Interestingly, while Bread’s album of the same name wasn’t released until January 1972, the song “Baby I’m-A Want You” was actually released several months earlier, in October of 1971. As a result, the track was already a hit before the album even came out. One of the band’s highest charting singles ever, “Baby I’m-A Want You” peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went all the way to the top of Easy Listening Chart, helping to boost the success of the album “Baby I’m-A Want You” (which also peaked at #3).
"I had written the song on piano, and when we recorded it on piano, it had no life,” he recalled, per Songfacts.
As for that distinct title and chorus, Gates decided to turn “baby I’m gonna want you” into “baby I’m-a want you” while he was trying out different combinations of syllables to see which fit best with the melody. Since “I’m-a” worked for that line, he used it again:
Naturally, “Baby I’m-A Want You” was popular with fans, but it won critics over, too. In fact, at the time of its release, both Cash Box and Record World called the song a “return” to the band’s “original sound.”
In his review of the album for Rolling Stone, David Lubin praised the song "Baby I'm-A Want You" as superior to earlier tunes like "Make It With You" (even if the title puzzled him somewhat).
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Comments on a YouTube performance clip of Bread performing "Baby I'm-A Want You" proved the song is still resonating with listeners, even those who were born decades later.
"30 years old, and if I ever get remarried, would love to hear this at my reception," yet another person commented.
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