The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The gro… Read Full Bio ↴The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of both West Indians and Caucasians, is best-remembered for their two biggest hits, Baby, Now That I've Found You (a No. 1 hit in the UK singles chart, and subsequently Top 10 in the US); and Build Me Up Buttercup (a chart topper in the Billboard Hot 100), co-written by Michael d'Abo, vocalist with Manfred Mann. They are also notable for being one of the few acts not on the Tamla Motown label to use successfully 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.
Original vocalist Clem Curtis left in 1968 and moved to the U.S. for a solo career on the club circuit, encouraged by the likes of Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave, playing Las Vegas with The Righteous Brothers. He was replaced by Colin Young.
The group's final hit was the less pop-oriented, more sophisticated Born To Live and Born To Die. They split in 1970, when the rhythm section broke away to form the progressive group Pluto. When Curtis returned to the UK he formed a new version of the group with little success on record, but a lucrative spell on the 1960s nostalgia circuit.
Original vocalist Clem Curtis left in 1968 and moved to the U.S. for a solo career on the club circuit, encouraged by the likes of Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave, playing Las Vegas with The Righteous Brothers. He was replaced by Colin Young.
The group's final hit was the less pop-oriented, more sophisticated Born To Live and Born To Die. They split in 1970, when the rhythm section broke away to form the progressive group Pluto. When Curtis returned to the UK he formed a new version of the group with little success on record, but a lucrative spell on the 1960s nostalgia circuit.
I'm Gonna Be a Rich Man
The Foundations Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Foundations:
Any Time Lonely and Sad Anybody can see Lovin him is all, your hearts set on But…
Baby I Couldn't See I couldnā²t love you more If time was running out Couldn't lo…
Baby Now I've Found You Baby, now that I've found you, I can't let you…
Baby Now That I Have Found You Baby, now that i've found you I can't let you go I'll…
Baby Now That I've Found You Baby, now that I've found you, I can't let you…
Baby Now That Iāve Found You Baby, now that I've found you I can't let you go I'll…
Baby Now The I Baby, now that I've found you, I can't let you…
Back On My Feet Again Yeah, you can pick me up, baby And put me back,…
Bad Bad Old Days All right In those bad, bad old days Before you loved me…
Call Me call me da da da da da da…
Come On Back to Me Doo-oooh, doo-oooh Since you walked out on me baby Said …
Foundations-Baby Now That I've Found You [Chorus] Baby, now that I've found you I can't let you go …
Harlem Shuffle You move it to the left, yeah Then you go for…
help me So help me help me try to make it right help me…
I Can Take or Leave Your Loving (Do do do do do) I don't need her Don't need her…
I Need Your Love I left my head at home and tried to forget…
In the Bad Bad Old Days All right In those bad, bad old days Before you loved me…
It's Not Unusual This night is in the past There is nothing to…
Keep Loving You Why you still calling me? If there's someone new I hope he…
Knock On Wood I donā²t want to lose you, this good thing that…
Let Itās the soultrain boogie Ah ooh I had hard times moving in…
Let the Heartaches Begin I can hear the guitars start to play And very…
Look Of Love The look of love Is in your eyes A look your smile…
love is alright I've heard it said you can make it if you…
Love You Now Baby, now that I've found you, I can't let you…
Loving You Why you still calling me? If there's someone new I hope he…
Mr Personality Man Mr. Personality Man He's got the girls right there in the…
Mr. Personality Man MR. WICKED MAN Mr. Wicked, Mr. Wicked man Where you gonna ru…
My Little Chickadee Where in the world Did I do it wrong My little chickadee …
New Direction I've got something here to tell you, something's on my…
On Broadway BROADWAY Broadway Broadway Broadway Catch me on Broadway (x…
People Are Funny They snuck a camera in the court room and all…
Stand By Me Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love…
Take a Girl Like You It would take a girl like you To make a dream…
Take Away The Emptiness Too Oh yeah now You can take away your love if you…
That Same Old Feeling I still get the same old feeling Tearing at this heart…
The Bad Bad Old Days All right In those bad, bad old days Before you loved me…
The Foundations Come with us And leave your Earth behind Bright and clear …
The Look of Love The look of love Is in your eyes A look your smile…
Together One two three four Can I have a little more Five six…
Tomorrow The world's falling apart We don't care how it ends As…
Waiting On the Shores of Nowhere My daddy told me when I grew up I would…
Why Did You Cry (Boy!) (Why did you cry?) (Why did you lie?) I just don't…
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hadeseus
This classic guitar riff stolen in:
Blondie - Call Me
Blur - Park Life
Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia
Metallica - The Four Horsemen
Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera
UFO - Let it Roll
Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
helltopay1
yahoo!!! thanks for posting havent heard this for about 37/38 years !!!!fantastic .this was a b side wasnt it ,couldn't stop playing it.
pluto00011
I totally agree with you. Of course when played through a decent sound system you can appreciate it a lot more!
Shvan Kaban
this song is one of the legebdary songs thx for the upload this old rock blues band is awesome and i see alan warner is in the band too that's coool .... pls upload more greats like this thx
birminghambertie
The fantastic bass line on this track was played by Steve Bingham, who replaced the original bass player Pete Macbeth in 1969. I defy any aspiring bass players to try and copy it!!!!!!
lance007lance
Great track. I prefer the backing on the Foundations other version of this song but the guitar solo here has more sting to it. Which version was recorded first ?
lance007lance
Yes, the other version has the words 'Gonna work for a rich man' where as this one has the words 'Gonna work for a white man'. At first I thought that it was just a re recording of CY's vocal but the backing is different and the guitar solo is different. Also tucked away on the B is anexcellent Eric Allendale .composition. So 2 versions of this song sort of give a clue as to what may be witheld if you know what I mean sir. You can feel free to answer my other question anytime you like. Cheers
pluto00011
That's interesting, I didn't know there was another version of this....
pluto00011
Glad you like it!
hadeseus
This classic guitar riff stolen in:
Blondie - Call Me
Blur - Park Life
Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia
Metallica - The Four Horsemen
Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera
UFO - Let it Roll
Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
Keith Gordon
Excellent song, great riff, so much better then anything else they ever did, then again i like Heavy Metal so i'm bias........Listened to it when i was a boy.