"I'm Ready for Love" is a song by the American girl group

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. It was issued as a single by

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in October1966. The song, produced and written by

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, and was written in a similar style to

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' 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. ''

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'' 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."

Chart performance

Scoring their biggest hit since " Nowhere to Run", rose to #9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #2 on ''Billboard''s Hot R&B singles chart. "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.

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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