Английская Википедия:Baby Now That I've Found You
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox song "Baby, Now That I've Found You" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod,[1] 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.[2] The lyrics are a plea that an unnamed subject not break up with the singer.
Background
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.[3]
Ron Fairway is the man who is credited with first discovering The Foundations.[4] He became co-manager of the group.[5] 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.[6][7]
Original recording and the Foundations
On 25 August, 1967 the Foundations released the song as their début single. It was a sleeper,[8] and for ten weeks it wasn't doing anything.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12]
Chart success
After receiving airplay on BBC Radio 1, it met with great success.[13] 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.[14] The Foundations now had their picture on the front page of the November 11 issue of Melody Maker.[15] It was still at no. 1 the following week,[16] confirming the two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart status.[17] 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.[18]
It also became a number 11 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. [19] The song also reached number 1 on the Canadian RPM magazine charts on 10 February 1968.
Other recordings
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.[2]
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.[20] 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.[2]
Top Banana, a 1980s pop band from Puerto Rico, also recorded the song.Шаблон:Citation needed
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Chart (1967–68) | Peak position |
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Australia Go-Set[21] | 21 |
Belgium[21] | 19 |
Canada RPM[22] | 1 |
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Netherlands[21] | 13 |
New Zealand[21] | 16 |
Norway[21] | 6 |
South Africa[23] | 10 |
UK[24] | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[25] | 11 |
U.S. Record World[21] | 9 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[26] | 8 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1967) | Rank |
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UK[27] | 13 |
Chart (1968) | Rank |
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Canada[28] | 46 |
U.S. Billboard[29] | 83 |
U.S. Cash Box[30] | 47 |
Alison Krauss version
Шаблон:Infobox song 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.[31] It peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[32] The song won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Charts
Weekly charts
Шаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartChart (1995) | Peak position |
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Awards and nominations
Award | Category | Result |
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38th Grammy Awards | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | Шаблон:Won |
Other versions
The song has been covered by a number of other artists. One of the earlier versions was a rocksteady version recorded by Alton Ellis for his 1967 album Sings Rock and Soul.[33] Lana Cantrell recorded it for her 1968 Lana album.[34] The same year The Marble Arch Orchestra recorded an instrumental version of the song for their album Tomorrow's Standards.[35] In 1978 Donny and Marie Osmond recorded it for the soundtrack album for their film Goin' Coconuts.[36] The song was also recorded by Dan Schafer, in 1977 on Tortoise International Records,[37][38] an RCA Records subsidiary.
In March 2012, this version was included on the compilation album, Perhaps..the Very Best of Dan Schafer.[39]
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.[40]
Use in film
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.[31] Her rendition was also featured in the end credits of the 2001 film Delivering Milo.
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[41]
- Vicki Sue Robinson – "Baby, Now That I've Found You" / "Thanks A Million", RCA 10282, 1975[42]
- Dan Schafer – "Baby, Now That I've Found You", RCA/Tortoise International, Inc VB 11292, 1977[37][38]
- 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[20]
- 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"
References
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- ↑ It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine, July 22, 2011 - Pluto interview with Paul Gardner & Alan Warner
- ↑ Melody Maker, November 11, 1967 - Page 1 Foundations hit top spot
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- ↑ It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine, July 22, 2011 - Pluto interview with Paul Gardner & Alan Warner
- ↑ Disc and Music Echo, October 21, 1967 - Page 10 FOUNDATIONS -EIGHT NAMES FROM NOWHERE
- ↑ Billboard, April 26, 1969 - Page 60 Barry Class * continued from page 43
- ↑ The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame - The City Sixties, The City Sixty, 1st - 8th January 1967
- ↑ Radio London Ltd - Radio Caroline Countdown Of Sound, Last week 44, This week 41 Sea Of Faces, Ways & Means
- ↑ Song Facts - Baby, Now That I've Found You by The Foundations
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