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"Are You Ready" is a song by Australian rock band AC/DC. It is featured on the band's 1990 album The Razors Edge. A live version of the song recorded on the tour of the same name appeared on one of AC/DC's two live albums of 1992, Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition. The song peaked at number one in New Zealand, becoming the band's only number-one hit there, and has been certified gold for sales exceeding 5,000. The song also peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, number six in Ireland, number 14 in Finland, and number 18 in Australia. Music & Media magazine called the song "the best example of a rhetorical question".[1] "Are You Ready" is used as the official theme for WWE Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.[2]

"Are You Ready"
Single by AC/DC
from the album The Razors Edge
B-side"Got You by the Balls"
Released28 March 1991 (1991-03-28)
Length4:10
LabelATCO
Songwriter(s)Angus Young, Malcolm Young
Producer(s)Bruce Fairbairn
AC/DC singles chronology
"Moneytalks"
(1990)		 "Are You Ready"
(1991)		 "Highway to Hell (live)"
(1992)
Music video
"Are You Ready" on YouTube

Music video


The music video to this song, directed by David Mallet,[3] shows prisoners attending an AC/DC mini-concert at their prison. One prisoner is being dressed up to get ready for the band to play the song. Guards shave his head nearly bald, leaving hairs that make up AC/DC's logo, the one similar to the cover of the band's music video tape, Clipped. The video was filmed at Bray Studios (UK), with those portraying the prisoners having responded to an open invitation broadcast by Tommy Vance during his Friday Rock Show on BBC Radio 1 a few days earlier. Respondents were instructed to make their way to Baker Street in London, where they were issued their 'uniforms' and transported by coach to Bray.


Personnel



Charts



Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[13] Gold 5,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.


Release history


Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 28 March 1991 Limited-edition 7-inch single ATCO [4]
15 April 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [14]
Australia 26 April 1991 CD [4]

References


  1. "New Releases – Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 17. 27 April 1991. p. 12. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. "WWE reveals new logos, graphics and theme songs for Raw and SmackDown shows". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. mvdbase.com – AC/DC – "Are you ready?"
  4. "AC/DC – Are You Ready". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 19. 11 May 1991. p. 21. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  6. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  7. "AC/DC – Are You Ready" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  8. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Are You Ready". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  9. "AC/DC – Are You Ready". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  11. "AC DC Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  12. "End of Year Charts 1991". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  13. "New Zealand single certifications – AC/DC – Are You Ready". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  14. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 13 April 1991. p. 19.

На других языках

- [en] Are You Ready (AC/DC song)

[ru] Are You Ready (песня AC/DC)

«Are You Ready» (в переводе с англ. — «Ты готов?») — песня австралийской рок-группы AC/DC с альбома The Razors Edge. Изначально выпущена 21 сентября 1990 года седьмым треком этого альбома. В марте 1991 года вышла в качестве третьего и последнего сингла. В 1992 году концертная версия песни вошла в издание AC/DC Live.


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