Get Ready (Temptations Cover) - Nolan Randall Of Plaid On Flannel

🎤 https://www.plaidonflannel.com 🎸 https://www.plaidonflannelshop.com An acoustic cover of "Get Ready" from the Temptations 1966 album Gettin' Ready. Words and music by Smokey Robinson I never met a girl who makes me feel the way that you do (You're alright) Whenever I'm asked who makes my dreams real I say that you do (you're outta sight) So fee fi fo fum Look out baby 'cause here I come And I'm bringing you a love that's true so get ready So get ready I'm gonna try to make love to you so get ready So get ready here I come I'm on my way If you wanna play hide and seek with love let me remind you (It's alright) The loving you're gonna miss and the time it takes to find you (It's outta sight) So fiddle-lee-dee fiddle-lee-dum Look out baby 'cause here I come And I'm bringing you a love that's true so get ready So get ready I'm gonna try to make love to you so get ready So get ready here I come I'm on my way All my friends shouldn't want me to I understand it (Be alright) I hope I'll get to you before they do the way I planned it (Be outta sight) So twiddle-dee-dee twiddle dee dum Look out baby 'cause here I come And I'm bringing you a love that's true so get ready So get ready I'm gonna try to make love to you so get ready So get ready here I come I'm on my way Get ready 'cause here I come, boy Get ready 'cause here I come, boy Get ready 'cause here I come, boy Song Facts "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, "Ain't Too Proud To Beg", would get the next release, which resulted in Whitfield more or less replacing Robinson as the group's producer. Robinson, who was the main songwriter for The Temptations. In the Motown stable, The Temptations were considered the premier group, and there was a lot of competition among the songwriters to have their compositions recorded by the band. When this song underperformed on the charts, Motown chief Berry Gordy gave the next Temptations single, "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," to Norman Whitfield, and he became their primary writer. The song 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 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, although it hit #1 on the R&B charts (their first since "My Girl"), "Get Ready" was only a Top 30 hit (missing the Top 20 by nine positions. As was promised, the next single released would have Norman Whitfield's song on it. When Whitfield's "Ain'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. Until the group recorded "Please Return Your Love To Me" in 1968, this was their last song to feature lead vocals solely 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. Like many of Robinson's compositions, this is a fun song that can be danced to. A formula of his. Rare Earth recorded an unusual version of this song that stretched over 21 minutes and took up the entire second side of their first Motown album, which was issued in the fall of 1969. This version was based on Rare Earth's live version of the song, where every member of the band would get a solo. In 1970, Motown released a 3-minute edit as a single, which went to #4. The song also did well on R&B stations, even though some DJs refused to play it when they found out the group wasn't black - they were one of the first white groups signed to Motown. #TheTemptations #GetReady #Motown