"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,[3] 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.
^Considine, J.D.; Coleman, Mark; Evans, Paul; McGee, David (1992). "Bread". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York:
Random House. p. 48.