Buy this Track. ‟At the time when he ran the track down, I said, ‘That sounds like it might be something.’ But it really didn’t hit me until we came all the way home [to Detroit], recorded it, and then Smokey put the strings on it. It took up the entire second side of their Platinum-selling Motown album, also titled Get Ready. written by Michael Bundesen, Michael Hardinger, Peter Andersen The Whispers scored a hit with a disco version in 1979. written by Paolo Dossena It has been noted that the audience sounds throughout the song are repetitive and canned. Required fields are marked *. The B-side to "Get Ready" was the ballad "Fading Away", which was also led by Kendricks. 1, We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Get_Ready_(The_Temptations_song)&oldid=981189648, Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles, Song recordings produced by Smokey Robinson, Articles needing additional references from September 2016, All articles needing additional references, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Additionally, the Temptations also re-recorded the song as part of a series of promos for American television network, "Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)" (1962), "Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down" (1969), "Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)" (1970) / ", "Who are You (and What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life)" (1976), "Miss Busy Body (Get Your Body Busy)" (1983), This page was last edited on 30 September 2020, at 20:32. The Temptations Sing Smokey Gordy 1964. Norwegian, Você Pop charts (and R&B charts) Top 20. 29 on the pop charts.[1]. GO AD-FREE WITH WHOSAMPLED PREMIUM! Rare Earth's "Get Ready" was the band's first recording for Motown, and was based upon a version it performed as part of the closing numbers to their live performances. He wrote ‘My Girl’ as a kind of answer record to his own song ‘My Guy’, which had been a smash for Mary Wells in 1964, and its lyrics were inspired by his wife, Claudette, who also sang in The Miracles. The Temptations’ founder and last original member, baritone singer Otis Williams, remembered: “Our real big one, our first million-seller, was ‘My Girl’, which came out in ’65. It made The Temptations, a gifted vocal quintet that had been cutting records since 1961, major stars. Finally deferring to the band's wishes in February 1970, Motown released a three-minute edit of the song as a single, which became a hit. Published on September 25, 2019 Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada", "Australian Top 50 ARIA Singles Chart – Week Ending 9th August, 1987", "Walmart TV Commercial, 'Back to School List' Song by The Temptations". With The Smokey Robinson-penned ‘My Girl’, The Temptations created a keystone soul song that put the group on the map, adding to Motown’s winning streak. written by Gileno It is significant for being the last song Robinson wrote and produced for the Temptations, due to a deal Berry Gordy made with Norman Whitfield, that if "Get Ready" did not meet with the expected degree of success, then Whitfield's song, "Ain't Too Proud To Beg", would get the next release, which resulted in Whitfield more or less replacing Robinson as the group's producer. How The ‘Hackers’ Techno-Forward Soundtrack Captured The Future, Best Amy Winehouse Songs: 20 Soulful Essentials, The Greatest Album Covers: 100 Pioneering Sleeve Designs, About Us • Contributors • Terms of Service • Privacy Policy • © 2020 uDiscoverMusic. The Rare Earth version of the song also peaked at number twenty on the R&B chart. There is nothing about it that is gimmicky, and it uses just two notes of a major scale. These are serious artists, and there are more than 150 other recordings of the song, but the poise and soul of The Temptations’ version still reigns supreme. Listen to the best of The Temptations on Apple Music and Spotify. Catalan, Michael Italian, Magan SecondHandSongs is building the most comprehensive source of cover song information. 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