Build Me Up Buttercup

Build Me Up Buttercup

The Foundations

The song describes being in love with someone who doesn’t reciprocate the feelings. Any time the narrator feels that he is getting somewhere in the relationship, his girl lets him down again and again. No matter how hard he tries, the girl just isn’t interested in him.

The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard top 100 chart for 3 weeks in 1968.