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Baby Now That I've Found You

"Baby, Now That I've Found You" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John Macleod,[2] and performed by the Foundations. Part of the song was written in the same bar of a Soho tavern where Karl Marx is supposed to have written Das Kapital.[3] The lyrics are a plea that an unnamed subject not break up with the singer.

"Baby, Now That I've Found You"
Single by The Foundations
from the album From the Foundations
B-side"Come on Back to Me"
ReleasedSummer 1967 (UK)[1]
December 1967 (North America)
GenrePop
Length2:44
LabelPye,[2] Uni
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tony Macaulay[2]
The Foundations singles chronology
"Baby, Now That I've Found You"
(1967) 		"Back on My Feet Again"
(1968)
Official audio
"Baby Now That I've Found You" on YouTube

Background edit

According to Roy Delo of the group, The Ways and Means who were managed by Ron Fairway, they were offered the chance to record "Baby Now That I've Found You". They already had some success with their single, "Sea of Faces". One day Tony Macaulay came around and got out a guitar. They heard the song and said "yeh, it’s a nice catchy song, but it's not the sort of song for us", and to their later regret, turned it down. So the song was given to The Foundations.[4]

Ron Fairway is the man who is credited with first discovering The Foundations.[5] He became co-manager of the group.[6] Barry Class was the man with the money while Fairway was the man with the connections, whose job was to find gigs for the band.[7][8]

Original recording and the Foundations edit

On 25 August, 1967 the Foundations released the song as their début single. It was a sleeper,[9] and for ten weeks it wasn't doing anything.[10] Unlike The Ways and Means' single, "Sea of Faces" which was played on and became a hit on pirate radio stations, Radio City and Radio Caroline, "Baby, Now that I've Found You" wasn't played on them.[11][12] Luckily for The Foundations, their song wasn't being played on the pirate stations at that stage. The newly launched BBC Radio 1 was avoiding those singles that were being played on the pirate stations.[13]

Chart success edit

After receiving airplay on BBC Radio 1, it met with great success.[14] Having moved up from the previous week's no. 2 spot, "Baby, Now That I've Found You" replaced The Bee Gees' single, "Massachusetts" in the no. 1 spot of the Melody Maker Pop 30 chart.[15] The Foundations now had their picture on the front page of the November 11 issue of Melody Maker.[16] It was still at no. 1 the following week,[17] confirming the two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart status.[18] It was also noted in the Melody Maker magazine that week that Ron Fairway was no longer director of Class Management. This left Barry Class in sole charge of things.[19]

It also became a number 11 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. [20] The song also reached number 1 on the Canadian RPM magazine charts on 10 February 1968.[citation needed]

The B side "Come On Back to Me" made the Record World, One Stop Top Ten chart in the Consolidated One Stop Detroit, Michigan section. It was no. 5 on the week of February 10, 1968.[21]

Other recordings edit

Another version of the song was recorded by the Foundations in 1968, featuring Colin Young, Clem Curtis' replacement. This was on a Marble Arch album that featured newer stereo versions of their previous hits.[3]

Clem Curtis, the original lead singer of the band, recorded his own version which was released on the Opium label OPIN 001 as a 7" single and a 12" version OPINT001 in 1987.[22] In the late 1980s, Clem Curtis and Alan Warner teamed up to recut "Baby, Now That I've Found You" and "Build Me Up Buttercup", as well as other hits of the Foundations.[3]

Chart performance edit

Alison Krauss version edit

"Baby, Now That I've Found You"
Single by Alison Krauss
from the album Now That I've Found You: A Collection
Released18 July 1995
Recorded1994
GenreBluegrass, country
Length3:49
LabelRounder
Producer(s)Alison Krauss
Union Station
Alison Krauss singles chronology
"When You Say Nothing at All"
(1995) 		"Baby, Now That I've Found You"
(1995) 		"Baby Mine"
(1996)

In 1995, American bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss released the song as a single from her compilation album Now That I've Found You: A Collection. Her version appeared in the Australian comedy film, The Castle.[34] It peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[35] The song won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[36] 46
UK Singles (OCC)[37] 95
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[38] 49

Awards and nominations edit

Award Category Result
38th Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance Won

Use in film edit

The Foundations' recording of the song appeared on the soundtrack to the film Shallow Hal. The Alison Krauss version was featured in the 1997 Australian comedy, The Castle.[34] Her rendition was also featured in the end credits of the 2001 film Delivering Milo.

References edit

  1. ^ "Rockasteria: The Foundations – Baby, Now That I Found You (1967-76 uk, excellent multi blended solid soul, with tight grooves and bluesy feeling, double disc set)". Rockasteria.blogspot.com. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 112. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  3. ^ a b c Dopson, Roger. Baby, Now That I've Found You, Sequel Records NEECD 300 (1st ed.). UK: Sequel Records.
  4. ^ The Strange Brew - The Ways and Means
  5. ^ It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine, July 22, 2011 - Pluto interview with Paul Gardner & Alan Warner
  6. ^ Melody Maker, November 11, 1967 - Page 1 Foundations hit top spot
  7. ^ The Strange Brew - The Ways and Means
  8. ^ It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine, July 22, 2011 - Pluto interview with Paul Gardner & Alan Warner
  9. ^ Disc and Music Echo, October 21, 1967 - Page 10 FOUNDATIONS -EIGHT NAMES FROM NOWHERE
  10. ^ Billboard, April 26, 1969 - Page 60 Barry Class * continued from page 43
  11. ^ The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame - The City Sixties, The City Sixty, 1st - 8th January 1967
  12. ^ Radio London Ltd - Radio Caroline Countdown Of Sound, Last week 44, This week 41 Sea Of Faces, Ways & Means
  13. ^ Song Facts - Baby, Now That I've Found You by The Foundations
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100 – 22nd February 2014 | The UK Charts | Top 40". Theofficialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  15. ^ Melody Maker, November 11, 1967 - Page 2 MELODY MAKER POP 30 1 (2) BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU ...... Foundations, Pye
  16. ^ Melody Maker, November 11, 1967 - Page 1 Foundations hit top spot
  17. ^ Melody Maker, November 18, 1967 - Page 2 MELODY MAKER POP 30 1 (1) BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU ...... Foundations, Pye
  18. ^ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100 – 22nd February 2014 | The UK Charts | Top 40". Theofficialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  19. ^ Melody Maker, November 18, 1969 - Page 1 Foundations rocked by management split
  20. ^ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100 – 22nd February 2014 | The UK Charts | Top 40". Theofficialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  21. ^ Record World, February 10, 1968 -Page 37 record world ONE STOP TOP TEN, CONSOLIDATED ONE STOP Detroit, Michigan
  22. ^ "Clem Curtis & The Foundations – Baby Now That I've Found You (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. 1987. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  23. ^ a b c d e f "Songs from the Year 1967". Tsort.info. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  24. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - February 10, 1968" (PDF).
  25. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Baby Now That I've Found You". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  26. ^ "Springbok Radio SA Top 20". Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  27. ^ "Top 100 1967". top-source.info. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  28. ^ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  29. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 2/17/68". Tropicalglen.com. 17 February 1968. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  30. ^ "Top 100 1967 – UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  31. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles of 1968 - January 6, 1969" (PDF).
  32. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1968/Top 100 Songs of 1968". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  33. ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles – 1967". Tropicalglen.com. 23 December 1967. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  34. ^ a b "The Castle (1997) : Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  35. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
  36. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2758." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 18 September 1995. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  37. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  38. ^ "Alison Krauss Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 January 2011.

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