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“Ready for Love” by Bad Company

From the album Bad Company (1974)

“Ready for Love” by Bad Company appears on 51 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1974 on the album Bad Company. Its best result is #171 on the KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #552 classic rock song of all time.

51countdowns
21stations
#171best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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Ready for Love (2015 Remaster)

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"Ready for Love" was Mick Ralphs' song before Bad Company even existed. He first cut it with Mott the Hoople in 1972, singing it himself, and was never happy with the result; Ian Hunter couldn't reach it, and Ralphs' hunt for a voice that could helped push him toward Paul Rodgers and a new band. The revamped version landed on Bad Company's debut album in 1974.

This time the song gets the singer it was waiting for. Rodgers takes the lead, Ralphs handles guitar and keyboards, Boz Burrell plays bass and Simon Kirke drums, and the band produced it themselves, with Ron Nevison recording and mixing. It was never put out as a single, but radio grabbed it anyway, and it has turned up on album after album of the band's live and compilation sets.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 340 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1990 247 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1994 952 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 959 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 959 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 399 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 472 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 979 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
2002 581 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 327 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 582 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 409 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 371 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 264 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 374 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 415 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 273 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 231 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 304 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 712 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 308 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 384 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 231 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 427 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 223 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 288 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 307 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 477 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 318 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 338 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 376 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 319 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 856 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 866 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 494 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2021 302 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 317 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2022 894 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 482 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 320 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 444 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2023 362 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 386 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 321 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 482 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 456 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 385 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 171 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 380 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 452 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 425 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499

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