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( October 2016 ) `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' Single by The Foundations from the album Build Me Up Buttercup ( U.S. ) B - side `` New Direction '' Released December 1968 Format Vinyl record ( 7 `` ) Recorded 1968 Genre Pop, soul Length 3 : 00 Label Pye, Uni Songwriter ( s ) Mike d'Abo, Tony Macaulay The Foundations singles chronology `` Any Old Time ( You 're Lonely and Sad ) '' ( 1968 ) `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' ( 1968 ) `` In the Bad Bad Old Days ( Before You Loved Me ) '' ( 1969 ) `` Any Old Time ( You 're Lonely and Sad ) '' ( 1968 ) `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' ( 1968 ) `` In the Bad Bad Old Days ( Before You Loved Me ) '' ( 1969 ) `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' is a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by The Foundations in 1968 with Colin Young singing lead vocals. Young had replaced Clem Curtis during 1968 and this was the first Foundations hit on which he sang. It hit # 1 on the Cash Box Top 100 and # 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1969. It was also a # 2 hit in the United Kingdom. It was quickly certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over a million US copies. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Cover versions and later uses 3 Personnel 4 Single releases of various versions 5 References 6 External links Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1968 -- 69 ) Peak position Australia Canada New Zealand UK U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard R&B U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1969 ) Rank Australia 22 Canada 13 UK 60 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5 U.S. Cash Box 9 Cover versions and later uses In 2003, Colin Young recorded an updated version of the song backed by a choir of policemen from the Surrey police force. The proceeds from the sales of the CD went to the Milly 's Fund. The fund is a trust that was set up in memory of murdered school girl Amanda Dowler. Apparently the song was a favourite of hers. `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' was covered by David Johansen Group in the late 1970s and early 1980s and appears on The David Johansen Group Live CD ( 1978 ). The song was used in the 1983 film Luggage of the Gods !, and featured again in movies twice in the 1990s and once in 2007. It was covered by rock band The Goops in 1995 for the soundtrack of Mallrats, with the music video featuring View Askewniverse characters Jay and Silent Bob. Three years later, it was included ( as its original version ) in the 1998 film There 's Something About Mary where the cast made a video for the song during the end credits, with all the main actors miming to the words in character. In 2001, the song was used in the pilot of the TV show Alias as part of a marriage proposal, sung by character Danny Hecht. It was also covered by The Frantic in 2007 as a bonus track on their album, Audio & Murder. This version is popularly thought to have been done by both NOFX and The Donnas. English musician Frank Turner recorded a slightly darker cover for the 1969 Key to Change album. The song later appeared on his compilation album The Second Three Years. It was also recorded in the 1960s, and performed by, The Valentines ( an Australian band ) who had a very little - known backing singer by the name of Bon Scott, who later fronted Fraternity before becoming lead singer of AC / DC. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim play this song during the seventh - inning stretch, after `` Take Me Out to the Ball Game '' ; fans most often sing along with it, much like `` Sweet Caroline '' with the Boston Red Sox and Pitt Panthers, as well as `` New York, New York '' with the New York Yankees. The song is also sung by fans and especially students during Wisconsin Badgers football and Boston College Eagles football games. In 1997, the song was used in the Philippine TV programmes Growing Up and T.G.I.S. ( GMA Network ). The Orwells cover the song live very fast and often just the chorus. Leaked recordings from the `` Let It Be '' sessions revealed that the Beatles sang the song ( along with other covers ) in between takes of their own songs. Pop - rock band Busted included a cover as a B - side to their number 2 single `` Crashed the Wedding ''. American pop - rock singer Eddie Money covered the song, along with several other ' 60s classics, on his eleventh studio album, 2007 's Wanna Go Back. During a `` Behind the Scenes '' video of the Twenty One Pilots ' song `` House of Gold '', the lead singer Tyler Joseph can be heard playing and singing an original ukulele cover of the song. Personnel Colin Young - lead vocals Alan Warner - lead guitar Peter Macbeth - bass guitar Tim Harris - drums Tony Gomez - keyboards Mike Elliott - tenor saxophone Eric Allandale - trombone Mike D'Abo - piano Single releases of various versions The Foundations : `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' / `` New Direction '' ; PYE 7N 17636 -- 1968 ( 7 `` ) Dominic : `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' / `` To Be Too Much in Love '' ; CNR ( NL ) 142.010 -- 1982 Shirley Scott : `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' / `` Buttercup Jam '' ; Music Works BMC 3545 -- 1982 Torch : 1. `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' ( Club mix ), 2. ( Instrumental ) / 1. ( Radio edit ), 2. ( Underground mix ) ; Pacific Records SAT - 1XX -- 1983 ( 12 '' single ) Colin Young & The Offbeats -- ' For Milly 's Fund ' : `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' / `` Buttercup Too '' / `` No Mtan is an Island '' ; Ripe Music RIPEMCD1 -- 2003 ( CD single ) Busted ft McFly -- Crashed the Wedding UK CD1 : `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' -- 2003 ( CD single ) You, Me, and Everyone We Know : `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' ; on Rockin ' Romance 2 -- 2010 References ^ Jump up to : `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2014 - 03 - 21. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 29. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2002 Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 1969 - UK Music Charts ''. Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2015 - 05 - 22. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Manfred Mann 's Earth Band - Mike d'Abo's Bands of Gold ''. Platform-end.co.uk. 2003 - 08 - 23. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Busted Online ''. Busted Online. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ Reid, Sean. `` Rockin ' Romance 2 Track Listing Announced ''. Alter The Press !. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics CRITICAL BEATDOWN by Steven Shaviro 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 '' ( 1967 ) `` Back on My Feet Again '' `` Any Old Time ( You 're Lonely and Sad ) '' `` Build Me Up Buttercup '' ( 1968 ) `` In the Bad Bad Old Days ( Before You Loved Me ) '' `` Born to Live, Born to Die '' `` Baby I Could n't See '' ( 1969 ) `` My Little Chickadee '' ( USA, 1969 ) `` Take a Girl Like You '' ( 1970 ) Other songs `` 96 Tears '' `` I Can Take or Leave Your Loving '' `` Solomon Grundy '' `` That Same Old Feeling '' `` We Are Happy People '' Related articles Barry Class Tony Macaulay John Macleod Hue Montgomery The Ramong Sound Book : The Foundations Category : The Foundations Portal : Rock music Los Angeles Angels Formerly the California Angels, the Anaheim Angels, and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Based in Anaheim, California ( Greater Los Angeles ) Franchise History Expansion draft Seasons Records No - hitters Broadcasters Awards and league leaders Players Managers Owners and executives Opening Day starting pitchers Ballparks Wrigley Field Chávez Ravine ( Dodger Stadium ) Angel Stadium Spring training Angels Stadium Tempe Diablo Stadium Culture and lore Big A Sign Continental League Mike Witt 's perfect game 1995 AL West tie - breaker game Rally Monkey Thundersticks The Naked Gun : From the Files of Police Squad ! 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Question: who sang why do you build me up buttercup
Answer: Colin Young