Build Me Up Buttercup (2:58)
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This song is bigger than the band. If you haven’t heard it in a mall, on a radio or wherever, you haven’t lived in America in the last 40 some years.
The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, “Baby Now That I’ve Found You” (a Number One hit in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, and subsequently Top 10 in the U.S. ) and written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and “Build Me Up Buttercup” (a chart topper in the Billboard Hot 100) and #1 in Canada co-written by Macaulay with Mike d’Abo, at the time the lead vocalist with Manfred Mann. The group was the first multi-racial group to have a number 1 hit in the UK in the 1960s. [1]
The Foundations are notable for being one of the few label acts to successfully imitate what became known as the Motown Sound. In terms of line-up and musical style, they anticipated the sound of the more successful Hot Chocolate. Although they were in a similar musical vein to the Love Affair who also topped the UK charts in 1968 with their version of Robert Knight’s “Everlasting Love”. The Foundations signed to Pye, at the time one of only four big UK record companies (the others being EMI with its HMV, Columbia Records, and Parlophone labels; Decca; and Philips who also owned Fontana).[2]
^1. All Music - Foundations Biography
The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, “Baby Now That I’ve Found You” (a Number One hit in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, and subsequently Top 10 in the U.S. ) and written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and “Build Me Up Buttercup” (a chart topper in the Billboard Hot 100) and #1 in Canada co-written by Macaulay with Mike d’Abo, at the time the lead vocalist with Manfred Mann. The group was the first multi-racial group to have a number 1 hit in the UK in the 1960s. [1]
The Foundations are notable for being one of the few label acts to successfully imitate what became known as the Motown Sound. In terms of line-up and musical style, they anticipated the sound of the more successful Hot Chocolate. Although they were in a similar musical vein to the Love Affair who also topped the UK charts in 1968 with their version of Robert Knight’s “Everlasting Love”. The Foundations signed to Pye, at the time one of only four big UK record companies (the others being EMI with its HMV, Columbia Records, and Parlophone labels; Decca; and Philips who also owned Fontana).[2]
^1. All Music - Foundations Biography
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oldandbold wrote:
Build me up buttercup baby
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iandavies65 wrote:
great song but why not original?
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GrizzlyMike wrote:
Another 1 Hit Wonder on the Motown Station go figure.
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Retro_Saiyan wrote:
Again, I must ask: This week, Is last FM using the original, a re-recording, a live version, a remix or another song altogether? Almost all involved would prefer the original Foundations hit, but with last fm, you never know!
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kyuuketsuki_kurai wrote:
This version isn't very good.
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sweetdee1959 wrote:
My Mom and my favorite song when I was a little girl. Such good memories!
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squiggins wrote:
That's the story of trying to listen to oldies on this site.
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B-AIRLINE wrote:
GREAT SONG BUT CRAP VERSION
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Proll123 wrote:
klassiker top
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jetgar wrote:
GOOD OLDIE, LOVE IT.
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Dora117 wrote:
Waiting for you you buttercup
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Dora117 wrote:
Build me up you butter cup
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thatssoulman wrote:
well you get a crap version then hunt through there albums until you come to a better version thats what i've found you've got to do on last fm
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fernandaojobez wrote:
Classic :)
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mybestmusic wrote:
Great Song ! Love it !
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little-rainbow wrote:
ahh...wonderfull.. i really start daydreaming while hearing this song :D
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lawjd96 wrote:
build me up..Mackenzie and Bernadette
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CheerBooHiss wrote:
build me up you bet
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007staples wrote:
Just gotta sing along to this ...every time!
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goonersean wrote:
Bad version.
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