Get Ready for This
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| Single by 2 Unlimited | ||||
| from the album Get Ready! | ||||
| Released | September 1991 | |||
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| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Eurodance[1] | |||
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"Get Ready for This" is a song recorded by Dutch group 2 Unlimited.[2]
Background
In 1990, producers Phil Wilde and Jean-Paul de Coster had previously gained success with AB Logic, and were looking for another vehicle for their songs. 2 Unlimited formed when Wilde and DeCoster were introduced to rapper Ray Slijngaard and vocalist Anita Doth by Marvin D., who had featured both in his rap group in the past.[2]
Release and reception
Get Ready for This was released in September 1991 as the lead single from their debut album Get Ready!. Originally, the single was produced as an instrumental (entitled the "Orchestral Mix"). Conscious of their popularity, Wilde & De Coster wanted a more accessible, formatted formula for their project to grow. Ray was then asked to write lyrics and add a rap to the track. On Ray's suggestion, Anita joined as the female vocalist.
The rap version was released with raps by group Ray Slijngaard and vocals by Anita. For the UK release of the single, an edit of the original "Orchestral Mix" was used, without vocals except for the line "Y'all ready for this?" sampled from The D.O.C.'s hit single "It's Funky Enough".[3] This was done by record producer Pete Waterman, who owned the record label 2 Unlimited were licensed to for UK releases.
"Get Ready for This" was an immediate success throughout Europe with notable peaks worldwide, including Australia and the U.S. It is arguably the most famous of the band's singles in the United States having charted at no. 14 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, no. 17 on the Top 40 Mainstream and no. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's only Top 40 hit in the U.S.
Appearances
Sports
The song is one of the most frequently played songs at sporting events around the world,[3] and was the opening song for the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV, and similarly served as the opening song at one time for two NBA teams, the Orlando Magic and the San Antonio Spurs. It has also been the opening song for several Major League Baseball teams, including the Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres, as well as the Montreal Canadiens and San Jose Sharks of the NHL. It has also been the goal song at one time or another for two other NHL teams, the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Sharks currently have this song as their goal song as of late March 2016.
The song has also appeared in the introduction of the starting lineups in the Philippine Basketball Association was used in 1999 until 2000 seasons.
Films
The song has also appeared in the films Space Jam, Bring It On, Chandaal, Happy Gilmore, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and The Lego Movie, the television series Moesha, in the popular TV comedy series Friends (Season 3 episode 9: The One With The Football), and in trailers and commercial spots such as for the film Good Burger. Its status as a sports anthem was parodied by Beavis and Butt-head when Beavis asks if they are watching an American football game when the music video to the song comes on. It also appeared in How to Eat Fried Worms and was the first song ever played by Radio Disney. An instrumental cover of this song is played by a big brass band in the UK TV commercial advertising Plusnet Broadband, broadcast from January to February 2013. This song, along with other 2 Unlimited songs such as "Twilight Zone", also appears in the Super NES video game, Biometal. The song was heard in the short-lived US TV show Surviving Jack in episode six "She Drives Me Crazy".
Compilations
The song has appeared on the Eurodance compilation Dancemania series albums, including Dancemania Super Techno II (2001), Dancemania Speed 6 (2001) and Dancemania Super Techno Best (2002).
Track listings
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Yves Deruyter remixes
| "Get Ready for This (Yves Deruyter Remix)" | |
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| Released | 2001 |
| Label | White Label |
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After the moderate success of the 2 Unlimited compilation album Greatest Hits Remixes in 2001, two white labels were released with remixes of "Get Ready for This". The first 12" was released in May 2001 in Belgium with a remix by DJ/producer Yves Deruyter. Although just a single sided pressing featuring the full 12" remix, the radio edit was officially released later in the 2002 release Trance Remixes (Special Edition).
Track listing
- 12" white label
A "Get Ready for This" (Yves Deruyter Remix)
Robbie Rivera remixes
Following the May 2001 release of the Yves Deruyter remixes, August the same year saw the release of another "Get Ready for This" remix by Puerto Rican DJ/producer Robbie Rivera.
Track listing
- 12" white label
- A "Get Ready for This" (Rivera Latin Groove Remix)
- B1 "Get Ready for This" (Big Groove Remix)
- B2 "Get Ready for This" (Dark Remix)
Steve Aoki remixes
| "Get Ready for This (Steve Aoki Remix)" | ||||
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| Released | 2013 | |||
| Label | Byte | |||
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In 2013, American DJ/producer Steve Aoki released a remix of "Get Ready for This" on Byte Records as part of a forthcoming 2 Unlimited greatest hits album.[21] The Rap and Orchestral mixes featured on the original "Get Ready for This" single were also included.
Track listing
- Download 1 (Steve Aoki Remixes EP)
- "Get Ready" (Steve Aoki Extended) (5:25)
- "Get Ready" (Steve Aoki Edit) (3:08)
- "Get Ready" (Rap Version) (5:26)
- "Get Ready" (Orchestral Mix) (3:42)
- Download 2 (Steve Aoki Radio Mixes)
- "Get Ready" (Steve Aoki Vocal Edit) (2:55)
- "Get Ready" (Steve Aoki Instrumental Edit) (2:55)
Weekly charts
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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| Netherlands (Dutch Dance Top 30)[22] | 28 |
References
- ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "Culture Beat – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- 1 2 "2 Unlimited – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- 1 2 Lamb, Bill. "Top 10 Top 10 Jock Anthems". About.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Australian-charts.com – 2 Unlimited – Get Ready For This". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – 2 Unlimited – Get Ready For This" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 2086." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Get Ready for This". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – 2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – 2 Unlimited – Get Ready For This" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Charts.org.nz – 2 Unlimited – Get Ready For This". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – 2 Unlimited – Get Ready For This". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 1991-10-26" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2 Unlimited – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending OCTOBER 17, 1992 at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 October 2012). Cash Box magazine.
- ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1991" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Chart Archive – 1990s Singles". everyHit.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1992". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1992" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ Get Ready Incl Steve Aoki Remixes at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 October 2013). Beatport.
- ↑ "Dutch Dance Top 30 – 09/11/2013". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
