I'm Ready for Love
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"I'm Ready for Love" is a song by the American girl group Martha and the Vandellas. It was issued as a single by Motown in OctoberScript error: No such module "String".1966. 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".
Background
The 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
Scoring their biggest hit since "Nowhere to Run", rose to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on BillboardTemplate:'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
- 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
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External links
- 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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- 1966 singles
- Martha and the Vandellas songs
- The Temptations songs
- Songs written by Holland–Dozier–Holland
- Gordy Records singles
- 1966 songs
- Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier
- Song recordings produced by Brian Holland
- Song recordings produced by Jeffrey Bowen