Gettin' Ready for Love

"Gettin' Ready for Love" is a 1977 hit song by Diana Ross. It was the first single from her Baby It's Me LP. The song reached #27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #29 in Canada. It also charted in the UK, reaching #23.

"Gettin' Ready for Love" was a much bigger hit on the Adult Contemporary charts of both the U.S. and Canada, peaking at #8 in the U.S.^[1] and #6 in Canada.^[2]

The song features an alto sax solo and strings, at the bridge.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1977–78)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Singles^[3]	29
Canada Adult Contemporary^[2]	6
France	65
UK^[4]	23
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	27
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[1]	8
US Billboard R&B	16
US Cashbox Top 100^[6]	32

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Rank
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[7]	170

Later uses

"Gettin' Ready for Love" was included on the 1985 compilation LP, Motown Chartbusters 150 Hits of Gold.
Martine McCutcheon recorded a karaoke version in 1999 and included it on her 2012 LP, The Collection.^[8]
Winston Ward covered "Gettin' Ready for Love" for inclusion on the 2008 compilation LP, Northern Soul 2008.^[9]

References

1 2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
↑ "CAN Charts > Diana Ross". RPM. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "UK Charts > Diana Ross". Official Charts. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
↑ "Cash Box Top Singles - 1976". 195.142. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
↑ "Collection". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
↑ "Various - Northern Soul 2008". discogs.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Diana Ross singles discography

1970s	1970 "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" "Remember Me" 1971 "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" "Surrender" "I'm Still Waiting" 1973 "Good Morning Heartache" "Touch Me in the Morning" "You're a Special Part of Me" (with Marvin Gaye) 1974 "Last Time I Saw Him" "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (with Marvin Gaye) "You Are Everything" "Don't Knock My Love" (with Marvin Gaye) "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" (with Marvin Gaye) 1975 "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" 1976 "Love Hangover" 1977 "Gettin' Ready for Love" 1978 "Ease on Down the Road" (with Michael Jackson) "A Brand New Day" (with Michael Jackson) "Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)" (with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson) 1979 "What You Gave Me" "The Boss" "It's My House"

1980s	1980 "Upside Down" "I'm Coming Out" "My Old Piano" "It's My Turn" 1981 "Endless Love" (with Lionel Richie) "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" 1982 "Mirror, Mirror" "Muscles" 1983 "Pieces of Ice" 1984 "All of You" (with Julio Iglesias) "Swept Away" "Missing You" 1985 "Eaten Alive" "Chain Reaction"

1990s	1990 "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" 1994 "Someday We'll Be Together" (re-mix) "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (re-issue)/"I'm Coming Out" (re-mix) 1996 "I Will Survive" 1999 "Not Over You Yet"

2000s	2001 "Goin' Back" 2005 "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (with Westlife) 2006 "I've Got a Crush on You" (with Rod Stewart)

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