I'm Ready for Love
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{{Infobox song
| name = I'm Ready for Love
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Martha and the Vandellas
| album = Watchout!
| B-side = "He Doesn't Love Her Anymore"
| released = October 6, 1966
| recorded =
| studio = Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 2:54
| label = Gordy
| writer = Holland–Dozier–Holland
| producer = Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
| prev_title = My Baby Loves Me
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = Jimmy Mack
| next_year = 1967
}}
"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 October{{nbsp}}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."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=October 15, 1966 |page=14 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-10-15.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}
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.{{cite book |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=378}} "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.{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13162/martha-reeves-and-the-vandellas/|website=officialcharts.com|access-date=December 29, 2020}}
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
- [https://www.allmusic.com/song/im-ready-for-love-mt0047510226 Martha and the Vandellas - "I'm Ready for Love" song review by Richard Gilliam, credits & releases] at AllMusic
- [https://www.discogs.com/Martha-The-Vandellas-Im-Ready-For-Love/release/6405248 Martha and the Vandellas - "I'm Ready for Love" single releases & credits] at Discogs
- [https://open.spotify.com/track/1NzDXJTbP1zHDLZrulnfMk Martha and the Vandellas - "I'm Ready for Love" song to be listened] on Spotify
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QPPh4T1MJw Martha and the Vandellas - "I'm Ready for Love" song to be listened] on YouTube
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Category:Martha and the Vandellas songs
Category:The Temptations songs
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Category:Gordy Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier
Category:Song recordings produced by Brian Holland
Category:Song recordings produced by Jeffrey Bowen
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