Diary (Bread song)

"Diary"
Single by Bread
from the album Baby I'm-a Want You
B-side "Down On My Knees"
Released April 1972
Genre Soft rock
Length 3:05
Label Elektra
Writer(s) David Gates[1]
Producer(s) David Gates
Bread singles chronology
"Everything I Own"
(1972)
"Diary"
(1972)
"The Guitar Man"
(1972)

"Diary" is a song written and produced by David Gates, which was released by his band Bread in 1972. The song spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 15,[2] while reaching No. 3 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[3] No. 12 on Canada's RPM 100,[4] No. 20 on Canada's CHUM 30 chart,[5] and No. 26 on Australia's Go-Set chart.[6]

Anita Kerr recorded an easy listening cover of "Diary", which featured Pieter van Vollenhoven on piano and was released on her 1979 album Together.

Chart performance

Chart (1972) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 15
US Billboard Easy Listening 3
Canada - RPM 100 12
Canada - CHUM 30 20
Australia - Go-Set 26

References

  1. Diary - By: Bread, MusicVF.com. Accessed October 3, 2015
  2. Bread - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 3, 2015
  3. Bread - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed October 3, 2015
  4. "RPM 100 Singles", RPM Weekly, Volume 17, Ed. 20, July 1, 1972. Accessed October 3, 2015
  5. "CHUM 30", CHUM, June 03, 1972
  6. "Go-Set National Top 40", Go-Set, 4 November 1972. poparchives.com. Accessed October 3, 2015
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