Written and produced by Tim Smith, it is a ballad built on dense keyboards and searing synth with gentle vocals and lyrical ideas about the afterlife.
[1] The recording of Sing to God, a double album of 22 tracks, took place during the breaks of 1995, a particularly active year on the live front.
[2] Jon Poole played the majority of the bass parts as Jim Smith, Tim's brother, took less of a musical role, focusing more on engineering and editing.
[5] The song also appeared on the split EP or single Cardiacs/Camp Blackfoot (1999) and the compilation album Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends (2001), both released by Org Records, the label associated with the Organ fanzine.
[12] Nick Reed from The Quietus selected the song for its emotional resonance as one which makes him cry, calling it a "gorgeous ballad with this absolutely wrenching noise that I can't even describe.
"[11] The London-based pop project Spiritwo, fronted by a female singer of Israeli descent, recorded a version of "Foundling" as her debut single.