"Are You Ready" is an R&B song written by

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and

Ruth-Anne Cunningham Ruth-Anne Cunningham (born 2 April 1986), known professionally as RuthAnne, is an Irish singer-songwriter. She is best known for co-writing "Too Little Too Late", performed by the US singer JoJo, " In the Name of Love" performed by Martin Gar ...

, also known as the MadNotes production team (who have also done work for artists like

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and

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) and recorded by the Australian musical duo

Shakaya Shakaya are an Australian girl group formed in Cairns, Queensland in 2002 by Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong. The two met in 1999 while studying an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music course and they had both been writing individually ...

. The song also features a

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verse from Nate Wade. Produced by Mark Sheehan,

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and Daniel O'Donoghue, "Are You Ready" was released as the lead single from Shakaya's second album of the same name on 13 June 2005. The song debuted at number 25 in Australia, stayed there for two weeks, and left the chart two weeks later.

Track listing

Australian CD single # "Are You Ready" (featuring Nate Wade) # "Say Ho" # "Are You Ready" (without rap)

Charts

Anna Abreu version

In 2007, Finnish '' Idols'' runner-up

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covered the song for her self-titled debut album. In January 2008, the song was confirmed to be the third single from the album, after "End of Love" and "Ivory Tower". The digital release followed on 22 January 2008. The official remix was digitally released a month after, on 25 February 2008.

Track listings

Digital release # "Are You Ready" – 3:13 Remixes single # "Are You Ready" (2008 Remix Radio Edit) – 3:22 # "Are You Ready" (2008 Remix Extended) – 4:12

References

2005 singles 2005 songs Columbia Records singles RCA Records singles Shakaya songs Songs written by Danny O'Donoghue Songs written by RuthAnne Sony BMG singles {{2000s-pop-song-stub