Song · Michael Kiwanuka
“I'm Getting Ready” by Michael Kiwanuka
From the EP I’m Getting Ready EP (2011)
“I'm Getting Ready” by Michael Kiwanuka appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2012 and 2013. It was first released in 2011 on the EP I’m Getting Ready EP. Its best result is #14 on the Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #21 indie & aaa song of 2012 and #382 of the '10s.
"I'm Getting Ready" gave Michael Kiwanuka's 2011 EP its name, and it's his song through and through: he wrote it, sings lead and plays the acoustic guitar. Producer Paul Butler is the other engine here, playing drums, shakers and trumpet and singing backup, while Paul Armfield plays double bass and Tim Parkin adds Rhodes piano. David Butler mixed it and Jon McMullen engineered it, and the EP came out in September 2011.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 47 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2012 | 37 | KFOG San Francisco Bay Area, CA | KFOG Foghead Favorites 2012 | 40 |
| 2012 | 14 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012 | 101 |
| 2012 | 24 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 36 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2012 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 565 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
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