Not Ready to Go

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"Not Ready to Go"
Single by The Trews
from the album House of Ill Fame
Released2003
Genre Hard rock
Length2:55
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Sean Dalton, Gordie Johnson, Colin MacDonald, John-Angus MacDonald, Jack Syperek
The Trews singles chronology
"Every Inambition"
(2003)
"Not Ready to Go"
(2003)
"Tired of Waiting"
(2004)

"Not Ready to Go" is a song by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was released in 2003 as the second single from their debut album, House of Ill Fame . [1] The song was the first song by an independent band to reach #1 in Canadian radio chart history. [2] It was the most played song on Canadian Rock Radio in 2004. [3]

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Chart positions

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Canada Rock Top 30 ( Radio & Records ) [4] 2

Awards and nominations

It was nominated for "Single of the Year" at the 2005 Juno Awards, although it lost to K-os' song "Crabbuckit". [5] It also received a nomination for "Single of the Year" at the 2005 East Coast Music Awards, [6] and lost to "Sunburn" by Gordie Sampson, however, the group won the award for "Group of the Year". [7]

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