I'm Ready for Love
1966 single by Martha and the Vandellas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"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 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".
| "I'm Ready for Love" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Martha and the Vandellas | ||||
| from the album Watchout! | ||||
| B-side | "He Doesn't Love Her Anymore" | |||
| Released | October 6, 1966 | |||
| Studio | Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit and in Los Angeles[1] | |||
| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Label | Gordy | |||
| Songwriter | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||
| Producers | Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier | |||
| Martha and the Vandellas singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
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."[2]
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.[3] "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.[4]
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.
