About The Song
“Baby I’m-a Want You” is a song by American soft rock band Bread, released in October 1971. It became the title track for the album of the same name, released in January 1972. The song was written and sung by David Gates, the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the band. The lyrics revolve around the theme of love and the emotions that come with it. The song was one of Bread’s highest-charting singles in both the U.S. and UK, reaching #3 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. The album “Baby I’m-a Want You” was the fourth album by Bread, released in 1972. Its singles included the title cut, “Everything I Own”, “Mother Freedom”, and “Diary”. This was the first Bread album to feature keyboard player Larry Knechtel.