Are You Ready for the Country (song)
"Are You Ready for the Country?" | |
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Song by Neil Young | |
from the album Harvest | |
Released | February 1, 1972 |
Genre | Country rock |
Length | 3:33 |
Label | Reprise |
Songwriter(s) | Neil Young |
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"Are You Ready for the Country?" | ||||
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So Good Woman"[2] | ||||
Released | November 20, 1976 | |||
Genre | Country rock | |||
Length | 3:12 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Neil Young | |||
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Waylon Jennings singles chronology | ||||
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"Are You Ready for the Country?" is a song written by Neil Young and released on his 1972 Harvest album. The track features Young on piano backed by the studio band dubbed The Stray Gators, comprising Jack Nitzsche on slide guitar,[3][4] Ben Keith on pedal steel guitar,[4] Tim Drummond on bass,[3] and Kenny Buttrey on drums. Backing vocals on the track are by David Crosby and Graham Nash.[3] The recording was made in a studio set up in a barn on Young's ranch.[4][5]
Lyrics and music
According to Sam Inglis, the "country" in the title is never made explicit, and while certainly not a country like Belgium and it seems like it could be in the United States south like contemporary Young songs "
Critical reception
Waylon Jennings version
The song was released as a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings in 1976, the second single from the album named after the song, Are You Ready for the Country. Jennings changed the lyrics of the chorus from "Are you ready for the country/Because it's time to go" to "Are you ready for the country?/Are you ready for me?" The Jennings single reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[8]
Chart performance
Waylon Jennings
Chart (1976–77) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 7 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 3 |
Hank Williams, Jr. featuring Eric Church
Chart (2015–16) | Peak position |
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US Country Airplay (Billboard)[10] | 46 |
References
- ^ "Harvest". Discogs. February 1972. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
- ^ "Waylon Jennings 45 RPM Are You Ready for the Country / So Good Woman". Amazon.
- ^ ISBN 9780275999025.
- ^ ISBN 9780826414953.
- ^ ISBN 9780879307417.
- Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
- ^ Mendelsohn, John (March 30, 1972). "Neil Young Harvest > Album Review". Rolling Stone. No. 105. Archived from the original on 13 October 2004. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 175.
- ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Hank Williams, Jr. Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.