<P> "Baby, Now That I've Found You" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod . Part of the song was written in the same bar of a Soho tavern where Karl Marx is supposed to have written Das Kapital . The lyrics are a plea that an unnamed subject not break up with the singer . </P> <P> In 1967, The Foundations released it as their début single . After receiving airplay on the newly - launched BBC Radio 1, it took off and by November it was number one in the British charts . It met with great success, becoming a number 11 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1967 . The song also reached number 1 on the Canadian RPM magazine charts 10 February 1968 . </P> <P> Another version of the song was recorded by The Foundations in 1968 that featured Colin Young, Clem Curtis' replacement . This was on a Marble Arch album that featured newer stereo versions of their previous hits . </P> <P> Original lead singer of the Foundations, Clem Curtis recorded his own version of it and it was released on the Opium label OPIN 001 as a 7" single and a 12" version OPINT001 in 1987 . </P>

Who sang baby now that i've found you