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( September 2016 ) `` Get Ready '' Single by The Temptations from the album Gettin ' Ready B - side `` Fading Away '' Released February 7, 1966 Format 7 '' single Recorded Hitsville USA ( Studio A ) ; December 5, December 9, and December 29, 1965 Genre Soul, R&B Length 2 : 39 Label Gordy G 7049 Songwriter ( s ) Smokey Robinson Producer ( s ) Smokey Robinson The Temptations singles chronology `` My Baby '' / `` Do n't Look Back '' ( 1965 ) `` Get Ready '' ( 1966 ) `` Ai n't Too Proud to Beg '' ( 1966 ) `` My Baby '' / `` Do n't Look Back '' ( 1965 ) `` Get Ready '' ( 1966 ) `` Ai n't Too Proud to Beg '' ( 1966 ) `` Get Ready '' is a Motown song written by Smokey Robinson, which resulted in two hit records for the label : a U.S. No. 29 version by The Temptations in 1966, and a U.S. No. 4 version by Rare Earth in 1970. It is significant for being the last song Robinson wrote and produced for the Temptations, due to a deal Berry Gordy made with Norman Whitfield, that if `` Get Ready '' did not meet with the expected degree of success, then Whitfield 's song, `` Ai n't Too Proud To Beg '', would get the next release, which resulted in Whitfield more or less replacing Robinson as the group 's producer. Contents 1 Song history 1.1 Temptations version 2 Chart performance 3 Later performances 3.1 Rare Earth version 4 Chart performance 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 Personnel 5.1 Temptations version ( 1960s ) 5.2 Supremes version 5.3 Miracles version 5.4 Rare Earth version 5.5 Temptations version ( 1990 - 91, CBS Promo `` Get Ready for CBS '' and Milestone album versions ) 5.6 Nancy Sinatra version 5.7 Human Nature and Smokey Robinson version 5.8 Arkells version 6 Sample 7 References 8 External links Song history Temptations version The original Temptations version of `` Get Ready '', produced by Smokey Robinson, was designed as an answer to the latest dance craze, `` The Duck ''. The Temptations ' falsetto Eddie Kendricks sings lead on the song, which Robinson produced as an up - tempo dance number with a prominent rhythm provided by Motown drummer Benny Benjamin. In the song, Kendricks informs his lover to `` get ready '' because `` I 'm bringin ' you a love that 's true ''. Melvin Franklin sings lead on the pre-chorus : `` fe, fi, fo, fum / look out / ' cause here I come '' along with several other similar lines. The song made it to number one on the U.S. R&B singles chart, while peaking at number twenty - nine on the pop charts. The B - side to `` Get Ready '' was the ballad `` Fading Away '', which was also led by Kendricks. The song talks about fading love with its narrator asking his soon - to - be-former - lover `` Where is your love going ? '' and saying how much she changed since they fell in love. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, & Bobby Rogers, and produced by Robinson, `` Fading Away '' was later included on the Temptations 1966 album Gettin ' Ready along with the hit side. The group 's previous singles since `` My Girl '' had all landed in the U.S. Pop charts ( and R&B charts ) Top 20. However `` Get Ready '' was only a Top 30 hit ( missing the Top 20 by nine positions ), while `` Fading Away '' missed all U.S. national charts. As was promised, the next single released would have Norman Whitfield 's song on it. When Whitfield 's `` Ai n't Too Proud to Beg '' ( also a number - one R&B hit ) made it to thirteen on the pop charts, Motown chief Berry Gordy assigned him to be the Temptations ' new main producer. Ironically, the song did eventually become a Top 10 pop hit, but not by the Temptations, but by the Motown rock band Rare Earth. ( Although the Temptations ' version did eventually reach no 10 in the UK in 1969 ). Until the group recorded `` Just My Imagination ( Running Away with Me ) '' in 1971, this was their last song to feature lead vocals by Eddie Kendricks, as David Ruffin ( who was with the group at the time ), and later, Dennis Edwards, would be placed in that role in later songs. Chart