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Ready an’ Willing by Whitesnake
Ready an’ Willing is an album by Whitesnake, released in 1980. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Fool for your Loving”, on 6 lists with a best position of #52.
Ready an' Willing, Whitesnake's third album, was released in the UK on 23 May 1980, and it's the record where David Coverdale's backing band finally sounds like a gang. Ian Paice joined on drums, reuniting with his old Deep Purple bandmates Coverdale and Jon Lord, and with Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody trading guitar licks and Neil Murray on bass, the band locks into a greasy, bluesy groove that swaggers without hurrying. Martin Birch produced.
Coverdale is in full leering form, working the love-and-lust innuendo that runs through the band's songbook, and "Fool for Your Loving" is the pick: a strutting, soulful bruiser with a chorus that begs to be hollered. The album got to No. 6 at home and was the first Whitesnake record to chart outside Britain, reaching No. 32 in Norway and No. 90 in the US.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Ready an’ Willing on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fool for your Loving | 6 | #52 | – | 1990–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.