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"Ready to Start" is a single from Arcade Fire's third album The Suburbs. It was released as a single on October 3, 2010. The band performed "Ready to Start" as their second performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards, immediately following The Suburbs winning Album of the Year. The band also performed the song at the Brit Awards several days after the Grammy Awards.
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| Single by Arcade Fire | ||||
| from the album The Suburbs | ||||
| Released | October 3, 2010 | |||
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| Length | 4:15 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Arcade Fire (William Butler, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara, Tim Kingsbury, Richard Reed Parry) | |||
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| "Ready to Start" on YouTube | ||||
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| Rolling Stone |   [1] |
Music video
A music video was made for the single and was uploaded to YouTube on August 26, 2010. The video shows the band performing the song in a concert event as part of their world tour.[2]
Credits and personnel
- Win Butler – lead vocals, guitar
- Régine Chassagne – backing vocals, drums
- Richard Reed Parry – guitar, string arrangements
- Tim Kingsbury – bass
- William Butler – keyboards, guitar
- Sarah Neufeld – violin, backing vocals, string arrangements
- Jeremy Gara – drums
- Owen Pallett – string arrangements
- Marika Anthony Shaw – string arrangements
- Arcade Fire and Markus Dravs – producers
- Craig Silvey and Nick Launay – mixing
Chart performance
"Ready to Start" peaked at number 67 on the UK Singles Chart, the band's highest placement since "Keep the Car Running" peaked at number 56 in 2007. The song also peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, the band's highest placement on that chart at the time, surpassing the number 32 placement of "Keep the Car Running" when the chart was known under its original name of Modern Rock Tracks. In 2017, their single "Everything Now" would outpeak the song's ranking on the chart, reaching number 12 there. Additionally, the single peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart, and in the band's native Canada, at number 49.
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] | 54 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4] | 79 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] | 49 |
| Canada Rock (Billboard)[6] | 9 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[7] | 67 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[8] | 17 |
| US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[9] | 16 |
| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[10] | 25 |
References
- Hermes, Will. "Arcade Fire "Ready to Start"". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 4, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
- ArcadeFireVEVO (26 August 2010). "Arcade Fire - Ready to Start (Official Video)" – via YouTube.
- "Arcade Fire – Ready to Start" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- "Arcade Fire – Ready to Start" (in French). Ultratop 50.
- "Arcade Fire Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
- "Arcade Fire Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- "Ready to Start". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Arcade Fire Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- "Arcade Fire Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- "Arcade Fire Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
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