performance Chart ( 1966 ) Peak position UK 10 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 29 U.S. Billboard R&B U.S. Cash Box Top 100 29 Later performances The Supremes covered the song on their 1966 album The Supremes A ' Go - Go. It was produced by Motown writing team Holland - Dozier - Holland. In 1967, Dusty Springfield performed a live version of the song at the British Broadcasting Corporation 's television series `` Dusty ''. In 1970, The Miracles finally released their own cover version of the song on their 1970 album A Pocket Full of Miracles. The song was Ella Fitzgerald 's last US chart record ( 1969 ), reaching the Billboard `` Bubbling Under The Top 100 '' survey and the Record World `` Non-Rock Top 40 ''. Australian singer Carol Hitchcock released a version of the song which was produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman in 1987 that became a moderate hit in her homeland, peaking at # 18, but only achieved minor UK success, peaking at # 56. Nancy Sinatra covered the song for her How Does It Feel ? album in 1999. In 1990, the Temptations reprised the song for a promotional campaign by the American television network CBS. In this version, the line `` get ready, ' cause here I come '' is changed to `` get ready for CBS '' ( which matches the tagline for these promos ). The B - side, `` Fading Away '', was later covered by Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers in the late 1960s, and The Marvelettes in the early 1970s ( with group member Wanda Young Rogers as lead ) ; The Marvelettes version appears on the album The Return of the Marvelettes. The Hellacopters covered the song on their 2001 EP White Trash Soul. Rare Earth version `` Get Ready '' Single by Rare Earth from the album Get Ready B - side `` Magic Key '' Released February 18, 1970 Format 7 '' single Recorded Hitsville USA ( Studio A ) ; 1969 Genre Hard rock, blues rock Length 2 : 48 ( single edit ) 21 : 06 ( album version ) Label Rare Earth R 5012 Songwriter ( s ) Smokey Robinson Producer ( s ) Rare Earth Rare Earth singles chronology `` Generation, Light Up The Sky '' ( 1969 ) `` Get Ready '' ( 1970 ) `` ( I Know ) I 'm Losing You '' ( 1970 ) `` Generation, Light Up The Sky '' ( 1969 ) `` Get Ready '' ( 1969 ) `` ( I Know ) I 'm Losing You '' ( 1970 ) In 1970, Motown 's rock band Rare Earth released a cover version of the song as a single. Rare Earth 's version of `` Get Ready '' was the band 's first recording for Motown, and was based upon a version of the song it performed as the closing numbers to their live performances. Their 45 RPM single version sold in excess of a million U.S. copies, earning a Gold certification from the RIAA. In the live show, each member of the band performed a solo, resulting in a twenty - one - minute rendition of the song. It has been debated on whether the actual recording for the album was really recorded at a concert. It has been noted that the audience sounds throughout the song are repetitive and canned. This has been done before with The Kingsmen 's version of `` Louie Louie '' released on an album with party crowd noise dubbed in. The band wanted to release `` Get Ready '' as a single, but Motown declined at first, issuing the unsuccessful `` Generation, Light Up the Sky '' as the band 's first single. Finally deferring to the band 's wishes in February 1970, Motown released a three - minute edit of the song as a single, which became a hit. `` Get Ready '' hit No. 2 on the Cash Box Top 100 and peaked at # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, a far better performance than the original. It took up the entire second side of their Platinum - selling Motown album, also titled Get Ready. The Rare Earth version of the song also peaked at number twenty on the R&B chart. Today, `` Get Ready '' is among the most familiar of both the Temptations ' and Rare Earth 's recordings. The B - side of the single of `` Get Ready '' is `` Magic Key '', which is found on the same album as `` Get Ready ''. `` Magic Key '' has a fast tempo, and uses a mixolydian chord progression with a key change on the chorus. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1970 ) Peak position Canada RPM Top Singles U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1970 ) Rank Canada 31 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8 U.S. Cash Box Personnel This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2016 ) Temptations version ( 1960s ) Lead vocals by Eddie Kendricks and Melvin Franklin Background vocals by David Ruffin, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams and Otis Williams Produced by Smokey Robinson Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers. Supremes version Lead vocals by Diana Ross Background vocals by Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers. Miracles version Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson Background vocals by Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, Ronnie White, and Bobby Rogers. Guitar by Marv Tarplin Produced by Smokey Robinson Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers Rare Earth version Lead vocals by Pete Rivera ( Peter Hoorelbeke ) Background vocals by Gil Bridges and Rod Richards Produced by Rare Earth Instrumentation by Gil Bridges ( saxophone ), Pete Rivera ( Peter Hoorelbeke ) ( drums ), John Parrish ( bass guitar ), Rod Richards ( guitar ), and Kenny James ( keyboards ) Temptations version ( 1990 - 91, CBS Promo `` Get Ready for CBS '' and Milestone album versions ) Lead vocals by Ron Tyson, Melvin Franklin and Ali - Ollie Woodson Background vocals by Ron Tyson, Ali - Ollie Woodson, Melvin Franklin, Richard Street, and Otis Williams Instrumentation by L.A. session artists Nancy Sinatra version Lead vocals by Nancy Sinatra Produced by Billy Strange Instrumentation by The Wrecking Crew. Human Nature and Smokey Robinson version Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson and Phil Burton of Human Nature Backing vocals by Andrew Tierney, Michael Tierney and Toby Allen of Human Nature Arkells version Lead vocals by Max Kerman of Arkells Released as part of Arkells Sing Motown for Record Store Day in 2014 Sample `` Get Ready '' -- Rare Earth version Released in 1970 as a single from Get Ready. Problems playing this file ? See media help. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 571. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Dusty Springfield : Live at the BBC. DVD video. BBC, 2007 Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 1993 ). Australian Chart Book 1970 -- 1992 ( Illustrated ed. ). St. Ives, N.S.W. : Australian Chart Book. p. 139. ISBN 0 - 646 - 11917 - 6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and June 19, 1988. 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Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ The CASH BOX Year - End Charts : 1970 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` 634 - 5789 ( Soulsville, U.S.A. ) '' by Wilson Pickett Billboard Hot R&B Singles number - one single ( The Temptations version ) April 30, 1966 Succeeded by `` When a Man Loves a Woman '' by Percy Sledge The Temptations Otis Williams Ron Tyson Terry Weeks Larry Braggs Willie Green Melvin Franklin Eddie Kendricks Paul Williams Elbridge Bryant David Ruffin Dennis Edwards Ricky Owens Richard Street Damon Harris Glenn Leonard Louis Price Ali - Ollie Woodson Theo Peoples Harry McGilberry Barrington `` Bo '' Henderson Ray Davis G.C. Cameron Joe Herndon Bruce Williamson Studio albums Meet the Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey The Temptin ' Temptations Gettin ' Ready The Temptations with a Lot o ' Soul The Temptations Wish It Would Rain Cloud Nine Puzzle People Psychedelic Shack Sky 's the Limit Solid Rock All Directions Masterpiece A Song for You House Party Wings of Love The Temptations Do the Temptations Bare Back Hear to Tempt You Power The Temptations Reunion Surface Thrills Back to Basics Truly for You Touch Me To Be Continued... Together Again Special Milestone Phoenix Rising Ear - Resistible Awesome Legacy Still Here Cover albums The Temptations in a Mellow Mood For Lovers Only Reflections Back to Front Live albums Temptations Live ! Live at the Copa Live at London 's Talk of the Town The Temptations in Japan Other albums Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations TCB The Temptations Show Together On Broadway The Temptations Christmas Card Give Love at Christmas Lost and Found : You 've Got to Earn It ( 1962 -- 1968 ) Compilations Greatest Hits Greatest Hits II Anthology Emperors of Soul The Ultimate Collection My Girl : The Very Best of the Temptations Psychedelic Soul Singles ( US / UK Top 10 ) `` My Girl '' `` Get Ready '' `` Ai n't Too Proud to Beg '' `` Beauty Is Only Skin Deep '' `` ( I Know ) I 'm Losing You '' `` All I Need '' `` You 're My Everything '' `` I Wish It Would Rain '' `` I Could Never Love Another ( After Loving You ) '' `` Cloud Nine '' `` I 'm Gonna Make You Love Me '' `` Run Away Child, Running Wild '' `` I Ca n't Get Next to You '' `` Psychedelic Shack '' `` Ball of Confusion ( That 's What the World Is Today ) '' `` Just My Imagination ( Running Away with Me ) '' `` Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone '' `` Masterpiece '' `` Let Your Hair Down '' `` Happy People '' `` Shakey Ground '' `` Treat Her Like a Lady '' `` The Motown Song '' `` My Girl '' ( reissue ) Related The Temptations ( miniseries ) Discography The Supremes The Undisputed Truth Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong Sly Stone George Clinton Book The Temptations singles discography 1960s `` Oh Mother of Mine '' ( 1961 ) `` Check Yourself '' ( 1961 ) `` ( You 're My ) Dream Come True '' ( 1962 ) `` Mind Over Matter ( I 'm Gonna Make You Mine ) '' ( 1962 ) `` Paradise '' ( 1962 ) `` I Want a Love I Can See '' ( 1963 ) `` Farewell My Love '' ( 1963 ) `` The Way You Do the Things You Do '' ( 1964 ) `` I 'll Be in Trouble '' ( 1964 ) / `` The Girl 's Alright with Me '' ( 1964 ) `` Girl ( Why You Wanna Make Me Blue ) '' ( 1964 ) `` My Girl '' ( 1964 ) `` It 's Growing '' ( 1965 ) `` Since I Lost My Baby '' ( 1965 ) / `` You 've Got to Earn It '' ( 1965 ) `` My Baby '' ( 1965 ) / `` Do n't Look Back '' ( 1965 ) `` Get Ready '' ( 1966 ) `` Ai n't Too Proud to Beg '' ( 1966 ) `` Beauty Is Only Skin Deep '' ( 1966 ) `` ( I Know ) I 'm Losing You '' ( 1966 ) `` All I Need '' ( 1967 ) `` You 're My Everything '' ( 1967 ) / `` I 've Been Good To You '' ( 1967 ) `` ( Loneliness Made Me Realize ) It 's You That I Need '' ( 1967 ) `` I Wish It Would Rain '' ( 1968 ) / `` I Truly, Truly Believe '' ( 1968 ) `` I Could Never Love Another ( After Loving You ) '' ( 1968 ) `` Please Return Your Love to Me '' ( 1968 ) `` Cloud Nine '' ( 1968 ) `` Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer '' ( 1968 ) / `` Silent Night '' ( 1968 ) `` I 'm Gonna Make You Love Me '' ( 1969 ) `` Runaway Child, Running Wild '' ( 1969 ) `` I 'll Try Something New '' ( 1969 ) `` Do n't Let the Joneses Get You Down '' ( 1969 ) `` I Second That Emotion '' ( 1969 ) `` I Ca n't Get Next to You '' ( 1969 ) `` The Weight '' ( 1969 ) 1970s `` Psychedelic Shack '' ( 1970 ) `` Why ( Must We Fall in Love ) '' ( 1970 ) `` Ball of Confusion ( That 's What the World Is Today ) '' ( 1970 ) `` Ungena Za Ulimwengu ( Unite the World ) '' ( 1970 ) / `` Hum Along and Dance '' ( 1970 ) `` Just My Imagination ( Running Away with Me ) '' ( 1971 ) `` It 's Summer '' ( 1971 ) `` Superstar ( Remember How You Got Where You Are ) '' ( 1971 ) `` Take a Look Around '' ( 1972 ) `` Mother Nature '' ( 1972 ) / `` Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On '' ( 1972 ) `` Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone '' ( 1972 ) `` Masterpiece '' ( 1973 ) `` Plastic Man '' ( 1973 ) `` Hey Girl ( I Like Your Style ) '' ( 1973 ) `` Law of the Land '' ( 1973 ) `` Let Your Hair Down '' ( 1973 ) `` Heavenly '' ( 1974 ) `` You 've Got My Soul on Fire '' ( 1974 ) `` Happy People '' ( 1974 ) `` Shakey Ground '' ( 1975 ) `` Glasshouse '' ( 1975 ) `` Keep Holdin ' On '' ( 1976 ) `` Up the Creek ( Without a Paddle ) '' ( 1976 ) `` Who are You ( and What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life ) '' ( 1976 ) `` In a Lifetime '' ( 1977 ) `` Think for Yourself '' ( 1977 ) `` Bare Back '' ( 1978 ) `` Ever Ready Love '' ( 1978 ) 1980s `` Power '' ( 1980 ) `` Struck By Lightning Twice '' ( 1980 ) `` Aiming At Your Heart '' ( 1981 ) `` Oh What A Night '' ( 1981 ) `` Standing On The Top - Pt. 1 '' ( 1982 ) `` More On The Inside '' ( 1982 ) `` Money 's Hard To Get '' ( 1982 ) `` Love On My Mind Tonight '' ( 1983 ) `` Surface Thrills '' ( 1983 ) `` Miss Busy Body ( Get Your Body Busy ) '' ( 1983 ) `` Sail Away '' ( 1984 ) `` Treat Her Like a Lady '' ( 1984 ) `` My Love Is True ( Truly For You ) '' ( 1985 ) `` How Can You Say That It 's Over '' ( 1985 ) `` Do You Really Love Your Baby '' ( 1985 ) `` Deeper Than Love '' ( 1985 ) `` Touch Me '' ( 1986 ) `` I 'm Fascinated '' ( 1986 ) `` A Fine Mess '' ( 1986 ) `` My Girl '' ( re-issue ) ( 1986 ) `` Lady Soul '' ( 1986 ) `` To Be Continued... '' ( 1986 ) `` Someone '' ( 1987 ) `` I Wonder Who She 's Seeing Now '' ( 1987 ) `` Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone '' ( re-issue ) ( 1987 ) `` Look What You Started '' ( 1987 ) `` Do You Wanna Go With Me '' ( 1988 ) `` All I Want From You '' ( 1989 ) `` Special '' ( 1989 ) `` Loveline '' ( 1989 ) 1990s `` Soul to Soul '' ( 1990 ) `` One Step At A Time ( Remix ) '' ( 1990 ) `` The Motown Song '' ( 1991 ) `` The Jones '' ( 1991 ) `` My Girl '' ( re-issue ) ( 1992 ) `` Hoops of Fire '' ( 1992 ) `` Error of Our Ways '' ( 1994 ) `` Silent Night '' ( 1995 ) `` Stay '' ( 1998 ) `` This is My Promise '' ( 1998 ) `` How Could He Hurt You '' ( 1999 ) 2000s `` I 'm Here '' ( 2000 ) Rare Earth Studio albums Dreams / Answers Get Ready Ecology One World Willie Remembers Ma Back to Earth Midnight Lady Rare Earth Band Together Grand Slam Live albums Rare Earth in Concert Singles `` Get Ready '' `` ( I Know ) I 'm Losing You '' `` Born To Wander '' `` I Just Want to Celebrate '' `` Hey Big Brother '' `` Good Time Sally '' `` Hum Along and Dance '' `` Warm Ride '' Related articles Ray Monette Book : Rare Earth Smokey Robinson Tamla / Motown albums Smokey ( 1973 ) Pure Smokey ( 1974 ) A Quiet Storm ( 1975 ) Smokey 's Family Robinson ( 1976 ) Deep in My Soul ( 1977 ) Big Time ( 1977 ) Smokin ' ( 1978 ) Where There 's Smoke... ( 1979 ) Warm Thoughts ( 1980 ) Being with You ( 1981 ) Yes It 's You Lady ( 1982 ) Touch the Sky ( 1983 ) Essar ( 1984 ) Smoke Signals ( 1986 ) One Heartbeat ( 1987 ) Love, Smokey ( 1990 ) Intimate ( 1999 ) Other albums Double Good Everything ( 1991 ) Food for the Spirit ( 2004 ) Timeless Love ( 2006 ) Time Flies When You 're Having Fun ( 2009 ) Now and Then ( 2010 ) Singles ( US / UK Top Ten singles ) `` Cruisin ' '' ( 1979 ) `` Being with You '' ( 1981 ) `` Just to See Her '' ( 1987 ) `` One Heartbeat '' ( 1987 ) Related articles Discography The Miracles The Miracles discography `` Pure Smokey '' `` When Smokey Sings '' Book : Smokey Robinson Smokey Robinson singles discography 1970s `` Baby That 's Backatcha '' 1978 `` Pops, We Love You ( A Tribute to Father ) '' 1979 `` Get Ready '' `` Cruisin ' '' 1980s 1981 `` Being with You '' `` Aqui Contigo '' ( `` Being with You '' Spanish version ) 1984 `` Ebony Eyes '' `` Just to See Her '' `` One Heartbeat '' Book : Smokey Robinson Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Get_Ready_(The_Temptations_song)&oldid=798837303 '' Categories : 1966 singles 1970 singles The Temptations songs Rare Earth ( band ) songs Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Songs written by Smokey Robinson Motown singles Gordy Records singles Song recordings produced by Smokey Robinson 1966 songs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from September 2016 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Articles needing additional references from December 2016 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 4 September 2017, at 03 : 21. 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Question: who wrote get ready cause here i come
Answer: Smokey Robinson