Written by lead singer David Gates and released in June 1970, the song climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending August 22, 1970. It stayed at No. 1 for one week, but its impact lasted far longer. Fifty-six years later, the track continues to be one of the best-known songs from the soft rock era.
Billboard later ranked the song as the No. 13 song of 1970. It also earned a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America after selling more than one million copies in the United States.
Bread band posed for a photo in 1970.Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Although Bread placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1970 and 1977 and scored six Top 10 hits, "Make It with You" remained the band's only chart-topper.
Bread's Signature Soft Rock Classic
David Gates wrote the song and recorded nearly all of the instruments heard on the track. According to the recording credits, Gates handled lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, and strings.
The lyrics used gentle language and soft melodies to deliver a romantic message that listeners quickly connected with.
"And if you're wondering what this song is leading toI want to make it with you"
The record's smooth sound also helped define the growing soft rock movement of the early 1970s, placing Bread alongside artists who dominated FM radio during the decade, according to American Songwriter.
The band, led by Gates alongside Jimmy Griffin and Robb Royer, had struggled to gain attention with its 1969 debut album. The breakthrough single changed that quickly and turned Bread into a major name in popular music.
Still, none of the group's later releases matched the chart achievement of "Make It with You."
Among the most notable was Aretha Franklin's version, which appeared on her 1971 live album Aretha Live at Fillmore West. Other artists who later recorded the song included Claudine Longet, Ralfi Pagan, the Pasadenas, Let Loose, and Filipino folk-pop band Ben&Ben, whose version became the theme for the television series of the same name.
When the singer returned to his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, after the record reached No. 1, his mother celebrated the achievement but misunderstood the title of the song, per Songfacts.
For a band that produced a long list of radio favorites, "Make It with You" remains the one that reached the summit first and the only one that ever did.
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