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"I'm Ready for Love" is a 1966 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. The song, produced and written by Holland–Dozier–Holland, and was written in a similar style to The Supremes' smash hit, "You Can't Hurry Love".
| "I'm Ready for Love" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Martha and the Vandellas | ||||
| from the album Watchout! | ||||
| B-side | "He Doesn't Love Her Anymore" (Hunter) | |||
| Released | October 6, 1966 | |||
| Recorded | Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan, 1966 | |||
| Genre | Soul/Pop | |||
| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Label | Gordy | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||
| Producer(s) | Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier | |||
| Martha and the Vandellas singles chronology | ||||
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Background
editThe Vandellas' version was issued as the first official release off the group's 1966 album, Watchout!, though the album's actual first single, the emotive ballad "What Am I Going to Do Without Your Love" bombed on the chart. This song renewed the Vandellas' popularity among mainstream audiences with its top ten showing.
Cash Box said that it is a "hard driving rocker has the girls spilling out a potent, effective romance lyric in a mood that should have every dancer who spins the disk on the floor."[1]
Chart performance
editScoring their biggest hit since "Nowhere to Run", rose to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on Billboard's Hot R&B singles chart.[2] "I'm Ready For Love" was also a chart hit for the group in the UK where the song peaked at number twenty-two on the chart.[3]
Other recordings
edit- Other than the Vandellas, The Temptations also recorded a version of this song that was released on their 1967 album In A Mellow Mood.
References
edit- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 15, 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 378.
- ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
External links
edit- Martha and the Vandellas - "I'm Ready for Love" song review by Richard Gilliam, credits & releases at AllMusic
- Martha and the Vandellas - "I'm Ready for Love" single releases & credits at Discogs
- Martha and the Vandellas - "I'm Ready for Love" song to be listened on Spotify
- Martha and the Vandellas - "I'm Ready for Love" song to be listened on YouTube
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