Baby I'm-a Want You (song)

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Name = Baby I'm-a Want You


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Artist = Bread
Album = Baby I'm-a Want You
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Released = 1971
Format = 7" (45 rpm)
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Genre = Pop, Adult contemporary
Length = 2:25
Label = Elektra Records
Writer = David Gates
Producer = David Gates
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"Baby I'm-a Want You" is the title of 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.

The song, "Baby I'm-a Want You", was one of Bread's highest-charting singles in both the U.S. and U.K. In the U.S., the song reached #3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in December 1971; the third of four top-five hits for the band on the chart (following "Make It with You", #1 in 1970, and "If", #4 earlier in 1971; and preceding "Everything I Own", from the same album, #5 in 1972). "Baby I'm-a Want You" reached the top of the U.S. adult contemporary chart and rose to #14 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1972.

"Baby I'm-a Want You" 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.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/release/1295994 Song info at discogs.com]
* [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=5762 UK chart info at chartstats.com]