People Get Ready

Play track

  • Listeners

    202.3K

  • Scrobbles

    591.8K

  • Listeners

    202.3K

  • Scrobbles

    591.8K

Play track
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this song

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Play album
Skip to YouTube video

Replace video

Length
2:38
Lyrics

Add lyrics on Musixmatch

"People Get Ready" was a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the album of the same name. The single is today the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart. The gospel-influenced track was a Curtis Mayfield composition, and displayed the growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing. Rolling Stone magazine named "People Get Ready" the 24th greatest song of all time. The song was included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shap… read more
"People Get Ready" was a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the album of the same name. The single is today the group… read more
"People Get Ready" was a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the album of the same name. The single is today the group's best-known hit, reaching numb… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Featured On

Definitive Impressions

112,245 listeners

124 more albums featuring this track

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Similar Tracks

  1. The Complete A & B Sides 1961 - 1968 Play track

  2. Gold Play track

  3. Definitive Impressions Play track

  4. Gold Play track

  5. The Ultimate Collection Play track

  6. The Very Best of Otis Redding Play track

  7. Greatest Hits Play track

  8. You Send Me - Mono Play track

  9. The Ultimate Sixties Collection Play track

  10. The Man and His Music Play track

  11. Stax Profiles - The Staple Singers Play track

  12. The Ultimate Collection Play track

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
64
84
71
84
77
66
64
80
84
78
107
102
78
98
93
82
86
67
84
73
86
95
73
77
78
79
77
81
106
71
83
108
89
65
97
87
97
91
83
106
88
82
76
82
87
65
88
58
82
76
83
78
82
77
74
66
83
95
96
98
92
85
90
65
93
79
71
85
81
106
85
84
74
77
86
78
82
89
71
65
72
87
53
67
76
78
75
70
84
65
76
73
85
81
77
67
78
79
76
83
73
69
56
75
85
60
79
73
72
90
54
68
53
83
65
74
82
62
74
72
83
99
86
91
94
78
74
69
73
62
58
67
77
85
61
78
71
57
67
61
56
64
99
71
62
69
85
71
81
61
73
67
62
65
65
73
79
72
61
63
75
63
76
72
78
91
72
70
68
59
69
86
84
72
71
60
82
80
62
69
81

Play this track

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

About This Artist

Artist images

6 more

The Impressions

471,797 listeners

Related Tags

The Impressions was an American music group from Chicago, Illinois, active from 1958 until 1983, whose repertoire included , , , and . The group was founded as The Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks, and Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago, Illinois and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield to their lineup to become Jerry Butler & the Impressions. By 1962, Butler and the Brookses had departed, and after switching to ABC-Paramount Records, Mayfield, Gooden, and new Impression Fred Cash collectively became a top-selling s… read more
The Impressions was an American music group from Chicago, Illinois, active from 1958 until 1983, whose repertoire included , , , and . The group was founded as The R… read more
The Impressions was an American music group from Chicago, Illinois, active from 1958 until 1983, whose repertoire included , , , and . The group was founded as The Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam … read more

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 174,570 listeners

    Avatar for Jerry Butler

  2. 1,311,384 listeners

    Avatar for Curtis Mayfield

  3. 792,123 listeners

    Avatar for Wilson Pickett

  4. 159,240 listeners

    Avatar for The Dells

  5. 863,890 listeners

    Avatar for The Four Tops

  6. 520,933 listeners

    Avatar for The Staple Singers

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss