Are You Ready? (Pacific Gas & Electric song)
| "Are You Ready?" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Pacific Gas & Electric | ||||
| from the album Are You Ready? | ||||
| B-side | "Staggolee" | |||
| Released | April 22, 1970 | |||
| Length | 5:49 | |||
| Label | Columbia 45158 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Charlie Allen, | |||
| Producer(s) | ||||
| Pacific Gas & Electric singles chronology | ||||
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"Are You Ready?" is a song written by Charlie Allen and John Hill and performed by Pacific Gas & Electric. It reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 49 on the R&B chart[1] in 1970. The song was featured on their 1970 album Are You Ready?[2]
The song was produced by John Hill[3] and featured the back-up vocal group The Blackberries.[4]
The single was ranked No. 93 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970.[5] Music critic Robert Christgau has called it "easily [the band's] best cut ever".[6]
Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
| Chart (1969/70) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] | 44 |
| USA (Billboard 100) | 14 |
Year-end charts[]
| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| USA (Billboard 100) | 93 |
Other versions[]
- DeGarmo and Key released a version of the song on their 1984 album, Communication.[8]
- The Staple Singers released a version of the song as a single in 1985 and it reached No. 39 on the R&B chart.[9]
References[]
- ^ Pacific Gas & Electric, "Are You Ready?" chart positions Retrieved January 10, 2016
- ^ Pacific Gas & Electric, Are You Ready? Retrieved January 10, 2016
- ^ Pacific Gas & Electric, "Are You Ready?" single release Retrieved January 10, 2016
- ^ Pacific Gas & Electric, "Are You Ready?" single release information Retrieved January 10, 2016
- ^ Billboard 1970 Top 100 Year-End Singles Retrieved January 10, 2016
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 227. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ DeGarmo and Key, Communication Retrieved January 10, 2016
- ^ The Staple Singers, "Are You Ready?" chart position Retrieved January 10, 2016
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- 1970 songs
- 1970 singles
- 1985 singles
- Pacific Gas & Electric (band) songs
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