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The original Temptations version of "Get Ready", produced by Smokey Robinson, was designed as an answer to the latest dance craze, "The Duck".The Temptations' falsetto Eddie Kendricks sings lead on the song, which Robinson produced as an up-tempo dance number with a prominent rhythm provided by Motown drummer Benny Benjamin.
Here I Come" is a hip hop and soul song. It contains a compositional sample of "Get Ready", a song written by Smokey Robinson and performed by The Temptations. The critical reception of "Here I Come" was positive, with many praising the use of the sample. "Here I Come" was a moderate success in Australia, peaking at number twenty-two on the chart.
The Temptations' songs have been covered by scores of musicians, from R&B singers such as Otis Redding ("My Girl"), Bobby Womack ("I Wish It Would Rain") and Luther Vandross ("Since I Lost My Baby"), to white soul and reggae bands such as Rare Earth ("Get Ready"), UB 40 ("The Way You Do and The Things You Do") and The Rolling Stones ("My Girl ...
The title track had been recorded by the Temptations previously, whose version had been a hit on the R&B charts, but not the pop charts, and was not considered a success by the Temptations' standards. [3] When Rare Earth was still performing under the name the Sunliners, "Get Ready" was a regular — and popular — part of the band's live set ...
Get Ready!, a 1992 album by 2 Unlimited; Get Ready! (Roachford album), 1991; Get Ready (Human Nature album), 2007; Get Ready (Kleeer album), 1982; Get Ready (New Order album), 2001; Get Ready (Rare Earth album), 1969; Get Ready (Tomomi Itano album), 2016; Get Ready (Virtue album), 1999; Get Ready!, an EP by Little Red, 2008
Rare Earth had a number of top 40 hits in 1970–71, including remakes of the Temptations' "(I Know) I'm Losing You" and "Get Ready".Each was more successful than the Temptations original, with "Get Ready" being their biggest hit, peaking at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The Temptin' Temptations is the third studio album by The Temptations for the Gordy label released in 1965. The album includes several of the group's hits from 1965, and also includes a handful of singles that were not included on the Temptations' first 1965 album, The Temptations Sing Smokey .
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" is a 1966 hit single recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy label, [2] written by Cornelius Grant, Eddie Holland and Norman Whitfield, and produced by Norman Whitfield. The group performed the song live on the CBS variety program The Ed Sullivan Show on May 28, 1967, [ 3 ] and in a duet with Diana Ross & the ...