I Promise You (Get Ready)

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"I Promise You (Get Ready)"
Samantha Fox - I Promise You (Get Ready).png
Single by Samantha Fox
from the album Samantha Fox
B-side "Suzie, Don't Leave Me with Your Boyfriend"
Released5 October 1987 [1]
Studio Battery Studios (London)
Genre Dance [2]
Length3:52
Label Jive
Songwriter(s) Oscar Van Geldern
Producer(s)
Samantha Fox singles chronology
"I Surrender (To the Spirit of the Night)"
(1987)
"I Promise You (Get Ready)"
(1987)
"True Devotion"
(1987)
Music video
"I Promise You" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Number One Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

"I Promise You (Get Ready)" is a song by the English pop singer Samantha Fox from her eponymous second studio album (1987). It was released in October 1987 as the album's third single. The song was written by Oscar Van Geldern, and produced by Steve Lovell and Steve Power.

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The single's B-side, "Suzie, Don't Leave Me with Your Boyfriend", previously appeared on Fox's debut studio album, Touch Me (1986). [4]

The song became Fox's seventh consecutive single to reach the UK top 60, although it was the lowest-charting of the seven, peaking at number 58 on the UK Singles Chart. [5] In Germany, the song peaked at number 40, becoming her sixth top-40 entry there. [6]

Track listings

A. "I Promise You (Get Ready)" – 3:52
B. "Suzie, Don't Leave Me with Your Boyfriend" – 3:54
A. "I Promise You (Get Ready)" (extended version) – 5:56
B1. "Suzie, Don't Leave Me with Your Boyfriend" – 3:54
B2. "I Promise You (Get Ready)" (instrumental) – 4:16

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Spain (AFYVE) [9] 12
UK Singles (OCC) [5] 58
West Germany (Official German Charts) [6] 40

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