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Build Me Up Buttercup
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Wikipedia article
"'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 No. 1 on the 'Cash Box' Top 100 and No. 3 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 in early 1969. It was also a No. 2 hit in the United Kingdom, for two non-consecutive weeks, behind "Lily the Pink" by the Scaffold. It was quickly certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over a million US copies.
In popular culture
"Build Me Up Buttercup" is featured in the 1998 romantic comedy film 'There's Something About Mary' and the 2020 film 'The Kissing Booth 2', as well as in a series of 202021 Geico commercials. It is also one of the 7th inning stretch tunes that since 1990 has been played at the Angel Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Angels.
Since 1998, at the University of WisconsinMadison, it has become a tradition at every home game for students and fans to sing the song during Wisconsin Badger football games,
the song will usually play during a time out and when the song is turned off on the PA system, the students and fans sing the song acapella enthusiastically, also, sometimes during halftime shows at the home football games, the Wisconsin Marching Band will play this song in a medley called the "Camp Randall Sing-Along" where students and fans also sing the song.
Charts
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Personnel
* Colin Young vocals
* Alan Warner lead guitar
* Peter Macbeth bass guitar
* Tim Harris drums, percussion
* Tony Gomez keyboards
* Mike Elliott tenor saxophone
* Eric Allandale trombone
* Mike D'Abo piano
Other versions
A version by British trio Partyboys reached No. 44 on the UK Singles Chart in 2003.
References
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