I'm Ready (Muddy Waters song)

"I'm Ready"
Single by Muddy Waters
B-side"I Don't Know Why"
Released1954 (1954)
RecordedChicago, September 1, 1954
GenreBlues
Length3:03
LabelChess
Songwriter(s)Willie Dixon
Producer(s)Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Muddy Waters singles chronology
"Just Make Love To Me"
(1954) 		"I'm Ready"
(1954) 		"Natural Born Lover" / "Loving Man"
(1954)

"I'm Ready" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1954.[1] It was a hit, spending nine weeks on the Billboard R&B chart where it reached number four.[2] The song became a blues standard and has been compared to "Hoochie Coochie Man", the standard also written by Dixon that Waters recorded earlier in 1954.[1]

  1. ^ a b Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "I'm Ready". Encyclopedia of the Blues. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. p. 454. ISBN 1-55728-252-8.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 435. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.