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| "Everything I Own" | ||||
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| Single by Bread | ||||
| from the album Baby I'm-a Want You | ||||
| B-side | "I Don't Love You" | |||
| Released | January 29, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
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| Length | 3:07 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Gates | |||
| Producer(s) | David Gates | |||
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| "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.
Jamaican artist Ken Boothe's reggae version of the song was No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1974. A version by Boy George reached No. 1 in the charts in the UK, Canada, Ireland and Norway in 1987, Boy George's first hit and only UK No. 1 as a solo artist.
The song was also included in the soundtrack of the credits, which is played in full in the season finale of 2011 miniseries This Is England '88 and in the 2023 film Beau Is Afraid where the music plays in remembrance of Beau's Mother at her funeral near the end segment of the movie, listed as one of her favourite songs.
- ^ "James Griffin, 61; Co-Founder of Band Bread Shared an Oscar". Los Angeles Times. January 14, 2005. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ^ Harcourt, Nic (2005). "Good Enough To Eat". Music Lust. Seattle: Sasquatch Books. p. 68. ISBN 1570614377.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972