Ready Steady Go (L'Arc-en-Ciel song)

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"Ready Steady Go"
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Single by L'Arc-en-Ciel
from the album Smile
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2004
Genre Alternative rock
Label Ki/oon Records
Songwriter(s) Hyde, Tetsu
Producer(s) L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano
L'Arc-en-Ciel singles chronology
"Spirit Dreams Inside (Another Dream)"
(2001)		"Ready Steady Go"
(2004)		"Hitomi no Juunin"
(2004)

"Ready Steady Go" is the twenty-third single by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on February 4, 2004; it reached number 1 on the Oricon chart. [1] The four alternate versions on the single omit each titular band member's contributions; for instance, the "Hydeless Version" features none of hyde's vocals (but still contains the backing vocals), while the "Yukihiroless Version" has no percussion whatsoever.

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"Ready Steady Go" was used as the second (first in the U.S. Adult Swim broadcast) opening song to the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime series. [2] It was featured as a song in the Japan-exclusive Nintendo DS launch music video game, Daigasso! Band Brothers , along with the Japan-exclusive 2005 iNiS music video game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan as the last stage.

Track listing

#TitleLyricsMusic
1"Ready Steady Go" Hyde Tetsu
2"Ready Steady Go (Hydeless Version)"‐Tetsu
3"Ready Steady Go (Kenless Version)"HydeTetsu
4"Ready Steady Go (Tetsuless Version)"HydeTetsu
5"Ready Steady Go (Yukihiroless Version)"HydeTetsu

Covers

American punk rock band Zebrahead loosely translated and covered the song, which features on a tribute album to L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was also released as a Japanese bonus track on their 2013 album Call Your Friends .

Three fictional groups from Bushiroad's multimedia franchises have covered the song. A cover by Afterglow from the BanG Dream! band series became playable in the Girls Band Party! game beginning October 27, 2017; a full version is included in the BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Cover Collection Vol.1 released on June 27, 2018. [3] Argonavis, of the related Argonavis from BanG Dream! , had a cover added to its AAside game on January 14, 2021. [4] The D4DJ project has a cover by Photon Maiden that is playable in D4DJ Groovy Mix and has been performed live. [5]

References

  1. ↑ L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング Retrieved May 18, 2011
  2. ↑ Sockol, Ben (2023-10-23). "Every Fullmetal Alchemist Opening, Ranked". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  3. ↑ "『バンドリ！ガルパ！』- 「第1回ガールズバンド総選挙 ハロー、ハッピーワールド！第1位記念」キャンペーン開催中！さらに今後のアップデート情報が公開。" (in Japanese). Boom App Games. September 25, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
  4. ↑ "COVER SONG | MUSIC | アルゴナビス from BanG Dream! AAside（ダブルエーサイド）". アルゴナビス from BanG Dream! AAside（ダブルエーサイド） (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  5. ↑ "1月31日（金）開催「D4DJ D4 FES. -Departure-」にて新作アプリゲーム「D4DJ Groovy Mix」など新情報を多数発表！". Bushiroad (Press release) (in Japanese). PR Times. February 3, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2025.


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