Ready for the Times to Get Better

"Ready for the Times to Get Better"
Side A label of U.S. release
Single by Crystal Gayle
from the album Crystal
B-side	"Beyond You"
Released	January 18, 1978
Studio	Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	2:11
Label	United Artists
Songwriter(s)	Allen Reynolds
Producer(s)	Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle singles chronology
"I've Cried (The Blue Right Out of My Eyes)" (1977) "Ready for the Times to Get Better" (1978) "Talking in Your Sleep" (1978)

"Ready for the Times to Get Better" is a song written by Allen Reynolds, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. The song first appeared on Gayle's album Crystal in 1976 and was released as a single in January 1978. It was the fourth single from the album and Gayle's fourth number one on the U.S Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song spent a total of ten weeks on the chart.^[1]

The song was a major Adult Contemporary hit on the charts of both the U.S. (#3) and Canada (#4). It was also a modest crossover hit to the pop charts of both nations.