He has plans, but his date never shows up. While it’s easy to focus on the song’s chorus and the titular phrase, Why do you build me up Buttercup? the real truth of the song comes in the verse above, in which Young sings about being teased, essentially. “I’ll be over at ten”, you told me time and again Indeed, the song, which has been featured in movies like There’s Something About Mary, is about unrequited affection. C Em Why do you build me up buttercup baby F G just to let me down and mess me around C Em and then worst of all you never call baby F G when you say you will But I love you still C Bb I need you more than anyone darling F D You know that I have from the start C G So build me up, buttercup, F Em D C G don t break my heart (syncopated - don t. Billboard Hot 100, is fitting since it’s about love and possible breakups. Hit song: Build Me Up Buttercup: Top of the Pops: January 1969: Build Me Up Buttercup: B.W.D. Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1969:The Valentines performing Build me Up Buttercup on the HSV7 program Turning On - hosted by John Burge.
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