| "We're Ready" | ||||
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| Single by Boston | ||||
| from the album Third Stage | ||||
| B-side | "The Launch" | |||
| Released | November 1986[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1981 at Hideaway Studios | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom Scholz | |||
| Producer(s) | Tom Scholz | |||
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| Audio | ||||
| "We're Ready" on YouTube | ||||
"We're Ready" is a song by American rock band Boston written by founder, lead guitarist and primary songwriter Tom Scholz. It was first released on the band's third studio album Third Stage (1986).
It was released in late November 1986 as the second single from the album, following up on the #1 hit "Amanda." "We're Ready" itself was their last Top 10 hit, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also reached #2 on the Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[2][3] Billboard also named it as the #24 "Top Rock Track" for 1987, one position ahead of another song from Third Stage, "Cool the Engines."[4] It also reached #12 on the Cashbox chart.[5] In Canada, it reached the Top 25 in RPM magazine's Top Singles chart.[6][7]
- ^ "Boston singles".
- ^ "Boston Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- ^ "Boston Chart History: Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- ^ "Top Rock Tracks". Billboard Magazine. December 26, 1987. p. 16. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ Downey, P., Albert, G. & Hoffmann, F.W. (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. University of Michigan. p. 34. ISBN 1563083167.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "RPM 100 Singles". Library and Archives Canada. February 14, 1987. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ "RPM 100 Singles". Library and Archives Canada. February 21, 1987. Retrieved 2012-10-05.