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"'Are You Ready?'" is a song written by Charlie Allen and John Hill and performed by Pacific Gas & Electric. It reached No. 14 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and No. 49 on the R&B chart[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Are+You+Ready%3F+by+Pacific+Gas+%26+Electric&id=31484 Pacific Gas & Electric, "Are You Ready?" chart positions] Retrieved January 10, 2016 in 1970. The song was featured on their 1970 album 'Are You Ready?'[http://www.discogs.com/Pacific-Gas-And-Electric-Are-You-Ready/release/2161450 Pacific Gas & Electric, 'Are You Ready?'] Retrieved January 10, 2016

The song was produced by John Hill[http://www.45cat.com/record/445158 Pacific Gas & Electric, "Are You Ready?" single release] Retrieved January 10, 2016 and featured the back-up vocal group The Blackberries.[http://www.discogs.com/Pacific-Gas-Electric-Are-You-Ready/release/5359976 Pacific Gas & Electric, "Are You Ready?" single release information] Retrieved January 10, 2016

This song, which was nearly 6 minutes in length on the album version, had to be cut down to 3 minutes in the single edit version, due to its length, resulting in omitting the slower recitative Introduction, the omission of the first verse, ("People say he won't come", pertaining to the unmentioned Jesus Christ, which was considered too controversial for AM airplay, especially in the Rural areas, the Deep South, and the Bible Belt sections of the United States.) and shortening the instrumental and the repeated call and response sections in the coda. ("Yes, I'm Ready", and "Yes, Yes, I'm Ready".) The edit version ends with the fading repeat of the Chorus section.

The single was ranked No. 93 on 'Billboard's' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970.[http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1970.php 'Billboard' 1970 Top 100 Year-End Singles] Retrieved January 10, 2016 Music critic Robert Christgau has called it "easily [the band's] best cut ever".

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*DeGarmo and Key released a version of the song on their 1984 album, 'Communication'.[http://www.discogs.com/DeGarmo-Key-Communication/release/2126573 DeGarmo and Key, 'Communication'] Retrieved January 10, 2016

*The Staple Singers released a version of the song as a single in 1985 and it reached No. 39 on the R&B chart.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Are+You+Ready%3F+by+The+Staple+Singers&id=82828 The Staple Singers, "Are You Ready?" chart position] Retrieved January 10, 2016

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Category:1970 songs

Category:1970 singles

Category:1985 singles

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Category:Columbia Records singles


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