Song · Rare Earth
“Get Ready” by Rare Earth
From the album Get Ready (1969)
“Get Ready” by Rare Earth appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2014. It was first released in 1969 on the album Get Ready. Its best result is #64 on the Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,816 alternative song of all time.
Rare Earth took "Get Ready", a Smokey Robinson song the Temptations had first made a hit for Motown in 1966, and made it the title track of their 1969 album Get Ready.
The credits spread the load: Gilbert Bridges on saxophone and tambourine, Ken Folcik on electric piano and organ, John Parrish on electric bass and trombone, Rod Richards on guitar and Peter Rivera on drums. And their take ended up the bigger of the song's two Motown hits, climbing to number 4 in the US in 1970, well past the Temptations' 29.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 64 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1990) | 100 |
| 2014 | 612 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
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