The Jackson 5 – Ready Or Not (Here I Come)

This was originally titled Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide From Your Love).

It featured on the Jackson 5’s third album, issued in Spetmeber 1970 in the US and February 1971 in the UK.

It is one of six tracks from the album included on Third Album EP, released with a picture sleeve in the US in 1970.

It featured in the ‘Jackson Island’ episode of the Jackson 5 cartoon series in 1971.

A hit version by the Fugees reached no.1 in the UK in 1996 from their Grammy award-winning album, The Score.

"What I picked up on Michael Jackson, because I study people when I watch them," observed Wyclef Jean of the Fugees, "is the way that he counts his rhythm with his feet and his neck at the same time is crazy… so he’s hearing multiple things at once -and I don’t know anybody who does that."

Ready Or Not (Here I Come) – Lyrics

(Ready)
(Get ready)
(Ready or not here I come)
(You can’t hide)
Gonna find you
And keep you happy
(Ready or not here I come)
(You can’t hide)
Gonna love you
And make you love me

You can’t run away
(You can’t run away)
From this love I got, oh baby
(You can’t run away)
Hey baby, ’cause I got a lot, yeah
Anywhere you go
(Anywhere you go)
My poor heart got to know, oh baby
Hey baby, you can’t hide from my love, oh no

(Ready or not here I come)
(You can’t hide)
Gonna find you
And keep you happy
(Ready or not here I come)
(You can’t hide)
Gonna love you
And make you love me

Anywhere you go
My poor heart got to know
Oh baby, hey baby
You can’t hide from my love, oh no
Yeah

Ready, get ready
Ready, get ready

(Ready or not here I come)
(You can’t hide)
Gonna find you
And keep you happy
You better come on, baby, oh yeah, oh yeah
I’ll make you happy
I’m gonna find you now, yeah
And I’ll make you happy
Anywhere you hide now
Oh yeah, yeah