"Baby I'm-a Want You" is a song by American

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band

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. The

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was released in October 1971 and became the title track for the album of the same name, released in January 1972. It was one of Bread's highest-charting singles in both the U.S. and the UK. In the U.S., it reached No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in November 1971, the third of Bread's four top-five hits (" Make It with You", No. 1 in 1970; " If", No. 4 earlier in 1971; and "

Everything I Own "Everything I Own" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates. It was originally recorded by Gates's soft rock band Bread for their 1972 album '' Baby I'm-a Want You''. The original reached No. 5 on the American ''Billboard'' ...

", from the same album, No. 5 in 1972). "Baby I'm-a Want You" reached the top of the

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and rose to No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1972. Composed in the key of

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, the song employs the often used I-ii-IV-V chord progression. ''

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'' called it a "powerful

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performance." ''

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'' called it a "soft ballad

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returns Bread to their original sound." ''

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'' said that with this song "Bread returns to its original hit sound" and "the guys should back to the upper chart regions." It was certified as a

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by the

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. As with virtually all of the band's well-known recordings, the song was both written and produced by the band's lead vocalist,

David Gates David Ashworth Gates (born December 11, 1940) is a retired American singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician and producer, frontman and co-lead singer (with Jimmy Griffin) of the group Bread (band), Bread, which reached the top of the musical ch ...

Chart history

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References

* Whitburn, Joel (1996). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)

External links

Song info at Discogs.comUK chart info at Official Charts Company
1971 songs 1971 singles Bread (band) songs Elektra Records singles Songs written by David Gates 1970s ballads {{1970s-pop-song-stub

Chart history

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