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- Album
- Baby Now That I've Found You
- Released
- 1967
- Genres
- Pop
- Length
- 3:00
- Tempo
- 134 BPM
- Label
- Castle Communications
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About this song
The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it stayed for three weeks in 1968.
What it's about
The song describes a narrator who is in love with someone who does not return his feelings. Each time he feels he is making progress in the relationship, the girl lets him down again, and no matter how hard he tries, she is not interested in him.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 3 other songs, like “1990-nånting by Afasi & Filthy (Ft. Snook)”.
- Covered 14 times, including “Build Me Up Buttercup by Beck Pete”.
- Written by Tony Macaulay and Mike d’Abo.
- Produced by Tony Macaulay.