"Back on My Feet Again" is the second single released by
the Foundations
The Foundations were a British soul band (m. 1967–1970). The group's background was: West Indian, White British, and Sri Lankan. Their 1967 debut single " Baby Now That I've Found You" reached number one in the UK and Canada, and number e ...
. It was the follow-up to their hit single "
Baby, Now That I've Found You
"Baby, Now That I've Found You" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod, and performed by the Foundations. 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 ...
". It was written by
Tony Macaulay
Tony Macaulay (born Anthony Gordon Instone; 21 April 1944) is an English author, composer for musical theatre, and songwriter. He has won the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors Award twice as 'Songwriter of the Year' (1970 a ...
and
John MacLeod and produced by Tony Macaulay. It charted at number 18 in the UK and also in Ireland. It reached No. 59 in the U.S. and number 29 in Canada.
Clem Curtis
Clem Curtis (born Curtis Clements; 28 November 1940 – 27 March 2017) was a Trinidadian British singer, who was the original lead vocalist of sixties soul group The Foundations.
Background Family
He was the father of seven children, six sons ...
was the lead vocalist on this song. A re-recorded version featuring Clem Curtis's replacement,
Colin Young, appeared on the
Marble Arch
The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 to be the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace; it stood near the site of what is toda ...
album. The B-side of the single, "
I Can Take or Leave Your Loving", was written by Rick Jones
Releases
* The Foundations - "Back on My Feet Again" / "I Can Take or Leave Your Loving" - PYE 7N 17417 - 1968
* The Foundations - "Back on My Feet Again" / "I Can Take or Leave Your Loving" - UNI 55058
Charts
References
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1968 singles
The Foundations songs
Songs written by Tony Macaulay
Pye Records singles
Uni Records singles
Songs written by John Macleod (songwriter)
1968 songs