| Lyrics: Get Ready for This |
Performed by: 2 Unlimited; Crazy Frog
Written by: Jean Paul Henr De Coster; Simon James Harris; Raymond L Slijngaard; Filip Marnix Wilde
Credits: De Coster, Jean Paul Henr (Songwriter); Harris, Simon James (Songwriter); Slijngaard, Raymond L (Songwriter); Wilde, Filip Marnix (Songwriter); DECOS PUBL (Publisher)
| Wikipedia: Get Ready for This |
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| Single by 2 Unlimited | ||||
| from the album Get Ready! | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Format | CD single, CD maxi, 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Dance, Electronic | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Byte | |||
| Writer(s) | Phil Wilde, Jean-Paul De Coster, Raymond Lothar Slijngaard | |||
| Producer | Phil Wilde, Jean-Paul De Coster | |||
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"Get Ready for This" is a 1991 eurodance single by Dutch duo 2 Unlimited from their debut album Get Ready!. It is perhaps the most played opening song for arena-based sporting events. It is arguably the most famous of the band's singles in the United States; having reached #38 on the Billboard Top 40, making it the band's only Top 40 hit. However, its success was eclipsed elsewhere in the world by their fifth single "No Limit".[1]
The famous repeated line "Y'all ready for this?" is sampled from The D.O.C.'s hit single "It's Funky Enough".
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Originally, the single was released as an instrumental (entitled the "Orchestral Mix") in the spring of 1991. "Get Ready for This" was an immediate success, reaching #2 on the UK Singles Chart and #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts, as well as reaching #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. Conscious of their popularity, Wilde & De Coster wanted a more accessible, formatted formula for their project to grow. Raymond Lothar Slijngaard was then contacted to write lyrics and add a rap to the track. On his suggestion, Anita Doth joined in as the female vocalist.
Some months later the rap version was released, this time with raps by group member Ray Slijngaard and vocals by group member Anita Doth. However, for the second UK release of the single, an edit of the original "Orchestral mix" was used, without vocals from the song except for the sampled "Y'all ready for this?" line. This was done by record producer Pete Waterman, who owned the record label 2 Unlimited were licenced to for UK releases. Subsequent 2 Unlimited releases would restore singer Anita Doth's vocals, but Raymond Slijngaard's raps would be cut out for several releases to come, including the subsequent singles Twilight Zone (1992) and "No Limit" (1993).
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| Chart (1991)[2] [3] [4] [5] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 38 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 17 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 2 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 10 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 3 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 50 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 36 |
| UK Airplay Chart | 33 |
| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
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| Single by 2 Unlimited | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits Remixes | ||||
| Released | May, 2001 | |||
| Format | 12" | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Trance | |||
| Length | 8:50 (Yves De Ruyter remix) | |||
| Label | White Label | |||
| Producer | Phil Wilde, Jean-Paul De Coster | |||
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"Get Ready for This" was later remixed and re-released for 2 Unlimited's compilation album Greatest Hits Remixes.
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 Trance remix by heavy weight DJ/producer Yves De Ruyter. 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).
Originally, the remix De Ruyter made was to be released in the 2001 release of Greatest Hits Remixes but was one of the stolen master tapes taken to Russia for a bootleg release in 2000.
A "Get Ready for This" (Yves De Ruyter Remix)
Following the May 2001 release of the Yves De Ruyter remixes, August the same year saw the release of the another "Get Ready for This" remix by Puerto Rican DJ/producer Robbie Rivera. Also released on white label, these remixes focussed more on the Latino House genre with some slight of hand cross-overs into other House genres.
Roughly mixed, and clouded in samples from other sources, the release also had very little success, but is now regarded as a collectable item and is sought after by fans of Robbie Rivera and 2 Unlimited.
The Robbie Rivera remixes were never released officially anywhere else.
A "Get Ready for This" (Rivera Latin Groove Remix)
B1 "Get Ready for This" (Big Groove Remix)
B2 "Get Ready for This" (Dark Remix)
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