Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?

"Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?"
Single by Sandie Shaw
B-side	"Steven (You Don't Eat Meat)"
Released	1986
Genre	Pop
Length	3:42
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Neil Clark Lloyd Cole
Producer(s)	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Sandie Shaw singles chronology
"Hand in Glove" (1984) "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?" (1986) "Frederick" (1986)

"Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?" is a song by the British rock and pop band Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from their debut studio album Rattlesnakes (1984). ^{[1] [2]}

The song was covered by Sandie Shaw in 1986. ^{[3] [4]} Her version reached number 68 on the UK Singles Chart in June that year. ^[5]

In 2006, Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura released an answer song called "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" on their third studio album Let's Get Out of This Country . ^{[6] [7]}

Charts

Chart performance for "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?" by Sandie Shaw

Chart (1986)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC) [8]	68

References

1. "Lloyd Cole – Period Piece: New music". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
2. "Rattlesnakes (Deluxe Edition)". iTunes . Retrieved 2 December 2013.
3. "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
4. "Sandie Shaw The Very Best Of Sandie Shaw Review". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
5. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 495. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
6. Sendra, Tim. "Camera Obscura". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
7. "Lloyd I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" . Retrieved 2 December 2013.
8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2022.

External links

• " Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken? " at Discogs (list of releases)