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"Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" is a song by PJ & Duncan AKA, the performing name used by British duo
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at the time. The song was released in the UK on 11 July 1994 by
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as the third single from their debut studio album, ''
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'' (1994). The song was written by
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, Deni Lew and Mike Olton, and produced by Graham. It peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart in 1994, and was later #1 almost two decades after its original chart appearance. The song includes a repeatedly-used sample of boxing and wrestling announcer
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saying his trademark catchphrase. “Rumble” was deliberately spelled as "rhumble" to avoid copyright problems, since Buffer had trademarked the phrase, and the chosen additional “h” was a homage to the
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dance. "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" was nominated in the category for Best Single at the 1995 ''
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'' Awards. The single was re-released in March 2013, with royalties from sales donated to the charity ChildLine. The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart in its first week of new release, becoming their first ever single to reach that spot and gave DMG TV's Edsel label a number one. The song was performed on ''
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''. The single was re-released in February 2014.


Critical reception

Pete Stanton from ''
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'' gave the song a score of three out of five, writing, "So the boys have made up their own dance move for this tune. Their best bet was to call the song 'Let's Get Ready to Crumble' and then they could have made everyone a really tasty rhubarb crumble. This is soft
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rap with stacks of cheesy lyrics like ''this track's boomin'' and ''partners in crime — we'll never do time''. But their plan's so crazy it might work. PJ & Duncan are good blokes and the charts need them in a sort of throwaway-what-the-hell sort of way." Another ''Smash Hits'' editor,
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, stated, "When they're brilliant they come up with 'Let's Get Ready to Rhumble'."


Chart performance

On 23 July 1994, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 18, it climbed seven places to number 11 in its second week and climbed to number 9 in its third week. After Ant & Dec performed the song on ''Saturday Night Takeaway'' on 23 March 2013, the song topped the UK Singles Chart on 31 March 2013, as predicted after charting at number one in the Midweek Chart Update on 27 March 2013.


Live performances

"Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" was performed on
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'' and regularly featured on the ITV Saturday morning show ''
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'' at the time of release. Ant & Dec celebrated the 100th episode of '' CD:UK'' in 2000 by performing the song once again, years after retiring from the music industry, after a viewer vote where 86% requested it. In March 2013, Ant & Dec performed the song as the closing act for the "End of the Show Show" segment of their ITV show ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' at the end of a series of performances by ''
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'' special invitees. In the segment,
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and Five also performed.


Track listing


Personnel

* Vocals – PJ & Duncan/Ant & Dec * Producers – Nicky Graham * Lyrics – Nicky Graham, Deni Lew, Mike Olton *
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Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


Release history


References

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