Ready or Not (The Fugees song)
- Ready or Not (The Fugees song)
Infobox Single
Name = Ready or Not
Artist = The Fugees
from Album = The Score
Released = September 2, 1996
Format = CD single, 12" single
Recorded = 1995
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 3:47
Label = Ruffhouse Records
Writer = Nelust Wyclef Jean
Samuel Prakazrel Michel
Lauryn Hill
William Hart
Thom Bell
Producer = Wyclef, Lauryn Hill, Prakazrel "Pras" (co-producer), Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis (co-producer)
Last single = "Fu-Gee-La"
(1996)
This single = "Ready or Not"
(1996)
Next single = "No Woman, No Cry"
(1996)
"Ready or Not" is the second single from The Fugees' 1996 album "The Score". The song contains a sample of "Boadicea" by Enya, and its chorus is based on "Ready Or Not, Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)" by the Delfonics (written by Thom Bell and William Hart).
Enya was prepared to sue the group for copyright infringement, because she had not permitted the group to sample her music. [cite web
url=http://web.archive.org/web/20050407183319/http://www.enya.org/p_trans4/b019.htm
title=Irish Voice article at archive.org
accessdate=2007-03-26
date=1997-02-18] She eventually settled out of court.
The song reached number one in the UK for two weeks in September 1996.
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama named "Ready or Not" as his favorite song in a top 10 list submitted to "Blender" in August 2008. [cite web|publisher=Blender Magazine |url=http://www.blender.com/WhiteHouseDJBattle/articles/39518.aspx|title=White House DJ Battle|accessdate= 2008-08-04]
Tracklist
;CD single
# "Ready Or Not" (Album Version) 3:50
# "Ready Or Not" (How Many Mics) 4:23
# "How Many Mics" (Freestyle) 5:03
# "Blame It On The Sun" 5:41
;12" single;;A-Side
# "Ready Or Not" (Salaam's Ready For The Snow remix) 4:24
# "Ready Or Not" (Handel's Yaard Vibe mix) 4:41;;B-Side
# "Ready Or Not" (LP version) 3:47
# "Cowboys" 5:23
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