"If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)" | ||||
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Single by The Staple Singers | ||||
from the album Be What You Are | ||||
B-side | "Love Comes in All Colors" | |||
Released | 1973 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 4:29 | |||
Label | Stax | |||
Writer(s) | Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Ray Jackson | |||
The Staple Singers singles chronology | ||||
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"If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)" is the title of a song by The Staple Singers. Released from their album, Be What You Are, the single spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard magazine's Hot Soul Singles chart in 1973. It peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart.[1]
The arrangement, tempo, cadence, and melody is very similar to their 1972 hit I'll Take You There
Charts | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 1 |
Preceded by "The Love I Lost (Part 1)" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes |
Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single December 8–22, 1973 |
Succeeded by "Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder |