2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This - Live in The Hague, Netherlands 2014

Get Ready for This was released in September 1991 as the lead single from their debut album Get Ready!. Originally, the single was produced as an instrumental (entitled the "Orchestral Mix"). Conscious of their popularity, Wilde & De Coster wanted a more accessible, formatted formula for their project to grow. Ray was then asked to write lyrics and add a rap to the track. On Ray's suggestion, Anita joined as the female vocalist.
The rap version was released with raps by group Ray Slijngaard and vocals by Anita. For the UK release of the single, an edit of the original "Orchestral Mix" was used, without vocals except for the famous line "Y'all ready for this?" sampled from The D.O.C.'s hit single "It's Funky Enough". This was done by record producer Pete Waterman, who owned the record label 2 Unlimited were licensed to for UK releases.
"Get Ready for This" was an immediate success, throughout Europe with notable peaks worldwide including Australia and The U.S. It is arguably the most famous of the band's singles in the United States having charted at #14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, #17 on the Top 40 Mainstream and #38 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's only Top 40 hit in the U.S.