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for his eleventh studio album ''

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'' (2019). The song features guest vocals from American

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singer

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, and the single version features additional guitar elements from

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band member Joe Perry. It was written by Pitbull, Shelton, José Carlos Garcia, Xenia Ghali, Jorge Gomez, Huddie Ledbetter, Jimmy Thörnfeldt, and Fernando Zulueta. It was released to American radio stations for airplay on February 7, 2020 as the album's fourth single. "Get Ready" interpolates the 1977 song "

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" by

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, and shares the instrumental to "Black Betty's Worldwide" by Xenia Ghali featuring Heymous Molly. Commercially, the song peaked on ''

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''s

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charts in the United States and Canada, at positions 35 and 16, respectively. It also entered the Rap Digital Songs Sales chart at number 11.

Super Bowl

On February 2, 2020, Pitbull was featured in a

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commercial for

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, alongside

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, and

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. The commercial was produced to promote

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and its affiliations; the commercial premiered during the 2nd quarter of

. The commercial showcases the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, which is also where the music video for "Get Ready" was filmed. The music video was released on February 10, 2020.Pitbull – Get Ready
from

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(February 10, 2020)

Track listing and formats

* Album version (from the album ''

'' by Pitbull) "Get Ready" – 3:35 * Single # "Get Ready" – 2:19 # "Get Ready" – 3:35

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 2019 songs 2020 singles Blake Shelton songs Pitbull (rapper) songs Songs written by Pitbull (rapper) Songs written by Blake Shelton Songs written by Jimmy Thörnfeldt Songs written by Xenia Ghali