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The song also peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, number six in Ireland, number 14 in Finland, and number 18 in Australia. Music & Media magazine called the song "the best example of a rhetorical question". [1] "Are You Ready" was used as the official theme for WWE SmackDown on Fox. [2]
As a result, "Are You Ready" was released as the first single from the album on August 16, 2018. [7] A music video was released on the same date. [8] Guitarist Dan Donegan noted that the song's origins trace back to 2004, as a musical idea he had written during the sessions for their Ten Thousand Fists album. [9]
"Are You Ready?" is a song written by Charlie Allen and John Hill and performed by Pacific Gas & Electric. It reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 49 on the R&B chart [1] in 1970. The band featured it on their 1970 album Are You Ready? [2] The song was produced by John Hill [3] and featured the back-up vocal group The Blackberries. [4]
Are You Ready? (Abraham Mateo album) or the title song, 2015; Are You Ready (Blue Rodeo album) or the title song, 2005; Are You Ready (Bucks Fizz album) or the title song, 1982; Are You Ready (Shakaya album) or the title song (see below), 2006; R U Ready?, by Lovelyz, or the title song, 2017; Are You Ready!, by Atlanta Rhythm Section, 1979
"You have to sympathize with a band whose tragic history includes the theft of their name — a name greater than Tongue & Groove or Nova Local – by a power monopoly ... Charlie Allen synthesizes Taj Mahal and Otis Redding (more Arthur Conley , actually) over a blues-soul ensemble without the chops or drive of the similar bands led by Delaney ...
The song was released as a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings in 1976, the second single from the album named after the song, Are You Ready for the Country.
“The meaning of the song can vary in many things, like the absence of a person who is no longer with you, or a love. But it can be many other things too, that are no longer there.”
The song was covered by Sandie Shaw in 1986. [3] [4] Her version reached number 68 on the UK Singles Chart in June that year. [5] In 2006, Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura released an answer song called "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" on their third studio album Let's Get Out of This Country. [6] [7]