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((Short description|1968 single by The Foundations))
((Use dmy dates|date=January 2020))
((More citations needed|date=October 2016))
((Infobox song
| image      = Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations UK vinyl Side-A.png
| caption    = One of side-A labels of the UK vinyl single
| type       = single
| artist     = [[the Foundations]]
| album      = Build Me Up Buttercup ''(U.S.)''<br> The Foundations ''(U.K.)''
| B-side     = New Direction
| released   = 8 November 1968 (UK)<br />3 December 1968 (US)
| recorded   = 1968
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = ((hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[Soul music|soul]]))
| length     = 3:00
| label      = ((hlist|[[Pye Records|Pye]]|[[Uni Records|Uni]]))
| writer     = ((hlist|[[Mike d'Abo]]|[[Tony Macaulay]]))
| producer   = Tony Macaulay
| prev_title = [[Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad)|Any Old Time]]
| prev_year  = 1968
| next_title = [[In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)|In the Bad Bad Old Days]]
| next_year  = 1969
| misc       = 
))

"'''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 ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref name="autogenerated1">((cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19690308.html |title=Top 100 1969-03-08 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=29 May 2016 ))</ref> and No. 3 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''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 (song)|Lily the Pink]]" by [[the Scaffold]]. It was quickly certified [[Gold record|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]]''<ref>((cite book|last=Pollock|first=Bruce|date=2005|title=Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GxYiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA44|publisher=[[Routledge]]|page=44|isbn=978-0415970730))</ref> and the episode "Art Imitates Art" from the fourth season of the CBS TV detective series ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]''. The track also features in the 2020 film ''[[The Kissing Booth 2]]'',<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/the-kissing-booth-2-soundtrack/|title=The Kissing Booth 2 soundtrack: Every song played in the sequel|last=Morris|first=Lauren|date=July 22, 2020|website=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=December 20, 2021))</ref> as well as in a series of 2020((ndash))21 [[Geico]] commercials.<ref>((cite web|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/dehler-park-one-of-multiple-billings-locations-used-in-geico-ads/article_05df5d7a-5809-532e-97fa-76050128a0d3.html|title=Dehler Park one of multiple Billings locations used in Geico ads|last=Kordenbrock|first=Mike|date=May 4, 2021|website=[[Billings Gazette]]|access-date=December 20, 2021))</ref>

==Charts==
((col-begin|width=65%))
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1968–1969)
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|Argentina <ref>((cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1969/CB-1969-03-29.pdf|title=Cash Box - International Best Sellers|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|date=29 March 1969|access-date=26 July 2023|page=56))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|14
|-
|Australia (''[[Go-Set]]'')<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1969/19690312.html|title=Go-Set Australian charts - 12 March 1969|website=www.poparchives.com.au))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]]) 
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|Belgium (Wallonia)<ref>[https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/3b54/The-Foundations-Build-Me-Up-Buttercup Ultratop website]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|49
|-
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5904&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5904.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5904|title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=24 February 1969 |access-date=15 September 2019))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|((single chart|Ireland2|3|song=Build Me Up Buttercup|access-date=12 July 2018))
|-
|Netherlands<ref>[https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Foundations&titel=Build+Me+Up+Buttercup&cat=s Dutch Charts website]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
|[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|New Zealand]]
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|Norway<ref>[https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Foundations&titel=Build+Me+Up+Buttercup&cat=s Norwegian Charts website]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|South Africa<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(A-B).html|title=South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Songs (A-B)|website=www.rock.co.za))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts|OCC]])
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002''</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|U.S. ''[[Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|West Germany<ref>[https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Foundations&titel=Build+Me+Up+Buttercup&cat=s Norwegian Charts site as above]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1969)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|Australia 
| style="text-align:center;"|22
|-
|Canada<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6104&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 |title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=2 October 2016))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/19.htm ]((dead link|date=October 2016))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|U.S. ''Cash Box''<ref>((cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1969YESP.html |title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1969 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=20 May 2016 ))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|}
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==Certifications==
((Certification Table Top))
((Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Foundations|title=Build Me Up Buttercup|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|certyear=2020|id=13716-4178-1|access-date=4 September 2020))
((Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Foundations|title=Build Me Up Buttercup|award=Gold|relyear=1968|certyear=1969|access-date=5 April 2019))
((Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true))

==Personnel==
* [[Colin Young]] – vocals
* [[Alan Warner (musician)|Alan Warner]] – lead guitar
* [[Peter Macbeth]] – bass guitar
* Tim Harris – drums, percussion
* Tony Gomez – keyboards
* [[Mike Elliott (saxophonist)|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.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/build-me-up-buttercup-2003/|title=Build Me Up Buttercup 2003 &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts]]))</ref>

A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsUr1F36s68 fast-paced version by The Goops] was used as part of a promotional tie-in music video for the 1995 film Mallrats. The music video shows the two main characters, Jay and Silent Bob, with a turntable playing the original song by the Foundations before smashing the turntable and beginning the version of the song by The Goops.<ref>((Citation |title=Build Me Up, Butter Cup - The Goops (Mallrats Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTXaDiGZncw |access-date=2024-01-22 |language=en))</ref> This video was later included as a bonus feature in a later DVD home release of Mallrats.<ref>Mallrats Collector's Edition DVD</ref>

It was covered by the Australian group [[The Valentines (rock band)|The Valentines]] in a live TV appearance in 1969.<ref>((Cite web|website=Open.spotify.com |title=Build Me Up Buttercup (Live) |date=1969-11-22 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2nxRT2MrFKIaysMGKJJidX |access-date=2024-02-28 |language=en))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.shaviro.com/Othertexts/Beat1.html CRITICAL BEATDOWN by Steven Shaviro]
* ((YouTube|FvluBVhfGcw|Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup))

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