Get Ready For This

Album

Get Ready!

Label

ZYX Music

Genre

Rave

Composer(s)

Jean-Paul De Coster;Phil Wilde

Entered Chart

Sep 19, 1992

Peak Date

Apr 8, 1995

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Radikal/Critique 15490

B-Side

(Orchestral mix)

2 Unlimited was a dance-pop act put together by two Belgian producers who used Dutch vocalists. They found popularity in the '90s with the hits "No Limit" and "Get Ready For This." The latter song is a jock jam that became an anthem at sporting venues all over the world to help pump up the crowd and the teams. This appears on several compilations, including Radio Disney: Kid Jams, New York Yankees Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Chicago Bulls Greatest Hits Vol. 1, Party Time Vol. 3, and Move This (a collection of pop rock hits). The techno duo, consisting of rapper Ray Slijngaard and vocalist Anita Doth, was formed by Belgian producers Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde. Kind of. Having already worked with Ray on an unreleased Bizz Nizz single called "Money Money," they enlisted him to write lyrics for an instrumental club track initially titled "Orchestral Mix." Ray was working as a cook in an airport restaurant when he got the gig. When he listened to the demo, he told Melody Maker, he "felt a chorus coming on" and thought, "girl singer!" He contacted his friend Anita, a member of the all-girl group The Trouble Sisters, who was working as a traffic warden for the Amsterdam police to make ends meet. The producers were shocked when the updated demo, to be released as "Get Ready For This," featured a female vocal. According to De Coster, it was Ray who suggested they form a duo to front the project. The success of the debut single paved the way for the 1992 album Get Ready, which sold 3 million copies worldwide. This was used on Friends when the gang plays touch football on Thanksgiving in the 1996 episode "The One With The Football." It was also used on these TV shows: Brooklyn Nine-Nine ("Honeymoon" - 2019) The Last Man On Earth ("Name 20 Picnics... Now!" - 2017) Superstore ("Rebranding" - 2017) The Big Bang Theory ("The Scavenger Vortex" - 2013) Family Guy ("Episode VI: It's A Trap" - 2011) The Office ("Dwight's Speech" - 2006) South Park ("Douche and Turd" - 2004) And these movies: Thunderstruck (2012) Tooth Fairy (2010) Bride Wars (2009) How To Eat Fried Worms (2006) Man Of The House (2005) Raising Helen (2004) Bring It On (2000) Flubber (1997) Space Jam (1996) Eddie (1996) This shows up on several episodes of The Simpsons: "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus" (2016) "To Surveil, With Love" (2010) "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" (2005) "Fat Man and Little Boy" (2004) "I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can" (2003) "Jaw Wired Shut" (2002) The opening line, "Y'all ready for this?," was sampled from "It's Funky Enough," the debut single from American rapper The D.O.C. The UK single was an edit of the original instrumental, almost entirely without vocals except for the line, "Y'all ready for this?" - a fact that rankled Ray. "Everywhere else in the world the records have my raps on them," he told New Musical Express in 1993. "It's just that here our first record was an instrumental version of 'Get Ready For This,' and because it was a hit, they think we should bring out the versions of all the songs without the raps on them. Everywhere else in the world gets the raps!" Jimmy Fallon's house band The Roots play this in a 2020 Super Bowl commercial for Michelob Ultra. In the spot, Fallon gets dejected while working out with John Cena. His spirits lift when The Roots come along playing the song, and he goes on an adventure that takes him across the paths of Usain Bolt, Brooke Sweat and Brooks Koepka.

[Sample: The D.O.C.]
Y'all ready for this?

[Verse 1: Ray Slijngaard]
Get down with the sound, house on the ground
Freeze when I squeeze, drop to your knees
You must obey, I'm in here to stay
Ready to take you around the way
So you’re ready for this, mind your own biz
'Cause I am bad, yeah, the microphone wiz
No need to sit, 'cause we're 2 Unlimited
Ready, ready, ready for this
[Hook]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah

[Verse 2: Ray Slijngaard]
Feel the base, you just get closer
Be impressed by the words I chose so
Once again kickin' it live
Doin' everything yo just to survive
Above the law, I think I stand
Here on stage with a mic in my hand
Bustin' it loud into the crowd
The age is 20, I'm from the south

[Bridge: Anita Doth]
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 the sound, that moves you from the ground

[Verse 3: Ray Slijngaard]
House on the ground, bass in your face
Ray’s in the place, no time to waste
Being hypnotized, I see it in your eyes
Feelin' kinda better, put on your sweater
Being black or white, I think it doesn't matter
Super, dope, def, and even outrageous
If I was an animal, they’d kept me in cages
So get ready for this
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[Sample: The D.O.C.]
Y'all ready for this?

[Hook]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah

[Bridge: Anita Doth]
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 the sound, that moves you from the ground