Baby I'm-a Want You (song)

"Baby I'm-a Want You"
Single by Bread
from the album Baby I'm-a Want You
B-side	"Truckin'"
Released	23 October 1971
Format	7" (45 rpm)
Genre	Soft rock[1][2]
Length	2:25
Label	Elektra
Writer(s)	David Gates
Producer(s)	David Gates
Bread singles chronology
"Mother Freedom" (1971) "Baby I'm-a Want You" (1971) "Everything I Own" (1972)

"Baby I'm-a Want You" is a popular song by the American pop-rock band Bread. The single was released in October 1971 (see 1971 in music). It 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 U.K. In the U.S., it reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1971, the third of Bread's four top-five hits ("Make It with You", #1 in 1970; "If", #4 earlier in 1971; and "Everything I Own", from the same album, #5 in 1972). "Baby I'm-a Want You" reached the top of the easy listening chart and rose to #14 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1972.

It was certified as a gold record by the RIAA. 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.

Notable cover versions

• Lettermen covered it on their 1972 album Spin Away
• Engelbert Humperdinck covered it on his 1972 album In Time
• Wayne Newton covered it on his 1972 album Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
• The Moments recorded a sweet soul version for their 1973 album My Thing
• Shirley Bassey covered it on her 1973 album Never Never Never
• John Holt covered it on his 1973 compilation album 1000 Volts of Holt
• Stephanie Winslow covered it on her 1981 album Dakota
• Conway Twitty covered it on his 1985 album Chasin Rainbows
• Jennifer Love Hewitt included a version on her 1995 album Let's Go Bang
• Aaron Neville included a cover on his 2012 album Tell It Like It Is

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1971 (U.S.)

References

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

External links

• Song info at discogs.com
• UK chart info at chartstats.com
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Bread
David Gates Jimmy Griffin Robb Royer Mike Botts Larry Knechtel
Studio albums	Bread On the Waters Manna Baby I'm-a Want You Guitar Man Lost Without Your Love
Compilation albums	The Best of Bread The Best of Bread, Volume 2 The Sound of Bread Anthology of Bread
Hit singles	"Make It with You" "It Don't Matter to Me" "If" "Baby I'm-a Want You" "Everything I Own" "The Guitar Man" "Sweet Surrender" "Aubrey" "Lost Without Your Love"
Related articles	Discography Elektra Records Rhino Records Warner Music Group
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