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Thank you, Foundations, you two-hit wonder band.įollow FIRST DATE, WORST DATE EVER! on WordPress. You’re singing along, right? How could you not? So build me up, Buttercup, don’t break my heart. I – I–I need you, more than anyone darling, you know that I have from the start. I’ll be beside the phone, waiting for you. Hey, hey, hey, baby, baby, try to find a little time and I’ll make you happy. Īlthough you’re untrue, I’m attracted to you all the more. I was your toy, but you could be the boy I adore if you just let me know. Why do you, build me up, buttercup, just to let me down and mess me around. Ooh–ooh.”Īt this point, two of the judges were oohing along with us. We had several rehearsals with lots of wine, laughter, and female bonding.īaby, baby, try to find, a little time, and I’ll make you happy, Now it sounds like the members are getting old (I’ve been in it for 12 years). 50 years ago, it was a clever name for a ski club. It was our second performance, the year before our debut as the Rusty Sisters (the singles’ club is the Rusty Bindings). The soundtrack is the same as in the previous GEICO ad Repair Shop Motorcycle Insurance: Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations. I’ll be over at ten, you tell me time and again, but you’re late. So build me up, buttercup, don’t break my heart.Īs we waited backstage to go on, one of the judges walked by and said, “I hate the color yellow.” We wore deep yellows, pale yellows, short dresses, long dresses, one woman in a yellow jacket and white capri pants, and a variety of scarves in warm colors. Our dresses didn’t match, but the color yellow tied it together. We had two women in white go-go boots, one on each end. It was parked just over 1 mile away from where his body was found in an upscale neighborhood, two blocks north of Delaware Park, when it was found at 3:20 a.m. I am always the tallest so that puts me in the middle.

Since I performed it, I know all the lyrics.Īnd then worst of all, you never call, baby, when you say you will, but I love you still.Įight women, lined up from shortest to tallest and then back down the line in height. But It’s more offensive that they’ve taken a part of fond memories and made a farce of them. Geico has gone from one of the better, more creative ad makers to almost as stupid and inane as Liberty Mutual and Progressive.

I sang it in the singles’ club Gong show with 7 girlfriends as we performed while dressed head to toe, in yellow. Geico has ruined one of my all time favorite songs, Build me up Buttercup by the Foundations, a very good, unheralded group.

My youngest had a tiny solo on the song while in her 7 th or 8 th grade chorus concert.

I was in 8 th grade when I first heard it on the radio.

This song is my fave for a couple of reasons: Build Me Up Buttercup is a song written by Mike dAbo and Tony Macaulay, and released by the Foundations in 1968 with Colin Young singing lead vocals.

build me up, buttercup baby, jus to let me down, and mess me around. There’s a new Geico commercial for motorcycle insurance that starts out with the introduction to one of my favoirte songs – Build Me Up, Buttercup.