Everything I Own

"Everything I Own"
Single by Bread
from the album Baby I'm-a Want You
B-side"I Don't Love You"
ReleasedJanuary 29, 1972
Recorded1971
Genre
Length3:07
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)David Gates
Producer(s)David Gates
Bread singles chronology
"Baby I'm-a Want You"
(1971)
"Everything I Own"
(1972)
"Diary"
(1972)
Music video
"Everything I Own" on YouTube

"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 Hot 100. Billboard ranked it as the No. 52 song for 1972.[5] "Everything I Own" also reached No. 5 in Canada and No. 12 in Australia.

  1. ^ "James Griffin, 61; Co-Founder of Band Bread Shared an Oscar". Los Angeles Times. January 14, 2005. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Harcourt, Nic (2005). "Good Enough To Eat". Music Lust. Seattle: Sasquatch Books. p. 68. ISBN 1570614377.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Love American Style: Ballads". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 164. ISBN 031214704X.
  5. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972