Australian Charts:
Everything I Own peaked at no 8 on the Go-Set National Top 40 on 24 June 1972.
www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1972/19720624.html
Wikipedia:
Although initial listeners may have interpreted it as a song about a broken relationship, David Gates revealed that it was written in memory of his father who died in 1963 before he achieved his success with Bread.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_I_Own
Songfacts:
According to the book 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, at his father’s funeral, a friend took David Gates aside and said, “Your dad was so proud of what you were doing.” David agreed by replying, “My success would have been so special to him as he was my greatest influence. So I decided to write and record Everything I Own about him. If you listen to the words, ‘You sheltered me from harm, kept me warm, gave my life to me, set me free,’ it says it all.”
www.songfacts.com/facts/bread/everything-i-own
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