Baby Now That I 've Found You - wikipedia Baby Now That I 've Found You `` Baby, Now That I 've Found You '' Single by The Foundations from the album From the Foundations B - side `` Come on Back to Me '' Released Summer 1967 ( UK ) December 1967 ( North America ) Format 7 '' Genre Pop Length 2 : 44 Label Pye, Uni Songwriter ( s ) Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod Producer ( s ) Tony Macaulay The Foundations singles chronology `` Baby, Now That I 've Found You '' ( 1967 ) `` Back on My Feet Again '' ( 1968 ) `` Baby, Now That I 've Found You '' ( 1967 ) `` Back on My Feet Again '' ( 1968 ) `` Baby, Now That I 've Found You '' is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod. Part of the song was written in the same bar of a Soho tavern where Karl Marx is supposed to have written Das Kapital. The lyrics are a plea that an unnamed subject not break up with the singer. Contents 1 Original recording and The Foundations 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Other versions 4 Use in film 5 Singles released 6 References 7 External links Original recording and the Foundations In 1967, The Foundations released it as their début single. After receiving airplay on the newly - launched BBC Radio 1, it 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. The song also reached number 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. 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. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1967 - 68 ) Peak position Australia Go - Set 21 Belgium 19 Canada RPM Ireland ( IRMA ) Netherlands 13 New Zealand 16 Norway 6 South Africa 10 UK U.S. Billboard Hot 100 11 U.S. Record World 9 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 8 Year - end charts Chart ( 1967 ) Rank UK 13 Chart ( 1968 ) Rank Canada 46 U.S. Billboard 83 U.S. Cash Box 47 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. Lana Cantrell recorded it for her 1968 Lana album. The same year The Marble Arch Orchestra recorded an instrumental version of the song for their album Tomorrow 's Standards. In 1978 Donny and Marie Osmond recorded it for the soundtrack album for their film Goin ' Coconuts. The song was also recorded by Dan Schafer, in 1977 on Tortoise International Records, an RCA Records subsidiary. Dan Schafer 1977 Tortoise International / RCA 45 single In March 2012, this version was included on the compilation album, Perhaps... the Very Best of Dan Schafer. 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. It peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. 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. 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. 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 Vicki Sue Robinson -- `` Baby, Now That I 've Found You '' / `` Thanks A Million '', RCA 10282, 1975 Dan Schafer -- `` Baby, Now That I 've Found You '', RCA / Tortoise International, Inc VB 11292, 1977 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 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 Jump up ^ `` 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. 2012 - 07 - 20. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. ^ Jump up to : 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. ^ Jump up to : Dopson, Roger. Baby, Now That I 've Found You, Sequel Records NEECD 300 ( 1st ed. ). UK : Sequel REcords. Jump up ^ `` 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 2014 - 02 - 17. ^ Jump up to : `` Clem Curtis & The Foundations - Baby Now That I 've Found You ( Vinyl ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 17. ^ Jump up to : `` Songs from the Year 1967 ''. Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Baby Now That I 've Found You ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 12, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Springbok Radio SA Top 20 ''. Retrieved 14 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 1967 ''. top-source.info. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Jump up ^ ( Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2002 ) Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 2 / 17 / 68 ''. Tropicalglen.com. 1968 - 02 - 17. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 1967 - UK Music Charts ''. Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1968 / Top 100 Songs of 1968 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1967 ''. Tropicalglen.com. 1967 - 12 - 23. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Archived 3 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` A Whiter Shade of Pale - Versions - Martin 's Collection - M ''. Awsop-versions.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Discography ''. Osmondmania.com. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 17. ^ Jump up to : `` Dan Schafer ( 2 ) - Baby, Now That I 've Found You ( Vinyl ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. 2011 - 12 - 23. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 17. ^ Jump up to : `` Record label ''. Timashley.tripod.com. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 17. Jump up ^ `` ' Perhaps... the Very Best of ' ''. Cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2012 - 03 - 05. ^ Jump up to : `` The Castle ( 1997 ) : Soundtracks ''. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 17. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2013 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 -- 2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 184. ISBN 978 - 0 - 89820 - 203 - 8. Jump up ^ ( 3 ) Jump up ^ `` Big Ben Atkins Single Discography ''. Geocities.jp. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Vicki Sue Robinson : Baby, Now That I 've Found You b / w Thanks a Million ( 7 '' ) ``. DiscoMusic.com. Archived from the original on 2013 - 01 - 21. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 17. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Foundations Eric Allandale Steve Bingham Pat Burke Tony Gomez Tim Harris Alan Warner Colin Young Arthur Brown Clem Curtis Mike Elliot Peter MacBeth Singles `` Baby Now That I 've Found You '' `` Back on My Feet Again '' `` Any Old Time ( You 're Lonely and Sad ) '' `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' `` In the Bad Bad Old Days ( Before You Loved Me ) '' `` Born to Live, Born to Die '' `` My Little Chickadee '' `` Take a Girl Like You '' Other songs `` I Can Take or Leave Your Loving '' `` Solomon Grundy '' `` That Same Old Feeling '' `` We Are Happy People '' Related articles Tony Macaulay John Macleod Hue Montgomery The Ramong Sound Book Alison Krauss & Union Station Alison Krauss Barry Bales Ron Block Jerry Douglas Dan Tyminski John Pennell Jeff White Brent Truitt Mike Harman Adam Steffey Tim Stafford Studio albums Different Strokes Too Late to Cry Two Highways I 've Got That Old Feeling Every Time You Say Goodbye I Know Who Holds Tomorrow So Long So Wrong Forget About It New Favorite Lonely Runs Both Ways Paper Airplane Windy City Compilation albums Now That I 've Found You : A Collection Live A Hundred Miles or More : A Collection Essential Alison Krauss With Robert Plant Raising Sand Singles `` When You Say Nothing at All '' `` Baby Now That I 've Found You '' `` Baby Mine '' `` The Lucky One '' `` Missing You '' `` Please Read the Letter '' `` Rich Woman '' Featured singles `` Teach Your Children '' `` Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart '' `` It 's Not Over '' `` Buy Me a Rose '' `` Whiskey Lullaby '' Related articles Discography Awards and nominations Alison Brown Robert Plant Viktor Krauss Up ! 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Question: who wrote baby now that i found you
Answer: Tony Macaulay