" Ready 2 Go" is a song performed by French DJ and record producer

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from his fifth studio album, '' Smash'' (2011). It features vocals from British singer

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. The

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-influenced song was released as the album's second single on 28 March 2011. It peaked at number 20 on the

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. It is a secondary theme song of the

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tournament. The song has been featured in the episode "Disturbing Behavior" of ''

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'' and on its sister show '' The Secret Circle'' in the episode "Masked". The Hardwell remix of the song was used for the

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sponsorship advert for the 2011 series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''

Music video

The music video for the song was uploaded to

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on 4 May 2011. The entire 11-minute music video was shot in the

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, during half-time of the

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match between

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and

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, with the participation of many of the 80,000 fans in the stadium. In the video, Solveig comes into the stadium with a majorette, sings on the tape "Ready 2 Go", then begins to dance. Later, he runs around the stadium and fans in the stands brandish square papers of different colors to form the words "Ready to Go".

Track listing

*;Digital download #"Ready 2 Go" (single edit) – 4:25 *;German CD single #"Ready 2 Go" (radio edit) – 3:05 #"Ready 2 Go" (single edit) – 4:25 *UK digital EP #"Ready 2 Go" (UK radio edit) – 2:32 #"Ready 2 Go" (single edit) – 10:34 #"Ready 2 Go" (club edit) – 6:27 #"Ready 2 Go" (Arno Cost Remix) – 6:46 #"Ready 2 Go" (Hardwell Remix) – 6:35

Credits

*Written by

and Martin Solveig *Composed and produced by Martin Solveig *Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and Temps D'Avance *Lead vocals and backing vocals – Kele Okereke *Instruments, programming, and lead vocals (Verse 1) – Martin Solveig *Mixed and mastered by Philippe Weiss at Red Room Studio,

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*Back photography – Romina Shama

Charts

Release history

References

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