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The Foundations Baby, Now That I've Found You

"Babe, Now That I've Found You"
Baby, Now That I've Found You - The Foundations.jpg
Unmarried past The Foundations
from the anthology From the Foundations
B-side "Come on Back to Me"
Released Summer 1967 (UK) [1]
Dec 1967 (North America)
Genre Pop
Length two:44
Label Pye,[2] Uni
Songwriter(s) Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod[ii]
Producer(south) Tony Macaulay[two]
The Foundations singles chronology
"Baby, Now That I've Found Y'all"
(1967) 		"Back on My Anxiety Again"
(1968)

"Babe, At present That I've Found You" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod,[2] and performed past the Foundations. Role 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.

Original recording and the Foundations [edit]

In 1967 the Foundations released the song every bit their début single. Afterward receiving airplay on the newly launched BBC Radio one, it met with great success, becoming a number 11 hitting on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Great britain Singles Nautical chart for two weeks in November 1967.[4] The vocal as well reached number 1 on the Canadian RPM magazine charts on 10 February 1968.

Another version of the vocal was recorded by the Foundations in 1968, featuring Colin Immature, Clem Curtis' replacement. This was on a Marble Arch anthology 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.[5] In the tardily 1980s, Clem Curtis and Alan Warner teamed up to recut "Baby, At present That I've Found You lot" and "Build Me Upward Buttercup", as well equally other hits of the Foundations.[iii]

Pinnacle Assistant, a 1980s pop band from Puerto Rico, also recorded the song.[ citation needed ]

Chart performance [edit]

Alison Krauss version [edit]

"Babe, Now That I've Found You lot"
Single by Alison Krauss
from the album Now That I've Found You: A Drove
Released 18 July 1995
Recorded 1994
Genre Bluegrass, land
Length iii:49
Label Rounder
Producer(south) Alison Krauss
Union Station
Alison Krauss singles chronology
"When You lot Say Nothing at All"
(1995) 		"Babe, At present That I've Found You"
(1995) 		"Baby Mine"
(1996)

In 1995, American bluegrass-state singer Alison Krauss released the song as a single from her compilation album Now That I've Found Y'all: A Collection. Her version appeared in the Australian comedy film, The Castle.[sixteen] It peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[17] The song won the 1996 Grammy Honor for All-time Female Country Vocal Functioning.

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Nautical chart (1995) Top
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[eighteen] 46
United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Singles (OCC)[19] 95
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[20] 49

Awards and nominations [edit]

Honour Category Result
38th Grammy Awards All-time Female Country Vocal Performance Won

Other versions [edit]

The song has been covered by a number of other artists. I of the before versions was a rocksteady version recorded by Alton Ellis for his 1967 album Sings Rock and Soul.[21] Lana Cantrell recorded it for her 1968 Lana album.[22] The same year The Marble Arch Orchestra recorded an instrumental version of the song for their album Tomorrow's Standards.[23] In 1978 Donny and Marie Osmond recorded it for the soundtrack anthology for their pic Goin' Coconuts.[24] The vocal was also recorded by Dan Schafer, in 1977 on Tortoise International Records,[25] [26] an RCA Records subsidiary.

In March 2012, this version was included on the compilation album, Possibly..the Very Best of Dan Schafer.[27]

In the Philippines the song was recorded by MYMP for their album MYMP Alive at the Music Museum. South American artist Daniel Boaventura has as well recorded a version which appears on his Songs 4 U album.[28]

Use in film [edit]

The Foundations' recording of the vocal appeared on the soundtrack to the motion picture Shallow Hal. The Alison Krauss version was featured in the 1997 Australian comedy, The Castle.[16] Her rendition was as well featured in the end credits of the 2001 motion-picture show Delivering Milo.

Singles released [edit]

  • The Foundations – "Baby, Now That I've Found You" / "Come on Back to Me", PYE 7N 17366 (UK), 1967
  • The Foundations – "Baby, At present That I've Plant You" / "Build Me Up Buttercup", Flashbacks FBS6 (Uk)
  • The Foundations – "Build Me Up Buttercup" / "Babe, Now That I've Institute You", Eric 192
  • Big Ben (Ben Atkins) – "Babe, At present That I've Institute You" / "Would I Better Gone ?", Enterprise ENA-9061, 1972[29]
  • Vicki Sue Robinson – "Baby, Now That I've Establish Yous" / "Cheers A Million", RCA 10282, 1975[30]
  • Dan Schafer – "Infant, Now That I've Found Y'all", RCA/Tortoise International, Inc VB 11292, 1977[25] [26]
  • Clem Curtis & The Foundations – "Babe At present That I've Found You" (Extended Version) / "Babe Now That I've Found You lot" (7" Version), Babe Now That I've Found Yous (Busk Mix) Opium Records OPINT 001, 1987[five]
  • Any Problem – "Baby, Now That I've Found You" / "Bricks & Mortar", EMI America EA 166, (US) 1984
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station – "Baby, Now That I've Plant You" / "Oh, Atlanta" / "Every Time You Say Goodbye", CRCDS four (Holland), 1995 (CD unmarried)
  • Lauren Waterworth – "Baby, Now That I've Plant You" / "Babe, Now That I've Institute You"

References [edit]

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  22. ^ [2] Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Automobile
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  30. ^ "Vicki Sue Robinson : Infant, Now That I've Institute Yous b/westward Thanks a 1000000 (7")". DiscoMusic.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

The Foundations Baby, Now That I've Found You

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