Ready or Not (After 7 song)

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"Ready or Not"
Single by After 7
from the album After 7
Released February 20, 1990 (1990-02-20)
Format 7", 12", cassette, CD
Recorded 1989
Genre R&B, quiet storm
Length 4:34 (album version)
3:58 (radio edit)[1]
Label Virgin
Writer(s) L.A. Reid, Babyface[1]
Producer(s) L.A. Reid, Babyface[1]
Certification Gold (RIAA)
After 7 singles chronology
"Don't Cha' Think"
(1989)
"Ready or Not"
(1989)
"Can't Stop"
(1990)

"Ready or Not" is a song performed by After 7, issued as the third single from the group's eponymous debut album. In 1989, the song became the first #1 R&B single for the group.[2] It was also the group's first top ten pop single, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3][2]

"Ready or Not" was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 14, 1990.[4]

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)[2] Peak
position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 7
US Billboard Hot 100 7
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard) 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 54
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[6] 9

References

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Preceded by Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number one single
April 21, 1990 – April 28, 1990
Succeeded by
"Poison" by Bell Biv DeVoe

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