Economy of Words is such a book. The weight of the evidence is truly overwhelming, and the breadth of the ethnography, both in the range of central banks the author has accessed and the range of materials and informantsâfrom academic theories to policy makers to lower level data collectors to economists to the history of economic thoughtâis breathtaking.
On February 16th 1969, Build Me Up Buttercup by the Foundations peaked at #3 (for 3 weeks) on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on December 29th, 1968 at position #84 and spent 15 weeks on the Top 100 (and for 8 of those 15 weeks it was on the Top 10)...
To coincide with the movie's release, the song was issued as a single in 1972, which slowly rose to #1 in America. Reddy's second album was subsequently titled I Am Woman and included this new version of the song. When this song got a makeover in 1972, the arrangement was changed, as were some lyrics (I can face anything became I can do anything), and a verse was added. These tweaks helped the song become a huge hit.