Get Ready for This

"Get Ready for This" is a song recorded by Belgian/Dutch music group 2 Unlimited. It was released in 1991 as the lead single from their debut album, Get Ready! (1992). Originally, the single was produced as an instrumental, titled the "Orchestral Mix". It became a hit and conscious of their popularity, Wilde & De Coster wanted a more accessible, formatted formula for their project to grow. Ray was then asked to write lyrics and add a rap to the track. On Ray Slijngaard's suggestion, Anita Doth joined as the female vocalist.

The single was an immediate success throughout Europe with notable peaks worldwide, including Australia and the US. It is arguably the most famous of the band's singles in the United States having charted at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, number 17 on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream and number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's only top-40 hit in the US. In the UK, the single went to number two on the UK Singles Chart.

The song is one of the most frequently played songs at sporting events around the world. It earned one of BMI's Pop Awards of 1996, honoring the songwriters, composers and music publishers of the song. In 2010, Pitchfork included it in their list of "Ten Actually Good 90s Jock Jams".

Lyrics

 * Ya'll ready for this?


 * Get down with the style, house on the ground Please when I squeeze, pump to your knees Who wants to play? I'm in here to stay, Ready to take you around the way So get ready for this. Mind your own biz 'Cause I invented the microphone biz No need to sit, cause we're 2 Unlimited Ready, ready, ready for this!


 * Feel the base, you just get closer Be impressed by the words I chose of Once again kickin' it live Doin' everything yo just to survive A wall to wall, I think I stand Being on stage with a mic in my hand Bustin' it live to the crowd The age is 20, I'm from the south


 * Be a part, break my heart Get ready for this, mind your own biz People in the front, show me what you want And I won't give it in... Get ready for this! We're 2 Unlimited, so people won't you sit? Movin' up and down, dancin' on the ground Feelin' kinda free; security House is style that moves you from the ground


 * House on the ground, bass in your face Racin' the place, no time to waste Feelin' hypnotized, I can see it in your eyes Feelin' kinda better, put on your sweater Feelin' like a white, I think it doesn't matter Super, dope, deaf, and even outrageous If I was an animal, they've kept me in cages So get ready for this! Ya'll ready for this?