Are You Ready? (Pacific Gas & Electric song)

"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[1] in 1970. The song was featured on their 1970 album Are You Ready?[2]

"Are You Ready?"
Single by Pacific Gas & Electric
from the album Are You Ready?
B-side"Staggolee"
ReleasedApril 22, 1970
Length5:49
LabelColumbia 45158
Songwriter(s)Charlie Allen, John Hill
Producer(s)John Hill
Pacific Gas & Electric singles chronology
"Bluesbuster"
(1969)		 "Are You Ready?"
(1970)		 "Father Come on Home"
(1970)

The song was produced by John Hill[3] and featured the back-up band The Blackberries.[4]

The single was ranked No. 93 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970.[5] Music critic Robert Christgau has called it "easily [the band's] best cut ever".[6]

Other versions
  • DeGarmo and Key released a version of the song on their 1984 album, Communication.[7]
  • The Staple Singers released a version of the song as a single in 1985 and it reached No. 39 on the R&B chart.[8]

References
  1. Pacific Gas & Electric, "Are You Ready?" chart positions Retrieved January 10, 2016
  2. Pacific Gas & Electric, Are You Ready? Retrieved January 10, 2016
  3. Pacific Gas & Electric, "Are You Ready?" single release Retrieved January 10, 2016
  4. Pacific Gas & Electric, "Are You Ready?" single release information Retrieved January 10, 2016
  5. Billboard 1970 Top 100 Year-End Singles Retrieved January 10, 2016
  6. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  7. DeGarmo and Key, Communication Retrieved January 10, 2016
  8. The Staple Singers, "Are You Ready?" chart position Retrieved January 10, 2016
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