Ready to Go

Infobox Single
Name = Ready To Go


Artist = Republica
from Album = Republica
Released = 1996
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1995
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 5:01
Label = Deconstruction/BMG (UK) RCA (USA)
Writer = Republica
Producer = Republica
Last single = "Bloke"
(1994)
This single = "Ready To Go"
(1996)
Next single = "Drop Dead Gorgeous"
(1996)
Misc = Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = Ready To Go
Audio file= Republica - Ready To Go excerpt.ogg

"Ready To Go" is a song by Republica, released as a single on July 8, 1996.. It was the band's biggest hit. The original recording was not included on the band's debut album, Republica - two other versions of the song, the U.S. mix and the original mix, were included. This version was later featured on a greatest hits collection, "Ready To Go: The Best Of".

Main versions

"Ready To Go" has many versions, mixes and remixes, of which most notable are:

Use in popular culture

Film and Television

* Vegas Vacation
*GAEA Girls (as Chigusa Nagayo's theme)
* Primeval
* Ed Schultz Show
* Renford Rejects
* Sugar & Spice

Advertising

* It was used in the advertisement for Suse Linux Enterprise 10 by Novell.
* Extracts from 'Ready to Go' are used in Halford's recent Christmas TV adverts.
* Extracts from 'Ready to Go' are used in the Eircell television adverts in Ireland during the mid-1990s.
* Extracts from 'Ready to Go' were used in some Dairy Queen commercials that aired in 2003.
* Mitsubishi used the song to kick off their new "Wake Up and Drive" advertising campaign for the new-for-1999 Galant.
* "Ready To Go (U.S. Mix)" can be heard in Australia and New Zealand on the television advertisements for Holden's range of motor vehicles (2006/2007).

port

* Up until the 2005-6 season, Sunderland A.F.C. used to come out of the tunnel and onto the pitch of the Stadium of Light to this track. The track proved a massive hit with Sunderland fans, to the extent that Republica were invited to perform the song live at the Stadium of Light for the last game of Sunderland's record-breaking, league-winning season in May 1999. For the occasion, lead singer Saffron wore a Sunderland top. It was replaced by U2's Elevation, a switch which was unpopular with many fans. Thewhich song is frequently used by many other clubs for when the players come out.
* The Boston Red Sox usually play this song at Fenway Park before the game begins as the managers have the meeting at home plate each night.
* The song was included on the NHL's Nashville Predators "Check, Please!" CD, and has been played before home games since 1998.
* The Washington Capitals play this song before the third period of their home games at Verizon Center
* It has been played at various U.S. sporting games such as the NBA and the WNBA. It is sometimes played right before the game starts or during a pivotal moment during the game.
* The Dutch sports programme NOS Studio Sport uses this song as intro for the highlights of the English Premier League, every weekend.
* The song was used in a video montage that contained highlights of the Chicago Bulls' fifth NBA championship season.
* Extracts from 'Ready To Go' are used for the title music of Sky Sports News.

Miscellanea

* The chorus and opening bridge of the American version is played on the boarding platform of the Top Thrill Dragster rollercoaster at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. Appropriately, the train leaves the station on the lyric "Baby, I'm ready to go!"
* The song was featured at the Shamoo Show in Sea World.
* The U.S. mix is used in a recruitment video for the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

External links

* [http://www.republica.com/ The Official Republica Website]

References