|Chart (1970) ! style="text-align:center;"\|Rank
Australia (KMR) \| style="text-align:center;"\|57
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=October 3, 2016 \|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=August 17, 2016 \|url-status=dead }} \| style="text-align:center;"\|24
U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web\|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1970.htm \|title=Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970 \|website=Musicoutfitters.com \|access-date=October 3, 2016}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|13
U.S. Cash Box{{cite web\|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1970YESP.html \|title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1970 \|work=Cashbox Magazine \|access-date=July 7, 2016 }} \| style="text-align:center;"\|22

class="wikitable sortable"

align="left"|Chart (1970)

! style="text-align:center;"|Rank

Australia (KMR)

| style="text-align:center;"|57

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=October 3, 2016 |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=August 17, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| style="text-align:center;"|24

U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1970.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=October 3, 2016}}

| style="text-align:center;"|13

U.S. Cash Box{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1970YESP.html |title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1970 |work=Cashbox Magazine |access-date=July 7, 2016 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|22

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Bread|title=Make It with You|award=Silver|relyear=2004|certyear=2022|id=18003-118-1|access-date=April 19, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Bread|title=Make It with You|award=Gold|relyear=1970|certyear=1970|access-date=April 19, 2022}}

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.Joel Whitburn Top R&B Singles 1942 - 2004 {{ISBN|0-89820-160-8}}
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".