"Baby, Now That I've Found You" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John Macleod,[3] and performed by the Foundations.
According to Roy Delo of the group, The Ways and Means who were managed by Ron Fairway, they were offered the chance to record "Baby Now That I've Found You".
[5][7] Following the success of the single there would be issues involving two men formerly associated with the band, Ron Fairway and Raymond Morrison.
[9][10] Rock historian Roger Dopson described what took place between Ron Fairway and Barry Class as a behind the scenes struggle.
[11] Fairway made an attempt to sue the band, alleging that he was wrongfully dismissed as the group's co-manager.
[9] According to the 8 November issue of Melody Maker, Class stated that it was a friction of personalities which had been going on for about four months.
[13][7] As per the July 27 issue of Melody Maker, Raymond (Ray) Morrison had taken out legal action against The Foundations.
[10] According to an interview of Alan Warner by Jack Hodgins' of Vinyl Vibes, (Radio 2NUR FM) Tony Macaulay had hired a room at the back of a pub for the band to rehearse the song.
[15] Warner said that there was some kind of coding (motion sensing) where the tapes would come back to the same position when re-wound.
[17] According to Tony Macualay, the group had a useful horn section, and the song was recorded in a number of takes and had to be finished off with the help of backing singers.
Eric Allandale, the group's trombonist recalled things a bit differently and said that the song was done in a couple of takes.
[27] It was also noted in the Melody Maker magazine that week that Ron Fairway was no longer director of Class Management.
[32] Another version of the song was recorded by the Foundations in 1968, featuring Colin Young, Clem Curtis' replacement.
[33] In the late 1980s, Clem Curtis and Alan Warner teamed up to recut "Baby, Now That I've Found You" and "Build Me Up Buttercup", as well as other hits of the Foundations.
In 1995, American bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss released the song as a single from her compilation album Now That I've Found You: A Collection.