Baby Now That I've Found You
| "Baby, Now That I've Found You" | ||||
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| Single by The Foundations | ||||
| from the album Baby, Now That I've Found You | ||||
| B-side | "Come On Back to Me" | |||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:04 | |||
| Label | Pye, UK Uni, US | |||
| Writer(s) | Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod | |||
| Producer | Tony Macaulay | |||
| The Foundations singles chronology | ||||
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"Baby, Now That I've Found You" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod. The lyrics are a plea that an unnamed subject not break up with the singer.
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[edit] Original recording and The Foundations
In 1967, The Foundations released it as their début single. When "Baby Now That I've Found You" was first released it went nowhere. BBC's newly founded Radio 1 were looking to avoid any records being played by the pirate radio stations and they looked back at some recent releases that the pirate stations had missed.[citation needed] "Baby, Now That I've Found You" was one of them. The single then took off and by November it was number one in the British charts. It met with great success, becoming a number 11 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1967.[1] The song also reached #1 on the Canadian RPM magazine charts 10 February 1968.
Another version of the song was recorded by The Foundations in 1968 that featured Colin Young, Clem Curtis' replacement. This was on a Marble Arch album that featured newer stereo versions of their previous hits.
Original lead singer of the Foundations, Clem Curtis recorded his own version of it and it was released on the Opium label OPIN 001 as a 7" single and a 12" version OPINT001 in 1987.[2]
In the late 1980s, Clem Curtis and Alan Warner teamed up to recut "Baby, Now That I've Found You", "Build Me Up Buttercup" as well as other hits of The Foundations.
[edit] Other versions
The song has been covered by a number of other artists. One of the earlier versions was a rocksteady version was recorded by Alton Ellis for his 1967 album Sings Rock and Soul.[3] Lana Cantrell recorded it for her 1968 Lana album.[4] The same year The Marble Arch Orchestra recorded an instrumental version of the song for their album Tomorrow's Standards.[5] In 1978 Donny and Marie Osmond recorded it for the soundtrack album for their film Goin’ Coconuts.[6] The song was also recorded by Dan Schafer, in 1977 on Tortoise International Records,[7][8] an RCA Records subsidiary.
The song was a 1995 country hit for Alison Krauss from the album Now That I've Found You: A Collection. Her version appeared in the Australian comedy film, The Castle.[9] In the Philippines the song was recorded by MYMP for their album MYMP Live at the Music Museum. South American artist Daniel Boaventura has also recorded a version which appears on his Songs 4 U album.[10]
[edit] Use in film
The Foundations' recording of the song appeared on the soundtrack to the film Shallow Hal starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black.
[edit] Singles released
- The Foundations - "Baby, Now That I've Found You" / "Come On Back to Me" - PYE 7N 17366 - (UK) - 1967
- The Foundations - "Baby, Now That I've Found You" / "Build Me Up Buttercup" - Flashbacks FBS6 - (UK)
- The Foundations - "Build Me Up Buttercup" / "Baby, Now That I've Found You" - Eric 192
- Big Ben (Ben Atkins) - "Baby, Now That I've Found You" / "Would I Better Gone ?" - Enterprise ENA-9061 - 1972 [11]
- Vickie Sue Robinson - "Baby, Now That I've Found You" / "Thanks A Million" - RCA 10282 - 1975 [12]
- Dan Schafer - "Baby, Now That I've Found You" - Tortoise International, Inc VB 11292 - 1977 [8][13]
- Clem Curtis & The Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You (Extended Version) / Baby Now That I've Found You (7" Version), Baby Now That I've Found You (Busk Mix) - Opium Records OPINT 001 - 1987 [2]
- Any Trouble - "Baby, Now That I've Found You" / "Bricks & Mortar" - EMI America EA 166 - (US) - 1984
- Alison Krauss & Union Station - "Baby, Now That I've Found You" / "Oh, Atlanta" / "Every Time You Say Goodbye" - CRCDS 4 - (Holland) - 1995 (CD single)
- Lauren Waterworth - "Baby, Now That I've Found You" / "Baby, Now That I've Found You"
[edit] References
- ^ www.theofficialcharts.com "Baby Now That I've Found You" a number one hit in the UK charts on 8 November 1967 for two weeks/Retrieved 01/09/07
- ^ a b Discogs Clem Curtis & Foundations, The - Baby Now That I've Found You
- ^ www.altonellis.com [1] Retrieved 24/04/10
- ^ mymusicrip.blogspot.com Lana Cantrell - Lana!
- ^ www.awsop-versions.com A Whiter Shade of Pale Versions - Martin's Collection
- ^ Goin' Coconuts http://www.osmondmania.com/Discography2/Album_Pages/GoinCoconuts.html / Retrieved 29/12/09
- ^ discogs.com [2]
- ^ a b timashley.tripod.com 'Baby, now that I found you'
- ^ The Castle (1997) - Soundtracks http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118826/soundtrack /Retrieved 04/08/08
- ^ www.sanjose72.com Daniel Boaventura-”Songs 4 U”
- ^ www.geocities.jp Ben Atkins Singles Discography, (AS BIG BEN)- produced by Bobby Manuel & Donald "Duck" Dunn
- ^ DiscoMusic.com Singles by: Vicki Sue Robinson : Baby, Now That I've Found You (7")
- ^ timashley.tripod.com/schafer_bio.html [3]
| Preceded by "Massachusetts" by The Bee Gees |
UK number one single 8 November 1967 (two weeks) |
Succeeded by "Let the Heartaches Begin" by Long John Baldry |
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