I'm Ready (Muddy Waters song)
| "I'm Ready" | ||||
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| Single by Muddy Waters | ||||
| B-side | "I Don't Know Why" | |||
| Released | October 27, 1954 | |||
| Recorded | Chicago, September 1, 1954 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Chess | |||
| Songwriter | Willie Dixon | |||
| Producers | Leonard Chess, Phil Chess | |||
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"I'm Ready" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1954. It was a hit, spending nine weeks on the Billboard R&B chart where it reached number four. The song became a blues standard and has been compared to "Hoochie Coochie Man", the standard also written by Dixon that Waters recorded earlier in 1954.