Make It with You

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 number one, their only single to do so; it also reached #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.

• David Gates - lead & harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, strings
• Mike Botts - drums[2]

Many artists have recorded cover versions of "Make It with You." Among the most notable is:

• In 1971, a cover was included on Aretha Franklin's, Aretha Live at Fillmore West LP.
• Ralfi Pagan's Latin-soul version which reached number 32 on the Billboard R&B chart in the summer of 1971.[11] Later on, this version was featured on the seventh East Side Story compilation.
• Cilla Black covered the song on her 1971 album Images.
• In 1992, The Pasadenas released a cover of the song as single, from their album Yours Sincerely.
• In the Philippines, it was covered by Martin Nievera from his album Forever Forever in 1999.
• It was also covered by Filipino indie folk/folk pop band, Ben&Ben in 2020 and used as a theme song in a TV Series of the same title.
• Dusty Springfield covered the song in 1971 for a planned album called "Faithful" which was to be released in the autumn of 1971 but was shelved due to two singles making no impact in the charts, however 44 years later "Faithful" was released.

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1970 (U.S.)

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics