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“Ready to Start” by The Arcade Fire

From the album The Suburbs (2010)

“Ready to Start” by The Arcade Fire appears on 54 radio countdowns from 36 stations between 2010 and 2025. It was first released in 2010 on the album The Suburbs. Its best result is #3 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #15 alternative song of 2010, #3,130 alternative song of all time and #42 of the '10s.

54countdowns
36stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
8top 10 finishes
2010–2025years charted

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Arcade Fire - Ready to Start (Official Video)

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"Ready to Start" is one of the hardest-charging songs on The Suburbs, Arcade Fire's 2010 album, and the lineup gives it plenty of muscle: Régine Chassagne and Jeremy Gara on drums, Tim Kingsbury's bass pulsing, Win Butler singing lead over guitars from himself and Richard Reed Parry, with William Butler on keyboards and guitar. Strings arranged by Parry, Sarah Neufeld, Owen Pallett and Marika Anthony Shaw hum underneath like a power line. The whole band wrote it and produced it with Markus Dravs, and Craig Silvey and Nick Launay mixed.

When The Suburbs was named Album of the Year at the 53rd Grammys, this was the song they played straight afterward, and they played it again at the Brit Awards a few days later. The video catches them on stage during their world tour.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2010 13 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2010 30
2010 9 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2010 91
2010 7 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 77 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2010 89
2010 32 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 4 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 102
2010 66 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010 99
2010 15 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 94
2010 40 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2010 104
2010 15 WFIV 105.3 Knoxville, TN WFIV Top 105 of 2010 105
2010 11 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2010 89
2010 16 WFPK Louisville, KY WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2010 100
2010 40 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2010 40
2010 6 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2010 95
2010 29 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2010 99
2010 89 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 91
2010 13 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 88
2010 3 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2010 107
2010 71 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO WLCA Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 49 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 34 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA 106.1 The Corner Top 106 of 2010 105
2010 8 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 100
2010 20 WLOY Baltimore, MD WLOY Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 43 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 16 FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 6 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 2010 25
2010 24 KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010 91
2010 19 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2010 51
2010 14 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 103
2010 23 Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 92
2010 26 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2010 90
2010 63 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 100
2010 55 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 95
2011 42 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2011 91
2011 49 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011 94
2011 23 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA 106.1 The Corner Top 107 of 2011 105
2011 10 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 2011 25
2011 17 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2011 51

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2010 1754 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 873 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 30 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time 102
2013 687 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 89 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 650 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 479 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2018 204 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896
2019 328 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2019 417 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 417 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 52 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s 102
2020 1048 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2024 376 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 562 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 266 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714

Also listed as: Ready To Start; Ready to start.

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